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'Stay tuned': Blinken on possible encounter with Lavrov in Bali

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the G20 ministerial in Bali next month is not out of the question.

"I won't get ahead of that. Stay tuned," Blinken said.

Indonesia, which is hosting the club this year, confirmed that it had already invited Moscow and that Putin would attend.

The G20 Summit will take place on July 7-8 in Bali.

Elsewhere in his remarks, Blinken added that the US and its European allies continue to discuss diplomatic strategies with Ukraine regarding Russia's special military operation, while also strengthening Kiev's position on the battlefield.

"We'll keep discussing diplomatic strategies with Ukraine with our allies and partners, we'll keep strengthening Ukraine's position on the battlefield so it has the strongest possible position at any negotiating table," Blinken told reporters in Berlin.

Blinken went on to say that the US is ready to support any diplomatic solution to the Ukraine conflict, but that Russia appears to be uninterested.

On the global food crisis, he refuted Russia’s stance that the sanctions imposed on Moscow by the United States and its allies are causing the current food scarcity.

"This narrative that Russia has been pushing out, that somehow our sanctions are contributing to food scarcity, that that is entirely wrong," Blinken said.

It is worth noting that many experts have recently warned that the reckless US sanctions campaign on Russia has triggered global inflation, which could take years for the world to recover from.

Countries around the world are bearing the burden of Washington's geopolitical gambits, with shortages in energy, raw materials, and food supplies, according to an article published by The Global Times.