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Sec State Blinken Holding Presser After G7 Ministerial

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is holding a press conference following a day of bilateral meetings and ministerial sessions with G7 members.

  • Livestream of the presser here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUYJBsHRTp4
  • Blinken met with his French and German counterparts Catherine Colonna and Annalena Baerbock this morning.
  • In a press spray after the meeting with Baerbock, Blinken said the G7 is "intensely focused" on food insecurity as a consequence of the war in Ukraine.
  • Blinken repeated the line coming out of the State Department in recent days - the crisis of food insecurity is solely the responsibility of Russia's invasion. Blinken confirmed that all agricultural products, including fertiliser, and grain are exempt from US sanctions.

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