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Release: Today, the Department of State and the Department of the Treasury have taken additional sweeping actions as part of our response, together with our allies and partners, to the Russian Federation’s premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified war against Ukraine. We are steadfast in our commitment to ensuring Russia pays a severe economic and diplomatic price for its further invasion of Ukraine.


Release: The United States welcomes and strongly supports the declaration today by the Government of Ethiopia of an indefinite humanitarian truce, effective immediately, and the commitment to work in collaboration with humanitarian organizations to expedite the unimpeded delivery of humanitarian assistance to all those in need. We expect this declaration to be quickly followed by the movement of life-saving assistance.


Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


Release: The following is a statement from the Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union. We are united in our condemnation of the Taliban’s decision not to re-open secondary schools to Afghan girls.


The US State Department published a three page rule on March 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Release: We are deeply disappointed and troubled by the presence of Iranian military officials and reportedly Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officers at the Doha Defense Show in Qatar. We utterly reject their presence at the show and its maritime defense exhibit, as it is Iran that is biggest threat...


Secretary Blinken’s Call with South African Foreign Minister Pandor

News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor about the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and the negative ripple effects it is already causing to food security ...


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), chairman and ranking member of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, today applauded the Senate ...



Joint Statement on Kosovo

News Release: The following is the text of a joint statement by the Governments of the United States of America and France, Italy, Germany, and the United Kingdom.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today applauded committee passage of S. 3666, legislation to mitigate risks related to El Salvador’s adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender, and S. 816, legislation to recalibrate the State Department’s risk tolerance abroad.


Release: MR PRICE: Thanks very much and good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining today’s call. Very pleased to have with us today Acting Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Yael Lempert. She will preview the Secretary’s travel to Israel, the West Bank, Morocco, and Algeria. The acting assistant secretary will speak today on the record. This call is.


Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with New Zealand Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade Seed

News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met today with New Zealand Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade Chris Seed and New Zealand Secretary of Defence Andrew Bridgman in Washington, D.C. Deputy Secretary Sherman condemned Putin’s premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified war against Ukraine and thanked Secretary Seed for New Zealand’s strong response, including new sanctions legislation.


Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Estonian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Vseviov

News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met with Estonian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Jonatan Vseviov today in Washington, DC. They discussed efforts to provide additional assistance to Ukraine and raise the costs on the Russian government for ...


Rewards for Justice – Reward Offer for Information on Russian FSB Officers Conducting Malicious Activity Against U.S. Critical Infrastructure Between 2012-2017

Release: The U.S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program is now offering a reward for information on Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers Pavel Aleksandrovich Akulov, Mikhail Mikhailovich Gavrilov, and Marat Valeryevich Tyukov for their alleged involvement in computer intrusions, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and damage to the property of an energy facility offenses.


Release: The United States welcomes and strongly supports the declaration today by the Government of Ethiopia of an indefinite humanitarian truce, effective immediately, and the commitment to work in collaboration with humanitarian organizations to expedite the unimpeded delivery of humanitarian assistance to all those in need. We expect this declaration to be quickly followed by the movement of life-saving assistance.


Sanctioning Additional Members of Russia’s Duma, Russian Elites, Bank Board Members, and Defense Entities

Release: President Putin’s war continues to inflict horror and widespread suffering on the people of Ukraine. At the same time, in Russia, the State Duma continues to use its legislative power to target domestic dissenters and political opponents, disrupt the free flow of information, and restrict the human rights...


Joint Statement on the Recent Taliban Decision to Deny Afghan Girls the Right to an Education

Release: The following is a statement from the Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Italy, Norway, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union. We are united in our condemnation of the Taliban’s decision not to re-open secondary schools to Afghan girls.


Joint Statement on the Recent Taliban Decision to Deny Afghan Girls the Right to an Education

Release: The following is a statement from the Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Italy, Norway, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union. We are united in our condemnation of the Taliban’s decision not to re-open secondary schools to Afghan girls.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of the East Asia Subcommittee, Mitt Romney (R-Utah), ranking member of the East Asia Subcommittee, and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations ...