you ll ever have. it is a job filled with permanent jet like from constant international travel and and this worries. about the state of the world. last week, wasn t especially intense week for secretary of state, anthony blinken. i did not nation generous amberley meeting all week, in new york. where secretary blinken spent the week. meeting with foreign ministers, prime ministers, and presidents from around the world. on thursday, he was scheduled non stop for 14 hours, beginning with an atm meeting with five foreign ministers. right through a working dinner scheduled for 7:45 pm on transatlantic issues. while secretary blinken was doing all of that on thursday, trying to hold together and encourage allies who support ukraine s existence to the russian invasion of their country. antony blinken s father died, and he whose father came to the country from ukraine died at
in between u.s. and russian officials to deescalate the situation? ukraine, growing concerns that moscow plans to invade the country again. ahead of formal talks today, the two sides met for a working dinner. the u.s. made clear that washington would welcome genuine progress through diplomacy. anthony blinken says he s not hopeful of any breakthroughs. moscow is entering talks with a tough stance saying they ll not make any concessions under u.s. pressure. the two sides will hold talks again later this week with brussels and geneva. let s bring in our keir simmons. the united states and the west
will join nato. they met sunday on a working dinner. they are saying things were difficult but business like. for his part, the u.s. secretary of state had downplayed expectations. an t tony blinken speaking to je tapper. what about having moving missiles and what about limiting the scope of exercise are any of those on the table? first, jake, i don t think we re going to see any breakthroughs in the coming week. we ll put things on the table. the russians will do the same. we ll see if they re grounds for moving forward. cnn s live. nic, let me begin with you. how much progress should we expect to see coming out of this
russian president vladimir putin a couple weeks ago. this comes amid fears putin may be planning an invasion of ukraine. are using that threat to try to get concessions in the u.s. life in geneva switzerland where those talks and they have dinner tonight hi greg. exactly, eric. we are outside the u.s. mission that s the main crucial talks between u.s. and russia will be happening tomorrow. but you are right, they ve already start informally tonight. deputy secretary posting for a working dinner and the russian emergency the table talk was a generally positive which is good or bad news depending on how you look at a further 100,000 russian troops to the border with ukraine. the threat of an invasion along with demands by russian president vladimir putin for ukraine and others to stay out of nato and the troops and arms of the u.s. led alliance to back off from russia. here s a secretary blink and
if you overestimate dangers you are good to go. but if you question the number of cases, you get barred, what a country. jon: it s great to have you on. thank you. high-level talks that underway between the united states and russia over moscow s buildup of 100,000 troops on the border with ukraine, russia says it is not planning to invade but it wants the u.s. to back off its support of ukraine. greg live in geneva switzerland with the latest on that. were outside the u.s. mission in geneva where there is crucial talk starting tomorrow but tonight there is informal talks deputy secretary for a working dinner the russians emerged saying they talk of businesslike. but those russian troops on the border of ukraine the threat of invasion or the vladimir putin