Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
Riga, Latvia
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SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. A short while ago, the NATO foreign ministers finished our final session. And I want to start by thanking our Latvian hosts for doing a wonderful job in bringing us all together, in hosting the alliance for two very productive days.
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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
Riga, Latvia
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SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s a great pleasure, as always, to be here with my friend and colleague, Mevlüt. We’ve been sitting together for the last day and a half, and we both thought it was important to be able to compare notes directly on many things that we’ve already talked about with our allies, including the situation in Ukraine and around Ukraine, including what we just talked
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