Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov struck a polite tone Wednesday as they sat down for the first face-to-face engagement between high-level U.S. and Russian officials since President Joe Biden took office.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken hold a meeting at the Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik, Iceland, early on May 20, 2021, on the sidelines of the Arctic Council Ministerial summit.