Anthony Blinken spoke with Sergei Lavrov
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The United States will defend its national interests and allies from the Russian threat.
The United States is committed to vigorously defending its citizens as well as national interests in response to Russia’s malicious actions that harm the United States and its allies. This was stated by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken during a telephone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, informs Wednesday, May 12, US Department of State.
“Secretary Blinken reaffirmed President Biden’s determination to protect US citizens and firmly defend the interests of the United States in response to Russian actions that harm us or our allies,” the State Department said.
In addition, Blinken called on the Russian Federation to release American Citizens Paul Whelan and Trevor Reed, who are being held by the Russian side.
The State Department also noted that the parties discussed the preparation of the ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council, scheduled for next week, the situation around the DPRK, as well as other issues of mutual interest.
Recall that earlier hackers stopped the largest pipeline in the United States… The hacker attack temporarily suspended all operations related to the Colonial Pipeline pipeline.
Then it became known that the States Russia is suspected of attacking the largest pipeline… Due to a hacker attack, the American Colonial Pipeline was forced to shut down the fuel pipeline. The Kremlin rejected US accusations in involvement in a cyberattack.
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