By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
Release: Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for the invitation, and I couldn’t be happier to be here in the City of Brotherly/Sisterly Love.
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: The U.S. government remains deeply concerned about the evolving racially or ethnically motivated violent extremist (REMVE) threat worldwide. An element of it entails violent white supremacists traveling internationally to train and fight with likeminded individuals. As part of our efforts to counter ...
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone.
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. It’s very good to see you all today, and especially good to see my friend, Foreign Minister Mohammed. Welcome. We’ve spent a lot of time together over the last year and a half now - in person, by phone, which is evidence of the strength and depth of the relationship...
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke yesterday with Federated States of Micronesia President David Panuelo and reaffirmed the special friendship between the United States and the Federated States of Micronesia marked by a commitment to securing ...
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
Release: To mark World Ocean Day, the Department of State is working with Congress to provide $10 million in support of the UN plan to address the imminent threat to the Red Sea ecosystem from the FSO Safer in Yemen. An oil spill or leak would cost the world billions to clean up, devastate Red Sea marine life,...
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID), and Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ), released the below statement in reaction to the threatened Turkish incursion into Northern Syria...
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
Release: The United States is committed to advancing human rights in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza. Israelis and Palestinians deserve equal measures of freedom, security, prosperity, and, importantly, dignity. Promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms is important in its own right and as a means of preserving and advancing the prospects of a negotiated two-state solution.
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
President Joe Biden recently announced his intention to appoint Christopher T. Robinson as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Latvia
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
Release: The United States welcomes today’s announcement by the UN on the extension of the truce in Yemen. This 60-day extension is another important step toward peace and will bring further relief to millions of Yemenis. We are grateful for the efforts of UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg as well as those of our...
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
Release: Acting Assistant Secretary for Global Public Affairs Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau will travel to Bonn, Germany, June 17-20 to attend the G7 Media Ministerial with diplomatic counterparts from each of the G7 countries. While in Bonn, Acting Assistant Secretary Trudeau will discuss the protection of media ...
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: The United States is deeply concerned by the June 14 mass conviction of opposition activists in Cambodia, including Cambodian-American lawyer Theary Seng. The sentencing of these opposition activists, many of whom are associated with the disbanded Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), is the latest ...
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
There was activity on six bills related to the Foreign Affairs Committee on June 15.
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
There was activity on four bills related to the Armed Services Committee on June 15.
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Department of State renewed the Charter of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee. The Committee was established by the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act (Public Law 97-446) to provide recommendations regarding requests for assistance from foreign governments under the UNESCO 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property.
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of Iceland as you celebrate your National Day.
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: Today, we announced an additional $1 billion in additional military assistance for Ukraine. Pursuant to a delegation of authority from the President, I am authorizing our twelfth drawdown of arms and equipment from U.S. Department of Defense inventories for Ukraine’s defense since August 2021, valued ...
