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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he will urge Russia to fulfill a breakthrough agreement reached last week in Turkey to allow the release of millions of tons of Ukrainian grain. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he will speak to his Russian counterpart for the first time since the Ukraine invasion but would narrowly focus the call to priorities including the release of detained Americans. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he will speak to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov "in the coming days" for its response to the US stance. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that Washington has set out a "serious diplomatic path" to resolve the confrontation over Ukraine in a letter to the Russian government. SOUNDBITE
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov meets China's top diplomat Wang Yi in Moscow.