By Summer Concepcion and Abigail Williams -
NBC News
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov chatted briefly at a G-20 meeting in India on Thursday in the first meeting between the top diplomats since Russia invaded Ukraine.
Blinken urged Russia to reverse Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to suspend New START, a key nuclear arms control treaty between the world's two largest nuclear powers, a senior State Department official said in a call. background with journalists.
[This Ukrainian Spanish teacher refused to flee her country a year ago. She today she from Spain she reflects on the war]
Blinken noted that the treaty is in the interests of both countries, as well as international security, and that the world expects nations to behave responsibly when it comes to nuclear security.
Blinken also reiterated the need for the Kremlin to release detained US citizen Paul Whelan.
He pointed out that the United States had put a proposal on the table and that they should accept it.
In addition, Blinken stressed the continued support of the United States for Ukraine.