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Assistant Secretary Pyatt’s Travel to India

News Release: The Department of State’s Bureau of Energy Resources Assistant Secretary Geoffrey R. Pyatt will travel to Mumbai, Pune, and New Delhi February 13-17. In the context of our strategic cooperation and India’s G-20 Presidency, the Assistant Secretary will further cooperation on the clean energy transition, ...


News Release: A senior U.S. government delegation will travel to Saudi Arabia to participate in the U.S.-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Working Group meetings on February 13-16. The delegation will convene in Riyadh - which hosts the GCC Secretariat’s headquarters - with representatives from the GCC member states’ governments and the Secretariat to discuss shared priorities.


Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Support Civic Engagement in Sri Lanka. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0009403. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345. Type of Solicitation:...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul released the following statement following Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s decision to pause the docking of Iranian warships in Brazil ahead of his meeting today with President Joe Biden.


Condemning Today’s Terrorist Attack in Jerusalem

Release: We strongly condemn today’s terrorist attack on civilians, including children, at a bus stop in Jerusalem and express our condolences to the families of those killed. The deliberate targeting of innocent civilians is repugnant and unconscionable. The United States extends our deepest sympathies to the injured, and we stand firmly with them in the face of this attack.


Interagency Delegation Travels to Saudi Arabia

Release: A senior U.S. government delegation will travel to Saudi Arabia to participate in the U.S.-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Working Group meetings on February 13-16. The delegation will convene in Riyadh - which hosts the GCC Secretariat’s headquarters - with representatives from the GCC member states’ governments and the Secretariat to discuss shared priorities.


Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. It’s as always a great pleasure to welcome my friend and colleague, the foreign minister of Qatar, here to the State Department, to Washington. Mohammed, thank you for being here. We have also as always a lot to cover because we are partnered on so many different regional and global issues, and it’s a partnership that the United States deeply, deeply appreciates.


Release: Director of the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) Joan Polaschik will travel to Paris, France and Amman, Jordan February 12-17 to advance FSI’s efforts to ready the Department’s workforce for the mission demands of today and tomorrow through training and career-long learning opportunities.


“RECOGNIZING MS. MARISA UGARTE, OUTSTANDING ADVOCATE IN THE 52ND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT“ was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on page E115 on Feb. 10


Taking Joint Action Against Cybercriminals

Release: The United States and the United Kingdom are taking coordinated action today targeting cybercriminals who launched assaults against our critical infrastructure. We will continue to work with the United Kingdom and with other international partners to expose and disrupt cybercrime emanating from Russia.


Secretary Blinken to Convene Human Trafficking Task Force Meeting

News Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will convene the next meeting of the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (PITF) at 2:00pm EST on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.


DOS-PHL grant application closes on Dec. 31

U.S. Embassy Philippines PAS Annual Program Statement grant opened on Feb. 10.


Release of Political Prisoners from Nicaragua

Release: Today, the United States welcomes 222 individuals who had been imprisoned by the Government of Nicaragua for exercising their fundamental freedoms and have endured lengthy unjust detentions. The release of these individuals, one of whom is a U.S. citizen, by the Government of Nicaragua marks a constructive...


News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price


Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, everyone. FOREIGN MINISTER HUSSEIN: Good morning. SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s a great pleasure to have my longtime friend Fuad Hussein, the foreign minister of Iraq, here at the State Department in Washington. We have worked together for many years - too many years. But...


News Release: AMBASSADOR GIFFORD: Good evening, good evening. You never want a speaking program to get in the way of the food, especially on a night like tonight. But really, what a treat to see everybody here tonight. Your Excellencies, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the U.S. Department of State.


News Release: The United States and the United Kingdom are taking coordinated action today targeting cybercriminals who launched assaults against our critical infrastructure. We will continue to work with the United Kingdom and with other international partners to expose and disrupt cybercrime emanating from Russia.


Release of Political Prisoners from Nicaragua

News Release: Today, the United States welcomes 222 individuals who had been imprisoned by the Government of Nicaragua for exercising their fundamental freedoms and have endured lengthy unjust detentions. The release of these individuals, one of whom is a U.S. citizen, by the Government of Nicaragua marks a constructive ...


DOS-MWI offers new grant application process starting Feb. 10

U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Small Grants Program grant opened on Feb. 10.


News Release: Washington, DC- Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul gave the following remarks at a full committee organizational meeting for the 118th Congress.