News and reports from the State Department.

Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Pandor

Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Timor-Leste Foreign Minister Magno

Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Call with French Foreign Ministry Secretary General Descôtes

Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Republic of Korea First Vice Foreign Minister Cho

Secretary Blinken’s Call with Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Manalo

Statement by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield on the International Day of Democracy

Statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on the International Day of Democracy

Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the USAID Democracy Delivers Event

President Joe Biden recently announced his intention to appoint Arthur W. Brown as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Ecuador.

President Joe Biden recently announced his intention to appoint Karen Sasahara as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the State of Kuwait.

Release: The United States condemns the tragic and brutal death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman who died in the custody of the Iranian Morality Police after being detained for purportedly wearing a hijab too loosely. We mourn with her loved ones and with the Iranian people.

Release: The United States and 37 other countries invoked the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s (OSCE) Moscow Mechanism on July 28 to examine the Russia’s adherence to its OSCE Human Dimension commitments on human rights and fundamental freedoms. In the report released today in Vienna, the ...

News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s wonderful to be here with so many colleagues, and I especially want to thank the founding members of the Partners in the Blue Pacific represented here by Foreign Minister Wong and Foreign Minister Hayashi – Yogi, I saw you – and we have Foreign Minister Mahuta here as well – coming in imminently, and James Cleverly is right there. Good to see you, my friend.

Release: The following is the joint statement released by the Secretary of State of the United States and the Foreign Ministers of the Governments of the Republic of Korea and Japan.

News Release: Senior Official for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Liz Allen announced today that the United States is joining the International Partnership for Information and Democracy. Spearheaded by France and Reporters Without Borders, the Partnership is a non-binding initiative comprising 45 endorsing countries that promotes democratic principles in the global information and communications space.