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Blinken warns Central Asia of dangers from war in Ukraine

By Associated Press
Published: February 28, 2023, 8:33am
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at Ak Orda Presidential Palace in Astana, Kazakhstan Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at Ak Orda Presidential Palace in Astana, Kazakhstan Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. (Olivier Douliery/Pool Photo via AP) Photo Gallery

The Biden administration on Tuesday pledged to support the independence of the five Central Asian nations in a not-so-subtle warning to the former Soviet states that Russia’s value as a partner has been badly compromised by its year-old war against Ukraine.

In Kazakhstan for a series of meetings with top Central Asian diplomats, U.S.

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