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In this handout photo provided by the Turkish Presidency, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting, in Tehran, Iran, July 19, 2022. The Biden administration likes to say that Russia is now isolated internationally because of its invasion of Ukraine. Yet its top officials are hardly sitting lonely and isolated in the Kremlin and now the U.S. wants to talk.(Turkish Presidency via AP, File)

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Isolation complication? US finds it's hard to shun Russia
By MATTHEW LEE - AP Diplomatic Writer
Fri,07/29/22-12:20AM , 341 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration likes to say Russia has become isolated internationally because of its invasion of Ukraine. Yet Moscow's top officials have hardly been cloistered in the Kremlin.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, shakes hands with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi during a meeting in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali Saturday, July 9, 2022. (Stefani Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP)

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US tells China its support for Russia complicates relations
By MATTHEW LEE - AP Diplomatic Writer
Fri,07/08/22-9:15PM , 263 Reads
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — China’s support for Russia’s war in Ukraine is complicating U.S.-Chinese relations at a time when they are already beset by rifts and enmity over numerous other issues, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told his Chinese counterpart on Saturday.
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Russian's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrives at the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali Friday, July 8, 2022. (Stefani Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP)

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G-20 diplomats fail on unity over Ukraine, war's impact
By MATTHEW LEE - AP Diplomatic Writer
Thu,07/07/22-8:02PM , 203 Reads
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — Deeply divided top diplomats from the world’s richest and largest developing nations failed to find common ground Friday over Russia’s war in Ukraine and how to deal with its global impacts, leaving prospects for future cooperation in the forum uncertain.
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Secretary of State Anthony Blinken speaks during a news conference in Berlin, Germany, June 24, 2022. The Group of 20 foreign ministers meeting in Indonesia this week may well exacerbate divides over Russia's war in Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will be there, marking the first time that he and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be in the same room since January. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

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G-20 meeting may lead to wider divisions over war in Ukraine
By MATTHEW LEE - AP Diplomatic Writer
Tue,07/05/22-11:14PM , 282 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Foreign ministers from the world’s largest nations are looking to address Russia's war in Ukraine and its impact on global energy and
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