Sec. of State Blinken presses Griner, Whelan deal in call with top Russian
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he spoke to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov by phone on Friday and urged Moscow to accept a U.S. offer to release WNBA star Brittney Griner and another American detainee, Paul Whelan.
Blinken did not provide details of Lavrov’s response to what he had previously called a “substantial proposal." Blinken had publicly requested the call and revealed the existence of the offer to Russia — which people familiar with it say involves a swap for Whelan and Griner with convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
“I urged Foreign Minister Lavrov to move forward with that proposal," he said."I can’t give you an assessment of whether that is any more or less likely.”
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