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Secretary Blinken participates in NATO Informal Foreign Ministers Ministerial Session 13 in Berlin, Germany on May 15, 2022. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain]

Secretary Blinken participates in NATO Informal Foreign Ministers Ministerial Session 13 in Berlin, Germany on May 15, 2022. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain]

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