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In #Helsinki today, @SecBlinken reminded the world that the Bidne team did everything they could to press for negotiations with Putin and avoid war. Putin ignored their overtures and invaded anyway. 1/ THREAD
Blinken: "over the course of 2021, as Russia ratcheted up its threats against Kyiv and amassed more and more troops, tanks, and planes on Ukraine’s borders, we made every effort to get Moscow to de-escalate its manufactured crisis and resolve its issues through diplomacy." 2/
"President Biden told President Putin that we were prepared to discuss our mutual security concerns – a message that I reaffirmed repeatedly, including in person, with Foreign Minister Lavrov. We offered written proposals to reduce tensions." 3/
"Together with our allies and partners, we used every forum to try to prevent war, from the NATO-Russia Council to the OSCE, from the UN to our direct channels." 4/
"Across these engagements, we set out two possible paths for Moscow: a path of diplomacy, which could lead to greater security for Ukraine, for Russia, for all of Europe; or a path of aggression, which would result in severe consequences for the Russian Government." 5/ END
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