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News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. Good to see you all. So this is my first visit to Uzbekistan, and let me express first of all my gratitude to the president, to the acting foreign minister, and to all the people I’ve had an opportunity to meet with over the course of this day for what’s been an extraordinarily warm welcome.


Country Reports on Terrorism 2021: Bulgaria

Release: Bulgaria. Overview: Bulgaria remained a strong counterterrorism partner of the United States. While the threat of terrorism in Bulgaria remains low, foreign terrorist groups take advantage of Bulgaria’s active illicit smuggling and trafficking networks to attempt to facilitate entry of terrorists into...


Release: The United States, as chair of the Summit of the Americas process, convened Summit governments on March 1 on the margin of the Our Ocean Conference in Panama to exchange experiences and discuss ideas to support green shipping and strengthen coastal ecosystems. Participants discussed implementing commitments...


Release: The United States is committed to countering the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) efforts to generate revenue for its unlawful weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and ballistic missile programs. Today, we are taking action against three entities and two individuals that have attempted to do so.



News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full Committee will convene a hearing entitled “During and After the Fall of Kabul: Examining the Administration’s Emergency Evacuation from Afghanistan" on Wednesday, March 8th to examine the administration’s disastrous emergency evacuation from Afghanistan.


McCaul, Meeks Congratulate Ambassador Cindy McCain on Appointment to Executive Director of WFP

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul and Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks released the following statement on Ambassador Cindy McCain succeeding David Beasley as Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).


DRL: Bolstering the Strength and Credibility of Libyan Civil Society

Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL: Bolstering the Strength and Credibility of Libyan Civil Society. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0009367. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number:...


DOS-PAK offers new grant application process starting March 2

Capacity Building of Afghan Journalists and Establishing Sustainable Platforms for Afghan Journalists to Report from Pakistan grant opened on March 2.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Uzbekistani Acting Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov Before Their Meeting

Release: ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER SAIDOV: Honorable Secretary Blinken, I would like to start by saying welcome to Uzbekistan, to Tashkent. We are very glad to see you visiting our country for the first time. We believe that your visit will advance our broad relations. Two weeks ago, on February 19th, we marked...


Release: Since establishing diplomatic relations in 1992, the United States and Uzbekistan have developed a broad-based relationship, cooperating in such areas as border and regional security programs, economic relations, political and civil society issues, and English language training. Uzbekistan is important...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the United States to seek a finding of non-compliance and refer Iran’s violations to the U.N. Security Council at the upcoming International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Board of Governors meeting.


DOS-PRM offers new grant application process starting March 2

FY 2023 Notice of Funding Opportunity for NGO Programs Benefiting Refugees in Eastern and Southern Chad grant opened on March 2.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Yerdana Yerzhanuly of Khabar TV’s Oyan!

Release: QUESTION: My name is Yerdana. I’m a TV host and special correspondent for Oyan! morning show (inaudible) Khabar TV.


News Release: Washington, D.C.- Ahead of the one-year anniversary of Russia’s unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) led a Congressional Delegation (CODEL) to Poland and Ukraine from February 19-23 to conduct oversight of U.S. assistance to Ukraine.


Release: Major General Matthew McFarlane, the commanding general of the Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Dana Stroul provide an update on the ongoing D-ISIS mission, including the preceding month of Operation Inherent Resolve operations, the future of the mission, and the Syrian Democratic Forces partnership. They also take questions from participating journalists.


Supporting Green Shipping and Coastal Ecosystems in the Americas

News Release: The United States, as chair of the Summit of the Americas process, convened Summit governments on March 1 on the margin of the Our Ocean Conference in Panama to exchange experiences and discuss ideas to support green shipping and strengthen coastal ecosystems. Participants discussed implementing commitments ...



DOS-HR grant application closes on April 21

2024 Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellowship and Summer Enrichment Program grant opened on March 2.


Designating Those Generating Revenue for the DPRK

News Release: The United States is committed to countering the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) efforts to generate revenue for its unlawful weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and ballistic missile programs. Today, we are taking action against three entities and two individuals that have attempted to do so.