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German FM: 'Not A Millimetre Of Willingness To Talk On Russian Side'

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Politico's Hans von der Burchard tweets: "G20 clash: Russia's Sergey Lavrov left foreign ministers' meeting early. "The fact that [Lavrov] spent a large part of the negotiations not in but outside the room underlines that there is not a millimeter of willingness to talk on the Russia side," said Germany's Baerbock."

  • Stanley Widianto at Reuters tweets: "US secretary of state Blinken confronted Russia about blocking the export of Ukrainian grain and stealing it, a Western official said. Ukrainian FM gave a virtual address, during which Lavrov was not in the room, Ukraine ambo to [Indonesia] said"
  • G20 meeting of foreign ministers in Indonesia has been one of the first times that many western foreign ministers have been in the presence of the Russian FM since the invasion of Ukraine began. Blinken not officially meeting with Lavrov.

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