Secretary of State Tony Blinken said that he spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and urged him to accept a 'substantial proposal' on the release of two detained Americans in Russia, Paul Whelan and Brittney Griner.
"We had a frank and direct conversation," Blinken said Friday of the discussion. "I pressed the Kremlin to accept the substantial proposal that we put forth on the release of Paul Whelan and Brittney Griner."
Blinken also said that he told Lavrov that "the world expects Russia to fulfill its commitments under the deal it reached with Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations onIt was the pair's first conversation since Russia's invasion of Ukraine began on Feb. 24.
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