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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meet on the sidelines of an Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) meeting, in Stockholm, Sweden, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. (Jonathan Nackstrand/Pool Photo via AP)

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken, accompanied by Senegalese Foreign Minister Aissata Tall Sall, departs following a news conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dakar, Senegal, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021. Blinken is on a five-day trip to Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

In Africa, Blinken sees limits of U.S. influence abroad

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is seen through a glass partition as he attends a meeting with Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Raychelle Omamo at the Serena Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021. Blinken is on a five-day trip to Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

Blinken, in Kenya, seeks to cool regional crises

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba hold a news conference following the U.S.-Ukraine Strategic Dialogue talks at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. (Leah Millis/Pool via AP)

Qatar agrees to represent US interests in Afghanistan

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks in the Benjamin Franklin Room of the State Department in Washington, Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. as as retired ambassador Margaret Uyehara listens. The State Department on Friday named a new coordinator for its investigation into cases of so-called Havana Syndrome, responding to increased pressure from lawmakers to investigate and respond to hundreds of brain injuries reported by diplomats and intelligence officers. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)

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Blinken nudges China to ‘think about stepping up’ on reducing emissions

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi meet, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021 at an hotel in Rome on the sidelines of the G20 of World Leaders Summit. (AP Photo/Tiziana Fabi, pool)

Blinken raised concerns about Taiwan with China

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks about modernizing American diplomacy during a speech at the Department of State's Foreign Service Institute in Arlington, Va., Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021. (Leah Millis/Pool via AP)

Paris court to hear defamation lawsuit against Blinken

In this Sept. 14, 2021, photo, Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Drew Angerer/Pool via AP) **FILE**

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken gives opening remarks as he meets with local labor leaders the IBEW Local #5 for a roundtable, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Rebecca Droke, Pool) **FILE**

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Senior House Republican demands Biden declassify Afghanistan intel

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Taliban fighters stand guard inside the Hamid Karzai International Airport after the U.S. withdrawal in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. The Taliban were in full control of Kabul's international airport on Tuesday, after the last U.S. plane left its runway, marking the end of America's longest war. (AP Photo/Kathy Gannon) ** FILE **

Senate Republicans urge Blinken to designate Taliban as a foreign terrorist organization

Committee ranking member Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, questions Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Blinken was questioned about the Biden administration's handling of the U.S. withdraw from Afghanistan. (Drew Angerer/Pool via AP)

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Blinken said “we have deep concerns about Russia’s plans for renewed aggression against Ukraine,” adding that “it’s a concern that is shared by many in Europe.” He was speaking during a meeting with Lavrov on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Stockholm.

U.S. warns Russia as Kremlin talks about war threat in Ukraine →

Blinken also has said some people do not want to leave because they do not want to leave behind family members.

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