Updated On: 22 January, 2022 08:30 AM IST | Geneva | Agencies
Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov lowered expectations ahead of the meeting in Geneva, with each saying in his own way that the talks were only one step

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before their meeting in Geneva Friday. Pic/AP
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Friday that a weeks-long standoff over Ukraine is at a “critical moment,” as he headed into talks with his Russian counterpart amid rising concerns that Europe could again be beset by war.
Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov lowered expectations ahead of the meeting in Geneva, with each saying in his own way that the talks were only one step.