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Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn

News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary Wendy Sherman met today in Washington with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn to discuss United States support for Cambodia’s year as ASEAN Chair. The Deputy Secretary thanked Cambodia for its support ...


Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Germany and France May 14-16 to attend the informal meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers in Berlin, Germany, and join the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council meeting in Paris-Saclay, France.


DOS-EB offers new grant application process starting May 12

Accelerating Women's Empowerment in Energy (AWEE) grant opened on May 12.


Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s a really great pleasure to welcome my colleague, my friend, the deputy prime minister, Don here to the State Department in Washington. I’m particularly eager to continue the very good conversations we started in the fall.



Report to Congress on  List of Persons Who Are Responsible for  or Complicit in Certain Human Rights Abuses in Iran

Release: Pursuant to the authorities delegated to the Secretary of State in Executive Order (E.O.) 13553, which implements Section 105 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, as amended (CISADA) (Public Law 111-195), as well as in the October 9, 2012, Delegation of Certain...


News Release: Pursuant to the authorities delegated to the Secretary of State in Executive Order (E.O.) 13553, which implements Section 105 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, as amended (CISADA) (Public Law 111-195), as well as in the October 9, 2012, Delegation of Certain...


McCaul Highlights CCP Human Rights Violations Ahead of UN High Commissioner Visit to China

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul sent a letter to United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet highlighting the numerous human rights violations committed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ahead of her trip to China.


Meeks, Castro, Wagner, Bera Introduce Bipartisan Resolution Supporting a Strong US-ASEAN Partnership

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ahead of this week’s U.S.-ASEAN Special Summit, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05), founding co-chairs of the U.S. Congressional Caucus on ASEAN Joaquin Castro (TX-20) and Ann Wagner (MO-02), and House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific,...


Release: Representatives of the United States, the Arab League, Egypt, the European Union, France, Germany, Greece, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom met in Brussels on May 10, 2022, to discuss the crisis in Syria.


G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on the Situation of Women and Girls in Afghanistan

Release: The text of the following statement was released by the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union.


Opening Statement to Senate Foreign Relations Committee: “U.S. Efforts to Support Ukraine Against Russian Aggression”

Release: Good morning, Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member Risch, and distinguished members of the Committee. It is an honor to be back in the presence of the Committee for another hearing on security assistance, this time for a discussion focused on United States security assistance to Ukraine. I am pleased to be here alongside Assistant Secretary Donfried, Ambassador Van Schaack, and Assistant Administrator McKee.


Humanitarian Relief Trustees Arrested in Hong Kong

News Release: By arresting Cardinal Joseph Zen, Margaret Ng, Hui Po-keung, and Denise Ho under the National Security Law, Hong Kong authorities have again demonstrated they will pursue all means necessary to stifle dissent and undercut protected rights and freedoms. Hui Po-keung’s arrest at Hong Kong International ...


Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


DOS-INL grant application closes on July 12

Implementation and logistics support of a Police Athletic League in Guatemala grant opened on May 12.


DOS-INL offers new grant application process starting May 12

Strengthening Nicaraguan Communities Capacity to Resist Drugs grant opened on May 12.


Authorizing Specified Economic Activities in Non-Regime Held Areas of Northeast and Northwest Syria in Support of D-ISIS Efforts

Release: The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today issued Syria General License (GL) 22, authorizing specific economic activities in certain non-regime-held areas of northeast and northwest Syria. This new authorization supports the Biden Administration’s strategy to...


Secretary Blinken’s Call with Azerbaijani President Aliyev

News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. The Secretary and President Aliyev discussed recent positive momentum and future concrete steps on the path to peace in the South Caucasus, including border delimitation ...


News Release: The following statement was released by the Foreign Ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh/ISIS following today’s meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco.