News and reports from the State Department.

News Release: Representatives of France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States met at the envoys level in Geneva with UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen on January 24 to discuss the crisis in Syria. 

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the administration’s decision to send Abrams tanks to Ukraine:

The US State Department published a one page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: I am announcing today the designation of former President of Panama Ricardo Alberto Martinelli Berrocal (“Martinelli") for his involvement in significant corruption. Specifically, Martinelli accepted bribes in exchange for improperly awarding government contracts during his tenure as the president. This section 7031(c) designations renders Martinelli and his immediate family members ineligible for entry into the United States.

The US State Department published a one page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

President Joe Biden's administration will work with the U.S. Congress to help Ukraine rebuild its energy and electricity infrastructure and defend it against continued Russian attacks.

Release: The United States, as chair of the Summit of the Americas process, will convene a virtual meeting of Summit governments, Jan. 24, to strengthen the protection of environmental defenders in keeping with leaders’ commitments made in Los Angeles on June 9, 2022, at the Ninth Summit. Assistant Secretary...

News Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of The United States of America and the Republic of Kazakhstan on the occasion of the United States-Kazakhstan High-Level Dialogue on Human Rights and Democratic Reforms.

Release: On January 24 in Washington, D.C., Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs Richard T. Yoneoka and Mongolian State Secretary of the Ministry of Road and Transport Development Batbold Sandagdorj signed a Memorandum of Consultations (MOC) finalizing...

Release: Introduction. Good afternoon, and it’s an honor and a thrill to be with you today - to be back at DOJ holding court with this amazing group of lawyers who collectively have done so much to make the ideal of America the Beautiful a reality. And if you only remember one thing about what I say today -...

News Release: The United States and Iceland held the fourth bilateral Economic Partnership Dialogue today in Reykjavik, led by Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Whitney Baird and Icelandic Director General for External Trade and Economic Affairs Ragnar Kristjánsson, with ...

News Release: The United States is designating a financial network, spearheaded by Lebanese money exchanger Hassan Moukalled, that facilitates financial activities for Hizballah. Moukalled has presented himself as an advocate for Lebanon’s economic prosperity but instead has been helping Hizballah and himself to profit from Lebanon’s economic crisis.

Release: Al Jazeera: We have with us Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt. Thank you for being with us.

The US State Department published a two page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Release: The United States and Iceland held the fourth bilateral Economic Partnership Dialogue today in Reykjavik, led by Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Whitney Baird and Icelandic Director General for External Trade and Economic Affairs Ragnar Kristjánsson, with ...