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Blinken meets with Turkmen Foreign Minister 'to discuss furthering our bilateral ties'

Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Turkmenistan Foreign Minister Rasit Meredov and said the U.S. looks forward to addressing regional and global challenges like climate change.

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Gallagher: CCP found friends in U.S. 'willing to oppose our efforts to push back'

Rep. Mike Gallagher, (R-Wisc.), chairman of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party said China has successfully defeated efforts by Congress to push back with the help of its friends.

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Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability

News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening, everyone, and apologies for doing this so late. I hope I’m not disrupting people’s dinner plans.

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Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi Before Their Meeting

News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s great to be with you, as always. And I’m just so pleased to be able to spend time with the foreign minister. Indonesia had a very successful leadership of the G20 last year. Now we’re in the process of the active handover to our friends in India, but it’s a strong agenda that ...

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Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra Before Their Meeting

Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Hello. Good afternoon, everyone. It’s a great pleasure as always to meet with my friend and colleague, the Dutch foreign minister. And we are taking this opportunity to follow up on the very good visit the prime minister made to Washington some weeks ago with President Biden; also...

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Chairman McCaul Blasts Biden Admin’s Failure to Hold Taliban Accountable for Abhorrent Treatment of Women and Girls

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressing grave concern regarding the administration’s failure to impose visa restriction sanctions on members of the Taliban who are responsible for the abhorrent treatment of Afghan women and girls.

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Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Doniyor Tukhsinov of Kun.uz

Release: QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, thank you very much for being here. I want to start by asking you about the current state of relations between the countries of Central Asia and the United States. Has anything changed in U.S. foreign policy toward the countries of the region in light of current developments in the international arena, especially after the war in Ukraine?

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Blinken: Kazakhstan shows 'growing commitment to our economic partnership and his reform agenda'

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken visited Kazakhstan Feb. 28 to strengthen bilateral cooperation by meeting with senior Kazakh officials including President Kassym-Jomart Kemeluly Tokayev and Turkmen Foreign Minister Rasit Meredov in Astana.

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Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Indonesian Foreign Minister Marsudi

News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price

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DOS-NPL grant application closes on April 16

U.S. Higher Education Guidance Counselor Training Program grant opened on March 3.

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Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Brazilian Foreign Minister Vieira

Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

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Risch, Menendez Lead Colleagues in Introducing Bipartisan Resolution Underscoring Urgency of Combatting IUU Fishing, Associated Criminal Activity

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 Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) in introducing a bipartisan resolution underscoring the threats posed by illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing to security, prosperity, and biodiversity in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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MENACA Subcommittee Hearing Announcement: “Expanding the Abraham Accords”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced the Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia will convene a hearing entitled, “Expanding the Abraham Accords" on Thursday, March 9th.

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Deputy Assistant Secretary Maxine Burkett’s Remarks “Summit of the Americas Ad Hoc Technical Group on Our Sustainable Green Future”

Release: Good afternoon National Coordinators of the Summit Process, Deputy Coordinators, other distinguished delegates, technical experts, Joint Summit Working Group institutions, and Summits Secretariat representatives.

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United States Engagement with the G20

Release: Secretary Blinken will travel to New Delhi, India, to attend the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, to deepen cooperation and tackle pressing global challenges from strengthening food, energy, health, and women’s security to spurring investments in clean technology, and advancing progress toward achieving...

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Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi Before Their Meeting

Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s great to be with you, as always. And I’m just so pleased to be able to spend time with the foreign minister. Indonesia had a very successful leadership of the G20 last year. Now we’re in the process of the active handover to our friends in India, but it’s a strong agenda that...