{"id":50937,"date":"2022-07-31T11:27:27","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T18:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=50937"},"modified":"2022-08-01T11:27:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T18:27:56","slug":"secretary-blinkens-call-with-ukrainian-foreign-minister-kuleba-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=50937","title":{"rendered":"Secretary Blinken\u2019s Call with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>07\/30\/2022 09:10 AM EDT<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Office of the Spokesperson<\/p>\n<p>The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price:<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke by phone yesterday with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba to express his condolences over the deaths of over 50 Ukrainian detainees in Russia-controlled Donetsk yesterday morning. \u00a0The Secretary reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to hold Russia accountable for atrocities committed by its forces against the people of Ukraine.\u00a0 The two also reiterated the need for swift implementation of the UN-brokered grain transport deal among Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine.\u00a0 The Secretary noted that Russia\u2019s continued blockage of Ukrainian food exports by sea has further exacerbated global food insecurity.\u00a0 The Secretary expressed his hope that the first ships would be able to depart Ukraine\u2019s ports without further delay.\u00a0 He also provided a readout of his call with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov and underscored the United States\u2019 unwavering support for Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity as President Putin\u2019s war of choice continues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>07\/30\/2022 09:10 AM 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":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50937","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=50937"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50938,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50937\/revisions\/50938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}