Skip to content
  • Home
  • World News
  • Business
  • Aviation
195 news

195News

All the news that's fit to print

  • Home
  • World News
  • Business
  • Aviation
  • Toggle search form
  • Eyam Announces Professor Janet Hemingway’s Appointment to Board of Advisors
    Eyam Announces Professor Janet Hemingway’s Appointment to Board of Advisors Business
  • 2024 COGNIZANT MAJOR LEAGUE SEASON INDIA BROADCASTERS ANNOUNCED
    2024 COGNIZANT MAJOR LEAGUE SEASON INDIA BROADCASTERS ANNOUNCED World News
  • Miami Swim Week 2024 Powered By Art Hearts Fashion
    Miami Swim Week 2024 Powered By Art Hearts Fashion World News
  • TSS Solutions launches ‘TSS Next-Gen Technologies’ initiative at Paris Air Show
    TSS Solutions launches ‘TSS Next-Gen Technologies’ initiative at Paris Air Show Aviation
  • Tokyo Cowboy, Indie Drama Comedy Releases To Cinemas Starting Aug 30th
    Tokyo Cowboy, Indie Drama Comedy Releases To Cinemas Starting Aug 30th World News
  • War in Ukraine, Analytics. Day 1048: Zelensky’s Interview with Lex Fridman. Arestovych, Feldman
    War in Ukraine, Analytics. Day 1048: Zelensky’s Interview with Lex Fridman. Arestovych, Feldman World News
  • Joy Organics Launches Black Friday Sale Early This Year
    Joy Organics Launches Black Friday Sale Early This Year Business
  • LTV Day 666 – Where is the Project of Ukraine Worth Fighting For? – Latynina.tv – Alexey Arestovych
    LTV Day 666 – Where is the Project of Ukraine Worth Fighting For? – Latynina.tv – Alexey Arestovych World News
Secretary Antony J. Blinken with George Stephanopoulos of ABC Good Morning America

Secretary Antony J. Blinken with George Stephanopoulos of ABC Good Morning America

Posted on February 27, 2023 By NewsEditor
Secretary Antony J. Blinken with George Stephanopoulos of ABC Good Morning America

QUESTION:  We’re joined now by Secretary of State Antony Blinken.  Mr. Secretary, thanks for coming in this morning.

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Good to be here, George.

QUESTION:  Let’s begin with this China issue.  Are you convinced now that they are going to send arms to Russia, and how worried are you that that could turn the tide of the war?

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Well, we’re very concerned that they’re thinking about it.  Up until now, Chinese companies have provided nonlethal support.  From day one, President Biden warned President Xi not to provide material lethal assistance to Russia for use against Ukraine – or to engage in the systematic evasion of sanctions.  And the information we have suggests that they’re now actively thinking about that, which is why we’ve been public about warning them not to.

QUESTION:  Are you going to release more specifics?

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  We shared a lot of information with other countries, with allies and partners.  We also have to get the balance right between making sure that we’re protecting where we get our information and releasing it.  But we thought it was really important to make clear that China is looking at this.  And what they’re hearing – not just from us but from many other countries around the word – is don’t do it, don’t add fuel to the fire.

QUESTION:  But what would it mean if the arms went through?

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Well, it could make a material difference in Russia’s capacity on the ground at a time when we want to bring this war to an end – not add fuel to the fire, and have it continue.

QUESTION:  And China has also put out a ceasefire proposal.  Is it real?

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  So, look, no one wants peace more than the Ukrainians, and any proposal that can advance peace is something that’s worth looking at.  We’re taking a look at it.  But there are 12 points in the Chinese plan.  If they were serious about the first one – sovereignty – then this war could end tomorrow.  Of course, Vladimir Putin’s flagrant disregard for Ukraine’s sovereignty is what’s at the heart of this.  The war could end tomorrow if he simply pulled his troops out.

QUESTION:  But that’s not going to happen.

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  That’s not going to happen.  And there are points in the Chinese plan, as we looked at it, that are consistent with things the Ukrainians have long said that China itself has put out there.  But look, China’s been trying to have it both ways.  It’s on the one hand trying to present itself publicly as neutral and seeking peace, while at the same time it was talking up Russia’s false narrative about the war.  It is, as I said, providing nonlethal assistance through its companies and now contemplating lethal assistance.

QUESTION:  One year in, where do things stand in this war right now?  There were reports this morning that Russia’s actually in control of this key town of Bakhmud.

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  George, a year and a week ago, we were here in New York at the United Nations warning the world about the impending Russian invasion and of course laying out how it would happen, and it’s exactly what happened.  Here we are now a year later.  Ukraine is still standing.  It remains free.  It remains independent.  Putin’s first objective was to erase Ukraine from the map, to erase its identity, to absorb it into Russia.  That has failed and will never succeed.

Now, there is a fierce battle going on for the territory that Russia has seized.  Ukraine’s gotten about 50 percent of what Russia has taken since last February, and now there’s a fight for the rest.  The Ukrainians are absorbing a incredible onslaught from Russia.  At the same time, Russia has lost, by public accounts, either killed or wounded, 200,000 people.  A million Russians have fled the country since last February, including the most educated, the best and the brightest.  We’ve seen a thousand companies leave Russia because the cost of doing business and the reputational cost is too great.

Russia is isolated.  There was a vote at the UN General Assembly just yesterday.  A hundred and forty-one countries came out again against Russia’s aggression, for peace, in support of Ukraine.

QUESTION:  That’s all true, but how long can Ukraine hold on?  Their economy is being devastated as well.  Russia appears – Vladimir Putin appears to be saying I’m going to fight to the finish here.

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  I think the Ukrainians are the ones who are going to fight to the finish.  There’s one big difference: Ukrainians are fighting for their country, for their land, for their future; the Russians are not.  And at the end of the day, assuming the support continues from so many countries around the world – material support, military, economic, humanitarian – Ukraine will succeed.

QUESTION:  One year from now with this war still being fought?

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Look, it’s hard to put a date on it.  As I said, no one wants peace more than the Ukrainians, but it has to be a just and durable peace:  just in terms of reflecting the basic principles that are at the heart of the UN Charter, which is the territorial integrity of countries, their sovereignty; and durable in the sense that wherever it lands, we don’t want it to land in a place where Russia can simply repeat the exercise a year or two or five years later.  So, that’s what everyone is tracking toward.  When that happens, hard to predict.

QUESTION:  Mr. Secretary, thanks for coming in this morning.

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Thank you, George.

Official news published at https://www.state.gov/secretary-antony-j-blinken-with-george-stephanopoulos-of-abc-good-morning-america/

World News

Post navigation

Previous Post: ETT’s PaaS: The Intelligent Cure for Healthcare’s Interoperability
Next Post: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Kerry’s Travel to Brazil, Panama, and Houston

Related Posts

  • ChinaAMC wins two titles for excellence in asset management and sustainable investment
    ChinaAMC wins two titles for excellence in asset management and sustainable investment World News
  • Day 355: war diaries w/Former Advisor to Ukraine President, Intel Officer @arestovych & #Feygin
    Day 355: war diaries w/Former Advisor to Ukraine President, Intel Officer @arestovych & #Feygin World News
  • Liz Truss’s 45 days as UK prime minister – BBC News
    Liz Truss’s 45 days as UK prime minister – BBC News World News
  • Under Secretary Jenkins Travels to Brussels, The Hague, and Munich, February 9-19, 2023
    Under Secretary Jenkins Travels to Brussels, The Hague, and Munich, February 9-19, 2023 World News
  • War Day 134: war diaries w/Advisor to Ukraine President, Intel Officer @arestovych  & #Feygin
    War Day 134: war diaries w/Advisor to Ukraine President, Intel Officer @arestovych & #Feygin World News
  • Olivia Hill:The first Transgender Woman to run for office in Tennessee
    Olivia Hill:The first Transgender Woman to run for office in Tennessee World News
August 2025
M T W T F S S
 123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
« Jul    
last celebrity gossip
Gossip Stone - celebrity life and gossip

Recent Posts

  • Purpose-Built Model C2 Variant for Large Material HandlingAugust 31, 2025
  • LATIFF 2025 Sets New Standard for International Film Festivals with Impact-Driven Cinema and World-Class HonorsAugust 31, 2025
  • Akropin Unveils Insights on How AI Is Shaping the Future of MarketingAugust 31, 2025
  • Aviation (MRO) Market Size to Reach $145.28 Billion by 2034, Sustained by 4.82% CAGRAugust 30, 2025
  • NYC Second Chance Rescue Holds 4th Annual Hamptons Benefit ‘Concert for a Cause’August 30, 2025
Brand Values Content
VUGA Enterprises - media network PR & Marketing
  • SportsEdTV & USPTA Team Up to Help Teaching Pros and Students
    SportsEdTV & USPTA Team Up to Help Teaching Pros and Students Business
  • Zayed Law Offices Ranked by Best Law Firms in 2024
    Zayed Law Offices Ranked by Best Law Firms in 2024 World News
  • April Discount on Aircraft Lease, Insurance & Tech Records Training Package
    April Discount on Aircraft Lease, Insurance & Tech Records Training Package Aviation
  • Haltia.AI Assembles Elite Team with Over 200 Years of Experience, including Cypherpunks, PhD’s, and a Professor
    Haltia.AI Assembles Elite Team with Over 200 Years of Experience, including Cypherpunks, PhD’s, and a Professor World News
  • Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Indonesian Foreign Minister Marsudi
    Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Indonesian Foreign Minister Marsudi World News
  • Day 357: war diaries w/Former Advisor to Ukraine President, Intel Officer @arestovych & #Feygin
    Day 357: war diaries w/Former Advisor to Ukraine President, Intel Officer @arestovych & #Feygin World News
  • War Day 572: War and Elections.. Are they compatible?
    War Day 572: War and Elections.. Are they compatible? World News
  • Top SOP Companies in the Middle East
    Top SOP Companies in the Middle East Business
aerospace company
stem cell clinic in kiev
medical spa in miami
Fashion TV free

Copyright © 2023 195 News. All Rights Reserved by Coolaser | Partner of VUGA Enterprises |  Advertising: Get Published

Powered by .