Russia tells US it will respond to any 'geopolitical games' in Ukraine
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose for journalists during a meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Stockholm, Sweden December 2, 2021. Jonathan Nackstrand/Pool via REUTERS
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday that Moscow would respond if Ukraine gets drawn into any US "geopolitical games", the Interfax news agency cited Russia's foreign ministry as saying.
Lavrov told Blinken at talks in Stockholm that Russia and the United States needed to agree on long-term security guarantees, the foreign ministry was quoted as saying.
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