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News Release: On behalf of Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs is soliciting public input for recommendations for this year’s Secretary of State’s Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE). Now in its 23rd year, the ACE honors U.S. companies that ...


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led Senators Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) in reintroducing a resolution on U.S.-Mexico relations.



Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Trinidadian and Tobagonian Foreign Minister Amery Browne Before Their Meeting

News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. It’s a pleasure to welcome Foreign Minister Browne here. Amery, welcome. Good to have you at the State Department and very glad especially for this opportunity to continue to deepen the already strong bilateral relationship between Trinidad and Tobago and the United States.


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, today were joined by Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah) in introducing the Providing Appropriate Recognition and Treatment Needed to ...


News Release: The Budget makes critical, targeted investments in the American people that will promote greater prosperity and economic growth for decades to come. At the Department of State and USAID, the Foreign Affairs Budget will


News Release: The Fourth Meeting at the World Health Organization of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body working on a pandemic accord concluded last week. The United States used this meeting to underscore its commitment to the process, with a goal of developing an accord that builds on lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic and strengthens U.S. national security by establishing clear, agreed roles and responsibilities for the WHO and its member states and partners.


News Release: The following is the text of a Joint Statement following a meeting between Lithuanian Foreign Minister Landsbergis and Secretary Blinken in Washington, D.C.


DOS-DRL offers new grant application process starting March 10

DRL Accountability Measure Effectiveness grant opened on March 10.


DOS-MAR grant application closes on April 10

Intercultural TechCamp for Climate Change grant opened on March 10.


News Release: Today - on International Women’s Day - the United States is taking action in coordination with the European Union, United Kingdom, and Australia to promote accountability for the Iranian regime’s continued human rights abuses, particularly those against women and girls, including those conducted in the ...



Secretary Blinken’s Call with Romanian Foreign Minister Aurescu

Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


Ian C. Moss’ Remarks to Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS FTF Working Group

Release: Good afternoon and thank you all for being here. And thank you to the Government of Kuwait for again hosting us. This working group is critical to our collective effort to fight what continues to be a very real threat despite our significant progress.


Release: At the Our Ocean Conference (OOC) in Panama, the United States highlighted new and recently launched global initiatives totaling more than USD 800 million to protect our ocean and assist developing countries - from supporting the creation of marine protected areas and helping partner countries secure and enforce their marine resources, to improving the resilience of coastal areas to climate change.


Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. It’s a pleasure to welcome Foreign Minister Browne here. Amery, welcome. Good to have you at the State Department and very glad especially for this opportunity to continue to deepen the already strong bilateral relationship between Trinidad and Tobago and the United States.


News Release: We are imposing sanctions on a “shadow banking" network of 39 entities across multiple jurisdictions. These multi-jurisdictional illicit finance systems provide sanctioned Iranian entities access to the international financial system and enable them to obfuscate their trade with foreign customers. Today’s ...


State Department and European Commission Engage Diamond Industry to Discuss Next Steps on Russian Diamonds

Release: Today, Ambassador James O’Brien joined Deputy Director General and Chief Trade Enforcement Officer Denis Redonnet of the European Commission to discuss with the U.S. and European offices of leading diamond retailers, manufacturers, laboratories, and industry trade associations the importance of the diamond ...



DOS-GIN offers new grant application process starting March 9

U.S. Embassy, Conakry PDS Request for Statements of Interest grant opened on March 9.