{"id":38919,"date":"2021-08-19T16:13:12","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T23:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=38919"},"modified":"2021-08-19T16:13:12","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T23:13:12","slug":"secretary-blinkens-videoconference-with-g7-foreign-ministers-and-the-high-representative-of-the-european-union-on-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=38919","title":{"rendered":"Secretary Blinken\u2019s Videoconference with G7 Foreign Ministers and the High Representative of the European Union on Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>08\/19\/2021 05:42 PM EDT<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Office of the Spokesperson<\/p>\n<p>The below is attributable to\u00a0Spokesperson\u00a0Ned Price:<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom and the High Representative of the European Union to discuss the situation in Afghanistan.\u00a0 All leaders underscored the imperative of safe passage for those who wish to leave Afghanistan and the need for an inclusive political resolution that protects the fundamental human rights of all Afghans. The leaders agreed that the international community\u2019s relationship with the Taliban will depend on their actions, not their words.\u00a0 Secretary Blinken, the G7 Foreign Ministers, and the High Representative of the European Union also exchanged views on counterterrorism, humanitarian efforts, and refugee migration, agreeing to remain in close contact on all fronts.\u00a0 Secretary Blinken thanked his counterparts for their steadfast commitment to supporting the Afghan people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>08\/19\/2021 05:42 PM EDT &nbsp; Office&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-a","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38920,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38919\/revisions\/38920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}