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1:34 p.m. : Sergey Lavrov also stressed after their meeting that he and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken were “agree that a reasonable dialogue is necessary” so that “the emotion falls”.
1:31 p.m. : While Moscow demands the withdrawal of NATO foreign troops present in Eastern Europe for a de-escalation of the Ukrainian crisis, the United States has promised a written response “next week”, reported the head of Russian diplomacy after talks “francs” in Geneva with his American counterpart.
1:06 p.m. : While the representatives of Russian and American diplomacy are meeting today in Geneva to try to defuse the Ukrainian crisis, Europe seems silent. “Europe’s problem is that it did not anticipate the discussion”, believes Nicolas Gros-Verheyde, specialist journalist. Interview.
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#COVID-19 Nearly 19,000 classes are currently closed in France in schools, colleges and high schools, a new record, announces the Ministry of National Education. In one week, 463,197 students also tested positive, or 3.79% of all students. Follow our live.
The heads of American and Russian diplomacy, Antony Blinken and Sergey Lavrov, are continuing their talks on the Ukrainian crisis in Geneva. Antony Blinken promised an answer “united, fast and severe” of Washington and its allies in the event of an invasion of Ukraine by Moscow, while ensuring that it wants to seek a diplomatic solution. Follow our live.
The vaccination pass will come into effect on Monday, unless the Constitutional Council decides otherwise. On February 2, wearing a mask will no longer be compulsory outside, teleworking will be recommended and no longer imposed, and gauges will disappear in sports arenas and performance halls where the public is seated. Nightclubs will reopen two weeks later. We summarize here the announcements of the government.
#TENNIS Naomi Osaka, 14th in the world and defending champion at the Australian Open, was eliminated from competition in the third round against American Amanda Anisimova.
11:39 : At the start of his exchange in Geneva with the head of American diplomacy Antony Blinken, his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, declared that he did not expect “to a breakthrough” in their talks on the Ukrainian crisis. In front of him, Antony Blinken promised an answer “united, fast and severe” of Washington and its allies in the event of an invasion of Ukraine, while ensuring that it wants to seek a diplomatic solution. Follow our live.
(PAVEL BEDNYAKOV / SPUTNIK / AFP)
11:13 a.m. : A new decisive meeting to find a way out of the Ukrainian crisis. The heads of American and Russian diplomacy, Antony Blinken and Sergei Lavrov, have just started new talks in Geneva, noted an AFP journalist. The two men shook hands before starting their discussions. Their exchange should not last more than two hours.
11:07 : To allow a de-escalation of the Ukrainian crisis, Moscow is calling for the withdrawal of NATO foreign troops from Bulgaria and Romania. “There is no ambiguity”, the Russian Foreign Ministry wrote today in response to a written question from a media outlet. “It is about the withdrawal of foreign forces, equipment and armaments as well as other measures with the aim of returning to the situation of 1997 in the countries which were not then members of NATO. the case of Romania and Bulgaria.”