Ahead of blinken-Lavrov talks, the U.S. and its allies offered to "align."

According to Al Jazeera reported on the 20th, before senior diplomats from Washington and Moscow held talks on the situation in Ukraine, the United States and its Western allies insisted that they would unite to make a strong response to any act of Russia's "invasion" of Ukraine.

U.S. Secretary of State Blinken

U.S. Secretary of State Blinken said on Thursday (20th) that any "new acts of aggression" by Moscow toward its neighbors would be met with a "prompt, severe, and consistent response" from the White House and its partners.

Blinken's remarks to reporters followed a meeting in Berlin with so-called "transatlantic group four" officials from the United States, Germany, France and Britain as part of his brief diplomatic visit to Europe to find ways to ease tensions with Russia.

The US Secretary of State will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov in Geneva on Friday (21st), and it is expected that Lavrov will urge the US side to support the draft security guarantee agreement proposed by the Russian side to ensure peace.

U.S. President Joe Biden spoke on Wednesday suggesting that western leaders could be divided on how to respond to Russia's "invasion." In response, several Of America's European allies also stressed on Thursday that they would be "aligned" with the United States.

European Commission President von der Leyen said that if Russia "invades" Ukraine, the EU will impose large-scale economic and financial sanctions on Russia. "The transatlantic community is firm on this point," she said. ”

Meanwhile, German Foreign Minister Berberk demanded that Moscow urgently "take steps to de-escalate the situation" and warned that any "further aggressive acts or aggression" by Russia would have "serious consequences."

"It is indeed a matter of maintaining peace in Europe. For us, this is the most fundamental," she told reporters at a joint news conference with Blinken. (Editor: SDY)