By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
Release: Moderator: Good morning, everybody, and welcome everyone to this Defense Writers Group conversation with a guest that we have not had before in my memory, so we’re really honored to have Jessica Lewis, the Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs.
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
News Release: The Biden-Harris administration launched the Economic Resilience Initiative in Central Asia (ERICEN) in September 2022 to catalyze transformative economic growth across Central Asia in the wake of Russia’s unprovoked war of aggression in Ukraine. The United States provided $25 million in FY 2022 funding ...
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
Release: The United States welcomes the leaders’ talks under the EU-facilitated Dialogue on February 27 and strongly supports the process of normalization of their relations. Yesterday’s meeting was a good step forward, but difficult work remains. Agreement on the implementation annex is essential to normalization ...
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
Release: The following is a Joint Statement by Qatar, Somalia, Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Democratizing Digital Transformation for Women in Business in Central and Eastern Europe. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0009466. Catalog of Federal...
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
News Release: PRESIDENT TOKAYEV: (Inaudible) Mr. Secretary, I very much would like to welcome you to Astana. I believe that your visit is strictly (inaudible) given additional (inaudible) to our strategic cooperation. We have built a very good and reliable long-term partnerships in so many strategically important ...
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
News Release: FOREIGN MINISTER TILEUBERDI: Secretary Blinken, it’s my pleasure to welcome you and your delegation here in our capital, Astana. It has been a while since our last meeting in September in New York. Positive outcomes of the recent meetings of intensive strategic partnership dialogue, the high-level human ...
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
Release: The U.S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program, which is administered by the Diplomatic Security Service, is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the identification or location of al-Shabaab key leader Ali Mohamed Rage.
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul gave the following remarks at a full committee hearing on combatting the generational challenge of CCP aggression.
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
Release: Kazakhstan. Overview: Kazakhstan remained on guard against the potential for both externally directed and homegrown terrorist attacks. The government continued rehabilitation and reintegration efforts for more than 600 Kazakhstani FTFs and family members repatriated from Syria and Iraq since 2019, including...
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
Release: Afghanistan. Overview: During the reporting period, ISIS-K increased high-profile attacks against civilians, often targeting members of vulnerable religious and ethnic minority populations such as Hazara Shias, to spread fear and sow divisions in Afghan society. ISIS-K received an influx of detained...
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
Strengthening Existing Models and Structures for Effective P/CVE Programming in Punjab grant opened on March 1.
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
News 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 ...
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
News Release: The following is a Joint Statement by Qatar, Somalia, Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s a pleasure to be here with Foreign Minister Meredov, to see him again after, I think, our last meeting in New York on the margins of the UN General Assembly. We are proud of the now more than 30-years partnership that we’ve built with Turkmenistan.
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Roger Marshall ...
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
Release: Sri Lanka. Overview: Sri Lanka has continued efforts to enhance its CT capabilities and to improve border security, including through engagement with the United States and other international partners. Efforts were hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic and a government focus on opening the country for economic...
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
Release: Pakistan. Overview: Pakistan took steps in 2021 to counter terror financing and to restrain some India-focused militant groups. Pakistan reviewed and revised its 2015 National Action Plan (NAP) to counter terrorism, reducing the NAP from a 20-point plan to 14 key points, but made meager progress on the...
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
Release: Bangladesh. Overview: In 2021, incidents causing injury and death derived from hate-based communal protests and political differences occurred, with some violent extremist group involvement. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reemphasized Bangladesh’s zero-tolerance policy on terrorism. Terrorist groups increased...
