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Joint Statement on the Strategic Dialogue Between the United States and Poland

Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and Poland on the occasion of the U.S.-Poland Strategic Dialogue.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement following multiple comments made by NBC journalists during the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics that downplayed the horrific genocide and human rights abuses committed by the...


Release: MS PORTER: Hello, good afternoon, and happy Friday, everyone. Thank you for joining the call. As we announced this morning, Secretary Blinken will travel to Australia, Fiji, and Hawaii next week for a series of bilateral, trilateral, and multilateral engagements to advance our priorities in the Indo-Pacific.



Release: More information about Sudan is available on the Sudan Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.


News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement concerning the designation of the Rapid Action Batallion...


DOS-LSO offers new grant application process starting Feb. 4

U.S. Embassy Maseru PAS Annual Program Statement grant opened on Feb. 4.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau Before Their Meeting

Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good morning, everyone. It’s a great pleasure to have my friend, the Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau, here in Washington at the State Department, and the timing could not be better in the sense that we have an extremely productive already Strategic Dialogue underway - long scheduled, long time - but of course, we’re also here at a time of real concern for European security because of Russia’s aggressive posture toward Ukraine.


Release: MS PORTER: Hello, good afternoon, and happy Friday, everyone. Thank you for joining the call. As we announced this morning, Secretary Blinken will travel to Australia, Fiji, and Hawaii next week for a series of bilateral, trilateral, and multilateral engagements to advance our priorities in the Indo-Pacific.


Risch Announces #CCPrisoners Campaign

News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today announced a Twitter campaign entitled #CCPrisoners. During the 27 days of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Senator Risch will be highlighting 27 individuals who have been unjustly kidnapped, ...


Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL FY2021 Research and Evaluation Innovation Fund: Global Trends in Democratic Erosion and Autocracy. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0008552. Catalog...


Report to Congress on 2022 Trafficking in Persons Interim Assessment Pursuant to the Trafficking Victims Protection Act

Release: The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 as amended (TVPA) requires that the Secretary of State submit a list of countries that require special scrutiny to Congress and to provide an Interim Assessment of the progress made in combating trafficking in persons (TIP) by the countries on that list.


News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman spoke today with Republic of Korea (ROK) First Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong Kun and Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Mori Takeo. The Deputy Secretary and vice foreign ministers reaffirmed the importance of trilateral ...


News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: On January 29 and 30, Special Representative for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Sung Kim held calls with Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Funakoshi Takehiro and ROK Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Noh Kyu-duk.


DOS-ZWE grant application closes on April 3

Strengthening Press Freedom in Zimbabwe (First Amendment Partnership Programs - FAPP-Zim) grant opened on Feb. 4.


New Zealand Waitangi Day

Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I send my best wishes to the people of Aotearoa New Zealand as you commemorate the anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi on February 6.


Release: Counselor of the Department Derek Chollet will lead an interagency delegation to Sofia, Bucharest, and Brussels from February 7 to 11 to engage with our partners in Europe on a range of issues, and to consult with NATO Allies and the European Union partners on Russian aggression towards Ukraine. Counselor ...


Release: Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Yael Lempert will visit Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain, February 3-11. Acting Assistant Secretary Lempert will lead an interagency delegation to Amman where she will meet senior officials to discuss regional security and bilateral issues. The Acting Assistant Secretary will then travel to Riyadh, Bahrain and Kuwait, where she will meet with government officials and civil society leaders.


Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Australia, Fiji, and Hawaii February 7-13 to engage with Indo-Pacific allies and partners to advance peace, resilience, and prosperity across the region and demonstrate that these partnerships deliver.