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News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III spoke tonight with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to condemn Russia’s premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified attack on Ukraine and discuss the Alliance’s ...


Release: The United States took action today to facilitate a broad range of commercial activity in Afghanistan that will benefit the Afghan people.


Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Call with Portuguese Political Director Vinhas

News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman spoke today with Portuguese MFA Political Director Rui Vinhas. Deputy Secretary Sherman and Ambassador Vinhas condemned Russia’s premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified attack against Ukraine in violation of ...


News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman spoke today with Republic of Korea (ROK) First Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong Kun about Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified attack on Ukraine. The Deputy Secretary stressed that President Putin’s premeditated ...


Visa Restrictions on Individuals Responsible for Undermining the Democratic Process in Somalia

Release: The delay in the conclusion of Somalia’s elections is driving political instability, threatening security gains, and undermining economic development.


News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman spoke today with the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Waleed El Khereiji about the premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified attack against Ukraine by Russia’s military forces and the importance of building a strong international response to support Ukrainian sovereignty.


Estonia National Day

News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of Estonia as you celebrate your independence on February 24.


Release: The United States took action today to facilitate a broad range of commercial activity in Afghanistan that will benefit the Afghan people.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken With David Muir of ABC World News Tonight

News Release: QUESTION: Secretary Blinken, thank you for joining us here tonight. I want to get right to what was reported late today from Russian state news, reports that those Russian separatists in those two regions inside Ukraine that Vladimir Putin declared as independent, that those separatists have now made ...


Secretary Blinken’s Call with United Nations Secretary-General Guterres

News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres about Russia’s premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified attack against Ukraine. Secretary Blinken thanked the Secretary-General for the commitment ...


United States Statement on Ukraine at the Fifth United Nations Environment Assembly

Release: Thank you, Madame Chair. I am pleased to be here on behalf of the United States to express our strong support for Ukraine and the intervention by the European Union. President Biden said unequivocally earlier this week- the United States is always ready for diplomacy.



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

DRL: Supporting a Credible Local Election Environment in Angola grant opened on Feb. 24.


McCaul, Rogers Urge Harsher Sanctions on Russia

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and House Armed Services Committee Lead Republican Mike Rogers (R-AL) released a statement calling for harsher sanctions on Vladimir Putin following his renewed invasion further into Ukraine.


DOS-ECA grant application closes on May 16

FY 2022 Creative Arts Exchange grant opened on Feb. 24.



Brunei National Day

News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of Brunei Darussalam and send you best wishes as you celebrate Brunei’s National Day.


DOS-DRL grant application closes on April 27

DRL Strengthening Rights of Gig Workers in Colombia and Brazil grant opened on Feb. 24.


Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Strengthening Rights of Gig Workers in Colombia and Brazil. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0008656. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number:...


The US State Department published a two page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.