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BumRushDaShow

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Tue Nov 12, 2024, 07:59 PM Nov 12

Blinken heads to Brussels to push for Ukraine aid

Source: VOA

November 12, 2024 8:03 AM


State Department — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to Brussels, Belgium, on Tuesday as Washington looks for ways to “surge” military aid to Ukraine in the final days of President Joe Biden’s term. After Brussels, Blinken will proceed to Lima, Peru, for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings, followed by stops in Manaus and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for a summit of the 20 largest economies, the G20. He will join Biden in Peru and Brazil.

President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to hold face-to-face talks on Saturday on the sidelines of the APEC summit, a meeting anticipated to last about one-and-a-half hours, according to sources familiar with the plans who spoke to VOA on the condition of anonymity.

On Wednesday, Blinken will engage in discussions with his NATO and European Union counterparts to coordinate continued support for Ukraine, while President Biden meets with President-elect Donald Trump at the White House. Officials said Biden will ask Trump not to “walk away” from Ukraine.

North Korea’s direct support for Russia’s war in Ukraine is expected to be a focal point during Blinken’s discussions with European counterparts and will likely feature on the agenda in talks between U.S. officials and their counterparts at APEC.

Read more: https://www.voanews.com/a/blinken-heads-to-brussels-to-push-for-ukraine-aid-/7860178.html

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Blinken heads to Brussels to push for Ukraine aid (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Nov 12 OP
Best of luck to Sec'y Blinken. He will need it. nt CaliforniaPeggy Nov 12 #1
Hopefully the EU is going to entirely take it on. maxsolomon Nov 13 #2

maxsolomon

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2. Hopefully the EU is going to entirely take it on.
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 12:21 PM
Nov 13

Because MFer is 100% going to "walk away" from Ukraine. After he pushes them under a fleet of buses.

“I went in yesterday and there was a television screen, and I said, ‘This is genius,’” Mr. Trump said during the radio interview. “Putin declares a big portion of Ukraine, Putin declares it as independent. Oh, that’s wonderful. So, Putin is now saying, ‘It’s independent,’ a large section of Ukraine. I said, ‘How smart is that?’”
-Motherfucker, February 2022

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