Antony Blinken - report

American government official and diplomat (born 1962)

Antony John Blinken is an American government official and diplomat serving since January 26, 2021, as the 71st United States secretary of state. He previously served as deputy national security advisor from 2013 to 2015 and deputy secretary of state from 2015 to 2017 under President Barack Obama.

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Antony Blinken is the first top US official to visit Kyiv since the counteroffensive began in early June. Blinken announced a new package of US wartime assistance worth more than US$1 billion.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Chinese President Xi Jinping. The two men agreed to ‘stabilise’ badly deteriorated US-China ties. But America's top diplomat left Beijing without securing better communication between their militaries.
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Antony Blinken is the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit China since President Joe Biden took office. He is the first secretary of state to make the trip in five years. President Xi Jinping said China had "made progress" with the United States.
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Antony Blinken is the first top U.S. diplomat to visit China in five years. He is expected to meet with top Chinese officials, including Wang Yi. The trip comes after he postponed plans to visit in February.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. It was the first high-level contact between the two countries since the balloon incident. Beijing insists the white orb shot down off the Carolina coast was just an errant civilian airship.
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with his Chinese counterpart in Germany. Said there are huge concerns that China is considering providing 'lethal assistance' to Russia in its war with Ukraine. Comes as Biden prepares to visit Poland this week to mark one-year anniversary of Russia invading Ukraine.
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A Chinese spy balloon has been spotted over Latin America, the Pentagon says. A day earlier, a similar craft was seen in US skies, prompting the scrapping of the trip. China issued a rare statement of regret over the first balloon and blamed winds.
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Antony Blinken scrapped the China trip aimed at easing escalating tensions between the 2 global powers. China's claim that the balloon was a weather research satellite that had blown off course. The trip was called off just hours before Blinken was due to depart Washington for Beijing.