News and reports from the State Department.

There were four notices published by the State Department in week ending Feb. 4, according to the Federal Register.

News Release: We are deeply troubled that Azerbaijani activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev has remained in detention since the eve of International Human Rights Day, last December, and that he continues to face charges widely understood as politically motivated. Mr. Hajiyev, who is on a hunger strike, is suffering from a severe ...

Release: We are deeply troubled that Azerbaijani activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev has remained in detention since the eve of International Human Rights Day, last December, and that he continues to face charges widely understood as politically motivated. Mr. Hajiyev, who is on a hunger strike, is suffering from a severe ...

Release: Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Christopher Landberg will travel to Qatar and Saudi Arabia February 11-16. In Qatar, he will lead a U.S. delegation as part of the U.S.-Qatar Strategic Dialogue to engage with senior Qatari officials to discuss counterterrorism and law enforcement cooperation across a broad range of issues, including the global campaign to defeat ISIS and combating the financing of terrorism.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States is determined to do everything possible in the days, weeks and months ahead to help those affected by earthquakes that rattled Türkiye and Syria.

Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL: Advancing Survivor Centered Transitional Justice in Ethiopia. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0009418. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number:...

News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price

Release: A senior U.S. government delegation will travel to Saudi Arabia to participate in the U.S.-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Working Group meetings on February 13-16. The delegation will convene in Riyadh - which hosts the GCC Secretariat’s headquarters - with representatives from the GCC member states’ governments and the Secretariat to discuss shared priorities.

News Release: We strongly condemn today’s terrorist attack on civilians, including children, at a bus stop in Jerusalem and express our condolences to the families of those killed. The deliberate targeting of innocent civilians is repugnant and unconscionable. The United States extends our deepest sympathies to the injured, and we stand firmly with them in the face of this attack.

Release: Today, the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia signed a Memorandum of Understanding affirming our close and continuing partnership and reflecting our shared understanding reached on levels and types of future U.S. assistance to be requested for the Federated States of Micronesia.

Release: Director of the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) Joan Polaschik will travel to Paris, France and Amman, Jordan February 12-17 to advance FSI’s efforts to ready the Department’s workforce for the mission demands of today and tomorrow through training and career-long learning opportunities.

Release: Basic Program Information. Funding Opportunity Number: SFOP0009419. Assistance Listings (CFDA) number: 19.517 - Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa. Announcement issuance date: Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. Announcement type: Cooperative Agreement. Proposal application submission deadline:...

News Release: Deputy Secretary Wendy R. Sherman will meet with Japanese Vice Minister Mori Takeo and Republic of Korea (ROK) First Vice Minister Cho Hyundong on February 13 in Washington, D.C. The Deputy Secretary and Vice Ministers will discuss plans to enhance trilateral security cooperation in the region and the ...

Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.