Blinken urges North Korea to embrace diplomacy after consulting allies Published on Share
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday asked North Korea to embrace diplomacy as he briefed allies on a new US strategy that stresses low-key progress rather than Donald Trump’s pageantry.
In London for the first in-person Group of Seven meetings in two years, Blinken consulted his counterparts from Japan and South Korea on President Joe Biden’s fresh approach which has already been denounced by Pyongyang.
“I hope that North Korea will take the opportunity to engage diplomatically and to see if there are ways to move forward toward the objective of complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula,” Blinken told reporters.
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S Jaishankar, Anthony Blinken discuss increasing Covid vax production capacity
India s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken have discussed increasing Covid-19 vaccine production capacity during their meeting in London.
After their meeting on Monday, Jaishankar said that they discussed how our collaboration could help globally in expanding vaccination capabilities , according to a transcript of his remarks distributed by the State Department. Among the many subjects we discussed was, first and foremost, the strong support we are getting from the US on dealing with the Covid situation. We are very, very appreciative of that, the Minister said.
COVID crisis, Indo-Pacific dominate Jaishankar-Blinken talks in London - So far, US has sent five consignments of assistance to India to deal with the ongoing devastating COVID crisis.