Secretary Blinken’s Call with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov

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The following Readout was published by the U.S Department of State, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs on April 2. It is reproduced in full below.

The below is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel:

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Secretary Blinken conveyed the United States’ grave concern over Russia’s unacceptable detention of a U.S. citizen journalist. The Secretary called for his immediate release. Secretary Blinken further urged the Kremlin to immediately release wrongfully detained U.S. citizen Paul Whelan. The Secretary and Foreign Minister Lavrov also discussed the importance of creating an environment that permits diplomatic missions to carry out their work.

Source: U.S Department of State, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs

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