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Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will participate in a virtual moderated conversation on “Russia’s War on Ukraine: One Year Later" with The Atlantic’s editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg at 11:00 a.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023.
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Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias Before Their Meeting and the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue Kick-Off

Release: FOREIGN MINISTER DENDIAS: Dear Secretary of State, it is with great pleasure that I welcome you in Athens. It has been almost a year-and-a-half since our Third Strategic Dialogue in Washington. In the meantime, we have seen war returning to Europe with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We have also witnessed a revisionist rhetoric in defiance of international law emanating from a number of international actors.
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Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press

Release: QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, Putin announced today he would suspend cooperation with New START. Do you have a reaction and do you see this as a sign he’s going to breach the limits of the treaty?
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G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on the Illegal Annexation of Sovereign Ukrainian Territory

Release: Begin Text: We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, are united in our condemnation in the strongest possible terms of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and its ...
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DOS-XKX offers new grant application process starting Feb. 22

Independent Media Program grant opened on Feb. 22.
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DOS-XKX grant application closes on March 31

U.S. Speakers Program grant opened on Feb. 22.
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DOS-DRL grant application closes on April 26

DRL Addressing Hate-Based Crimes in Moldova grant opened on Feb. 22.
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G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement at the Munich Security Conference

Release: Statement by Hayashi Yoshimasa, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan in his capacity as Chair of the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting at the Munich Security Conference.
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U.S. Welcomes Kyrgyzstan’s Repatriation of Nationals from Northeast Syria

Release: Last week, the Government of Kyrgyzstan repatriated 18 women and 41 children from displaced persons camps in northeast Syria. We are grateful to Kyrgyzstan and to our local partners, the Syrian Democratic Forces, for working with us to help resolve the ongoing humanitarian and security challenges presented...
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G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on the Illegal Annexation of Sovereign Ukrainian Territory

News Release: Begin Text: We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, are united in our condemnation in the strongest possible terms of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and its ...
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Joint Statement on the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue

News Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and Greece on the occasion of the fourth Strategic Dialogue.
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Overseas Buildings Operations Dedicates New U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Türkiye

News Release: Underscoring the strong commitment to the U.S. - Türkiye alliance and Türkiye’s role as a NATO Ally, critical regional partner, and important U.S. security partner, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken joined U.S. Ambassador Jeffrey Flake to dedicate the new U.S. Embassy Ankara.
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Overseas Buildings Operations Dedicates New U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Türkiye

Release: Underscoring the strong commitment to the U.S. - Türkiye alliance and Türkiye’s role as a NATO Ally, critical regional partner, and important U.S. security partner, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken joined U.S. Ambassador Jeffrey Flake to dedicate the new U.S. Embassy Ankara.
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Secretary Blinken Participates in a Conversation on “Russia’s War on Ukraine: One Year Later” with The Atlantic

News Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will participate in a virtual moderated conversation on “Russia’s War on Ukraine: One Year Later" with The Atlantic’s editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg at 11:00 a.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023.
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Risch Joins Cornyn, Colleagues in Introducing Bill to Prevent Foreign Adversaries from Influencing U.S. Policy

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, recently joined Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) in introducing the Preventing Adversary Influence, Disinformation and Obscured Foreign Financing (PAID OFF) Act, which would help close Foreign Agents Registration Act loopholes that allow unregistered agents of foreign adversaries to lobby in the United States:
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DOS-XKX offers new grant application process starting Feb. 22

Democracy Commission Small Grants Program grant opened on Feb. 22.
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Joint Statement on the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue

Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and Greece on the occasion of the fourth Strategic Dialogue.
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Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks at a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Release: AMBASSADOR TSUNIS: (In Greek.). Welcome, everyone. It is truly an honor to have you here today. It is especially an honor to have someone that, in all fairness, I have to categorize as my friend but also my boss, the Secretary of State Antony Blinken, with us today. It is well established that Greeks ...
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DOS-DRL offers new grant application process starting Feb. 22

DRL Youth Empowerment in Serbia grant opened on Feb. 22.
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