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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a G7 Foreign and Development Ministers Session with Guest Countries and ASEAN Nations, in Liverpool, United Kingdom, on December 12, 2021. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain]

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