{"id":616208,"date":"2021-08-06T15:06:51","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T19:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=616208"},"modified":"2021-08-06T15:06:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T19:06:53","slug":"secy-of-state-blinken-meets-with-ukrainian-foreign-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secy-of-state-blinken-meets-with-ukrainian-foreign-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Secy. of State Blinken meets with Ukrainian foreign minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsecy-of-state-blinken-meets-with-ukrainian-foreign-minister%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=616208&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2484594\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2484594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba at the State Department in Washington, D.C. (Photo by SAUL LOEB\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 11:56 PM PT \u2013 Friday, August 6, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The Biden administration made attempts to strengthen the U.S. relationship with Ukraine ahead of a meeting with the two heads of state. The nation\u2019s top diplomats, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, met at the White House on Thursday to exchange ideas on bilateral relations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll talk about challenges to each of those and the work that we\u2019re doing together to stand for a strong Ukraine that can defend itself against external aggression,\u201d Blinken expressed. \u201cAlso, pursue the vitally important process of reform to strengthen even more its democracy and its economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The relationship between Ukrainan President Volodymyr Zelensky and Joe Biden has been strained of late due to Biden\u2019s lack of action regarding the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which Ukraine has said would only help Russia develop a stronger hold on the gas market.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pleased to meet with Ukrainian Foreign Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DmytroKuleba?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DmytroKuleba<\/a> and Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak to reaffirm our support for Ukraine and prepare to welcome Ukrainian President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZelenskyyUa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ZelenskyyUA<\/a> to Washington later this month. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U5wR92WSdC\">pic.twitter.com\/U5wR92WSdC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecBlinken\/status\/1423377849319313415?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kuleba called the dialogue between the two leaders \u201cdynamic\u201d and hinted the conversation between the two would be about more than just the nation, but the rest of Eastern Europe as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe it\u2019s in the interest not only of the United States of America and Ukraine, but also in the interests of the region that I represent,\u201d he explained. \u201cWhere democracy has to be advanced, where prosperity has to be promoted and where, first and foremost, security has to be ensured.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The meeting stood as a precursor to the first face-to-face between Biden and Zelensky, which has been scheduled for August 30.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/aug-6-1945-u-s-drops-atomic-bomb-on-hiroshima\/\">Aug. 6, 1945: U.S. Drops Atomic Bomb On Hiroshima<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba at the State Department in Washington, D.C. 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