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Release: QUESTION: Secretary Blinken, first of all, welcome to Türkiye.

Release: This week, we mark one year since the Russian Government launched its brutal and unprovoked invasion against Ukraine. President Putin expected a quick victory, but despite inflicting widespread destruction and human suffering, he has fundamentally underestimated the boundless courage and steadfast resolve of the people of Ukraine, and the support for Ukraine in the international community.

Release: The text of the following statement was agreed upon by the ministers of sport or their equivalent from the countries and individuals listed at the bottom of the statement.

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Release: This week, we mark one year since the Russian Government launched its brutal and unprovoked invasion against Ukraine. President Putin expected a quick victory, but despite inflicting widespread destruction and human suffering, he has fundamentally underestimated the boundless courage and steadfast resolve of the people of Ukraine, and the support for Ukraine in the international community.

Release: Special Envoy for Biodiversity and Water Resources Monica Medina will travel to New York, New York, February 21-24 in support of negotiations on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) agreement. Special Envoy Medina will meet with stakeholders...

Release: PRIME MINISTER MITSOTAKIS: Secretary, welcome to Athens. You’re coming at a very, very challenging time. It’s been a year since Russia has invaded Ukraine, and if anything, this unprovoked war has tested our alliance, but I think we’ve been able to respond. As was actually appropriate, (inaudible) Greece ...

Release: FOREIGN MINISTER CAVUSOGLU: (Via interpreter) Distinguished members of the press, today (inaudible) together with my distinguished friend, the Secretary of State of the United States of America, Antony Blinken, in Ankara. Following the earthquake disaster, we received a lot of messages of condolence ...

Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

Release: To all those observing Tsagaan Sar, the Mongolian Lunar New Year, I wish you good health, peace, and good fortune.

News 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 ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres met last week to discuss the urgent need for humanitarian access in Syria in response to the Feb. 6 earthquakes.

Release: Today the United States is announcing an additional $100 million in assistance in response to the devastating earthquake in Türkiye and Syria. President Biden intends to authorize $50 million in Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Funds (ERMA). In addition to the ERMA funds, the United States...

Release: QUESTION: And joining me now from Munich is the Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Mr. Secretary, welcome back to Meet the Press.

News Release: Today the United States is announcing an additional $100 million in assistance in response to the devastating earthquake in Türkiye and Syria. President Biden intends to authorize $50 million in Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Funds (ERMA). In addition to the ERMA funds, the United States ...