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Virtual Press Conference with U.S. Officials and the APEC Secretariat Following the APEC 2023 First Senior Officials’ Meeting

Release: APEC 2023 Senior Officials’ Meeting Chair Mike Pyle and U.S. Senior Official for APEC Matt Murray will join APEC Secretariat Executive Director Dr. Rebecca Sta Maria for a virtual press conference following the conclusion of the APEC 2023 First Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM 1). The virtual press conference will take place at 1:00 p.m. PST Tuesday, February 28 (4 p.m. EST; 5:00 a.m. Singapore local time Wednesday, March 1, from Palm Springs, California.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul will join ABC’s “This Week" with Martha Raddatz this Sunday, February 26th.


News Release: ICYMI: Ukraine War Wouldn’t Take So Long if Biden Would Commit to Victory.


Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Kerry’s Travel to Brazil, Panama, and Houston

Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Brasilia, Brazil, from February 26-28, Panama City, Panama from March 1-3, and Houston, Texas from March 6-7. In Brazil, Secretary Kerry will advance the U.S.-Brazil Climate Change Working Group that Presidents Biden and Lula relaunched...


Secretary Blinken’s Remarks at the United Nations Security Council Ministerial Meeting on Ukraine

Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, fellow council members.


Joint Statement on the U.S.-Oman Strategic Dialogue

Release: The following is a text of the joint statement released by the Governments of the United States of America and Oman on the occasion of the U.S.-Oman Strategic Dialogue.


News Release: Today, the United States hosted the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General for Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, and senior officials from Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Qatar, Türkiye, the UAE, and the UK, to discuss the Libyan people’s demand for presidential and parliamentary elections. Ahead ...


News Release: Acting Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Erin Barclay will travel to Geneva, Switzerland February 24 to March 1 for meetings around the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council (HRC).


News Release: The U.S. Conventional Arms Transfer Policy provides a framework under which U.S. Government agencies review and evaluate proposed arms transfers. Administrations have long issued such guidance to the Executive Branch agencies, dating back to the first CAT Policy established by the Carter Administration in 1977, and through several subsequent iterations previously promulgated by the Reagan, Clinton, Obama, and Trump Administrations.


News Release: MR GOLDBERG: Good morning to all of you in the United States. Good afternoon or good evening to those of you who are joining us from Ukraine and elsewhere in Europe and other places. Very, very happy to have all of you here.


News Release: U.S. Special Representative for Racial Equity and Justice Desirée Cormier Smith will travel to Amman, Jordan February 23-28 to deliver keynote remarks at U.S. Embassy Amman’s Black and White Gala for Black History Month. The annual gala brings together members of the diplomatic community, local partners, ...


DOS-DRL grant application closes on April 25

DRL Enabling Civil Society Efforts to Address the Misuse, Diversion, and Abuse of Arms Exports grant opened on Feb. 24.


DOS-UGA grant application closes on March 31

U.S. Embassy Kampala Media Literacy and Counter Disinformation Programs grant opened on Feb. 24.


DOS-NGA offers new grant application process starting Feb. 24

2023 Ambassador's Special Self-Help Program grant opened on Feb. 24.


Release: Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose W. Fernandez participated in I2U2 (Israel, India, the UAE, and the United States) initiative’s inaugural business forum, hosted in Abu Dhabi by UAE Minister of State H.E. Ahmed bin Ali Al Sayegh on Feb. 22, 2023. The forum...


Joint Statement on the U.S.-Oman Strategic Dialogue

News Release: The following is a text of the joint statement released by the Governments of the United States of America and Oman on the occasion of the U.S.-Oman Strategic Dialogue.


White House Releases Updated U.S. Conventional Arms Transfer Policy

News Release: Revitalizing America’s alliances is a key element of the Biden-Harris Administration’s approach to foreign policy. Today’s release of a newly revised U.S. Conventional Arms Transfer Policy articulates the Administration’s priorities in evaluating proposed defense transfers in a manner that promotes the ...


News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price


U.S. Department of State Announces $7 Million for Ukraine Cultural Heritage Response Initiative

News Release: With Ukraine’s cultural identity and heritage under continuous threat and attack by Russian forces, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announced today that its Ukraine Cultural Heritage Response Initiative will invest $7 million to support Ukrainian efforts to protect its cultural heritage.


News Release: The following is the text of a joint statement by the Governments of Slovenia and the United States of America after the third U.S.-Slovenia Strategic Dialogue held in Washington D.C.