News and reports from the State Department.

Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I extend our best wishes to the people of Bulgaria on your national day.

News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price

Release: Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Julieta Valls Noyes will travel to Colombia March 5-9. In Bogota, Medellín, and Necoclí, Assistant Secretary Noyes will meet with government officials, international organization and nongovernmental partners, as well as refugees...

“Senate Committee Meetings” was published on pages D155-D156 of the Congressional Record on Feb. 27.

News Release: The United States is deeply troubled by the conviction and 27-year sentence of respected Cambodian political leader Kem Sokha. The multi-year process to silence him, based on a politically-motivated charge, is unjust and profoundly diminishes the Kingdom of Cambodia’s standing in the international community. The United States has consistently called on the Cambodian government to respect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Kem Sokha and all people of Cambodia.

News Release: The United States and Qatar held the Economic and Commercial Cooperation Session of the fifth annual Strategic Dialogue in Doha, Qatar, on Monday, February 20. U.S. Department of State Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Dilawar Syed opened and led the session. Special Representative ...

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the department’s ongoing failure to produce documents and information requested by the committee pertaining to the Biden administration’s disastrous Afghanistan...

Release: The United States is deeply troubled by the conviction and 27-year sentence of respected Cambodian political leader Kem Sokha. The multi-year process to silence him, based on a politically-motivated charge, is unjust and profoundly diminishes the Kingdom of Cambodia’s standing in the international community. The United States has consistently called on the Cambodian government to respect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Kem Sokha and all people of Cambodia.

News Release: This week, as Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine continues at great cost, we are again reminded of the boundless courage and steadfast resolve of the people of Ukraine as well as the strong support for Ukraine in the international community.

Release: The eighth Our Ocean Conference - hosted by the Government of Panama - convened governments, non-governmental organizations, and civil society to make concrete commitments to protect ocean health and security. The United States made 77 announcements, from 8 agencies and offices, worth nearly USD 6 billion,...

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.

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.

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

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 ...

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...