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News Release: Washington, D.C.- House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) issued the below statement following the bipartisan passage of H. Res. 132, Responding to the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria on February 6, 2023. The resolution is led by House Foreign Affairs Committee Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia Subcommittee Chairman Joe Wilson (R-SC), and Chairman McCaul served as an original cosponsor.

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U.S.-Uzbekistan Relations
News Release: Since establishing diplomatic relations in 1992, the United States and Uzbekistan have developed a broad-based relationship, cooperating in such areas as border and regional security programs, economic relations, political and civil society issues, and English language training. Uzbekistan is important ...

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Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Before Their Meeting
Release: PRESIDENT TOKAYEV: (Inaudible) Mr. Secretary, I very much would like to welcome you to Astana. I believe that your visit is strictly (inaudible) given additional (inaudible) to our strategic cooperation. We have built a very good and reliable long-term partnerships in so many strategically important...

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DOS-DRL offers new grant application process starting March 1
DRL Advancing Inclusive and Equitable Reporting in the MENA Region grant opened on March 1.

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Joint Statement on Advancing the U.S.-Mongolia Economic Partnership
Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and Mongolia on the occasion of the 4th U.S.-Mongolia Economic Policy Dialogue.

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Welcoming Progress on the Path to Normalization between Kosovo and Serbia
News Release: The United States welcomes the leaders’ talks under the EU-facilitated Dialogue on February 27 and strongly supports the process of normalization of their relations. Yesterday’s meeting was a good step forward, but difficult work remains. Agreement on the implementation annex is essential to normalization ...
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McCaul Commends Passage of House Resolution Countering PRC Global Influence
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, H.R. 1107, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Is Not a Developing Country Act, led by the Chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific Young Kim (R-CA), passed out of committee. Watch the remarks delivered by Chairman McCaul during today’s committee markup here.

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What did State Department publish on Feb. 28?
The US State Department published a two page notice on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

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Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Turkmenistan Foreign Minister Meredov
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
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Country Reports on Terrorism 2021: Kyrgyz Republic
Release: Kyrgyz Republic. Overview: The Kyrgyz Republic’s counterterrorism efforts continue to concentrate on rooting out “extremists," CVE, preventing those returning from conflicts abroad from engaging in terrorist activities, and repatriation of FTF family members. The Kyrgyz government restricts public information...

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DOS-LSO offers new grant application process starting March 1
PEPFAR Small Grants Program, Capacity Building and Coordination for Community-Led Monitoring grant opened on March 1.

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Fu: 'Encouraging to see politicians around the world take notice of the Mayflower case'
Efforts by U.S. and Taiwanese politicians to ensure the safety and resettlement of a group of religious refugees from China have drawn praise from the president and founder of the ChinaAid Association.

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Special Online Briefing with Major General Matthew McFarlane, Commander, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, and Dana Stroul, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
Release: MODERATOR: Greetings to everyone from the U.S. Department of State’s Dubai Regional Media Hub. I would like to welcome our participants joining us from the Middle East and around the world for this on-the-record briefing with Major General Matthew McFarlane, the commanding general of the Combined Joint...

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Assistant Secretary Jessica Lewis Remarks at the Defense Writers Group Project for Media and National Security
Release: Moderator: Good morning, everybody, and welcome everyone to this Defense Writers Group conversation with a guest that we have not had before in my memory, so we’re really honored to have Jessica Lewis, the Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs.

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Economic Resilience in Central Asia Initiative
News Release: The Biden-Harris administration launched the Economic Resilience Initiative in Central Asia (ERICEN) in September 2022 to catalyze transformative economic growth across Central Asia in the wake of Russia’s unprovoked war of aggression in Ukraine. The United States provided $25 million in FY 2022 funding ...
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Welcoming Progress on the Path to Normalization between Kosovo and Serbia
Release: The United States welcomes the leaders’ talks under the EU-facilitated Dialogue on February 27 and strongly supports the process of normalization of their relations. Yesterday’s meeting was a good step forward, but difficult work remains. Agreement on the implementation annex is essential to normalization ...

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Joint Statement on Somalia
Release: The following is a Joint Statement by Qatar, Somalia, Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.

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DRL Democratizing Digital Transformation for Women in Business in Central and Eastern Europe
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Democratizing Digital Transformation for Women in Business in Central and Eastern Europe. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0009466. Catalog of Federal...
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Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Before Their Meeting
News Release: PRESIDENT TOKAYEV: (Inaudible) Mr. Secretary, I very much would like to welcome you to Astana. I believe that your visit is strictly (inaudible) given additional (inaudible) to our strategic cooperation. We have built a very good and reliable long-term partnerships in so many strategically important ...
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Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi Before Their Meeting
News Release: FOREIGN MINISTER TILEUBERDI: Secretary Blinken, it’s my pleasure to welcome you and your delegation here in our capital, Astana. It has been a while since our last meeting in September in New York. Positive outcomes of the recent meetings of intensive strategic partnership dialogue, the high-level human ...

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