U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Paris to discuss “major international crises”.

He will discuss support for Ukraine and the situation in the Middle East with President Emmanuel Macron, his counterpart Stéphane Séjourné and with the French Minister of the Armed Forces. Blinken will travel to Brussels on Wednesday to participate in a meeting with his NATO counterparts to mark the 75th anniversary of the creation of the Atlantic Alliance. On the sidelines of this meeting, he will also have a trilateral meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and the leaders of the European Union.