By State Newswire | Dec 9, 2022
News Release: QUESTION: Thank you. And we go now to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who joins us from the State Department. It’s good to talk to you again. When we last spoke on Sunday, you suggested that the Russians were not yet prepared to release both prisoners, Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan. You said the ...
By State Newswire | Dec 9, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met today in Paris with French Foreign Ministry Secretary General Anne-Marie Descôtes. They discussed President Macron’s recent State Visit to Washington, DC, as well as our significant ongoing joint efforts ...

By State Newswire | Dec 9, 2022
DRL FY22 DPRK Human Rights and Accountability Programs - Statements of Interest grant opened on Dec. 9.

By State Newswire | Dec 9, 2022
DRL FY22 DPRK Increasing Access to Information Programs - Statements of Interest grant opened on Dec. 9.

By State Newswire | Dec 9, 2022
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Special Representative for the DPRK Sung Kim held a videoconference on December 7 with PRC Special Representative on Korean Peninsula Affairs Liu Xiaoming to discuss the DPRK’s increasingly destabilizing and escalatory behavior.

By State Newswire | Dec 9, 2022
“COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM“ was published in the House section on pages H8725-H8728 on Dec. 2
By State Newswire | Dec 9, 2022
Release: Thank you for the introduction, Demitra, and for the invitation to participate in this briefing. I appreciate how you described the existing landmine contamination in eastern Ukraine resulting from Russia’s initial invasion in 2014. This is key to understanding today’s context because, by the time of...
By State Newswire | Dec 9, 2022
News Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to London, United Kingdom, on December 9 to engage in discussions on implementing the outcomes of COP27, which was held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 6-18, 2022. He will also speak about COP27 and the future of global climate action ...

By State Newswire | Dec 9, 2022
DRL FY22 China Programs - Statements of Interest grant opened on Dec. 9.
By State Newswire | Dec 9, 2022
Release: Thank you for the introduction, Demitra, and for the invitation to participate in this briefing. I appreciate how you described the existing landmine contamination in eastern Ukraine resulting from Russia’s initial invasion in 2014. This is key to understanding today’s context because, by the time of ...

By State Newswire | Dec 9, 2022
Release: This morning, I joined President Biden, Vice President Harris, National Security Advisor Sullivan, and Cherelle Griner in the Oval Office, as Cherelle spoke to her wife Brittney, who is now on her way back to the United States and to her wife’s loving embrace. I am grateful to the State Department team ...
By State Newswire | Dec 9, 2022
Release: Dear friends and partners in the fight against human trafficking,
By State Newswire | Dec 8, 2022
News Release: Today, Chargé d’Affaires to Côte d’Ivoire Joann M. Lockard, First Lady of Côte d’Ivoire Dominique Ouattara, and Minister of Employment and Social Protection Mr. Adama Camara signed the U.S.-Côte d’Ivoire Child Protection Compact (CPC) Partnership, a historic non-binding multi-year initiative to address ...

By State Newswire | Dec 8, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

By State Newswire | Dec 8, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met with Italian MFA Secretary General Ettore Sequi today in Rome. Deputy Secretary Sherman and Secretary General Sequi highlighted the strength of the U.S. partnership with our NATO Ally Italy, ongoing collaboration ...

By State Newswire | Dec 8, 2022
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. I’m very pleased to have Foreign Minister Sabry here. We had a chance to meet on the margins of the ASEAN -.

By State Newswire | Dec 8, 2022
Release: We welcome the December 5 signing by Sudanese parties of an initial framework political agreement - an essential first step toward forming a civilian-led transitional government and establishing constitutional arrangements for a transitional period. We support the plans by Sudanese civilian parties and...

By State Newswire | Dec 8, 2022
Release: Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West will travel to Japan, India, and the United Arab Emirates December 1-8. Special Representative West will consult with partners and Afghans regarding the humanitarian and economic crises in Afghanistan, protection of Afghans’ rights, and shared security...
By State Newswire | Dec 8, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met with Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Director-General Qu Dongyu today in Rome, Italy. Deputy Secretary Sherman and Director-General Qu emphasized the importance of FAO’s mandate to ...

By State Newswire | Dec 8, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today praised the inclusion of several of his Senate Foreign Relations Committee-related priorities in the FY2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA):