News from May 2021
By State Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with leading members of Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, in Kyiv. Secretary Blinken underscored our commitment to democratic principles and institutions as well as the United States’ unwavering ...
By State Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: The United States is working with the Government of Mozambique, international organizations, civil society organizations, and the private sector to increase our humanitarian assistance to those in need of food, water, and shelter, among other emergency relief items, in response to the devastating violence by ISIS-Mozambique in Cabo Delgado province.
By State Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: PRIME MINISTER SHMYHAL: (Via interpreter) Your Excellency Under Secretary, your excellencies ambassadors, dear colleagues, I would like to welcome you, Your Excellency Mr. Blinken, with the first official visit to Ukraine. I welcome you, Madam Nuland, with the appointment of Under Secretary of State ...
By State Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal in Kyiv. Secretary Blinken and Prime Minister Shmyhal discussed the importance of advancing rule of law and economic reforms to strengthen Ukraine’s institutions, ...
By State Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: MS KVIEN: Hello. Good afternoon, everyone. I’m Kristina Kvien. I’m the charge d’affaires here at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv. And it is my enormous pleasure to have with me today our Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
By State Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: MODERATOR: (Via interpreter) Dear representatives of the media, you have your opportunity to put questions to president of Ukraine and State Secretary of the U.S.
By State Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: The embassies of the United States and Taiwan in the Republic of Paraguay partnered with the Government of Paraguay to host a virtual Partnership Opportunity Delegation. The virtual delegation included business leaders from the United States and Taiwan who met with Paraguay Ministry of Industry and Commerce ...
By State Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in Kyiv. They discussed U.S.-Ukraine cooperation on shared priorities, including forging an even stronger partnership and enhanced NATO cooperation. The Secretary ...
By State Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, you arrived in Ukraine after the escalation in Donbas and accumulation of huge number of Russian weapons in our borders. Russia is actually withdrawing them, but it’s not a reason to calm down. What the support can Kyiv count in this situation? SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, part of ...
By State Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: The Virtual Student Federal Service (VSFS) program is committed to contributing to the diversity of the Department of State and other federal agencies. VSFS makes public service accessible to non-traditional students and students who can’t participate in in-person internships whether because of financial or family constraints, or the pandemic.
By State Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: QUESTION: Thank you very much, Mr. Secretary.
By State Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: MS KVIEN: So it is my absolute pleasure and honor to welcome Secretary of State Tony Blinken to Kyiv today, and I’m really happy that he has taken the time to meet with all of us. As many of you know – especially our local staff, I would say, who have been doing this a long time – Secretary Blinken knows ...
By State Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: MODERATOR: Thank you. And good morning, everyone, and thanks for joining our call today. We’re very happy to bring to you this opportunity to receive some updates leading into the next phase of talks in Vienna regarding the JCPOA. We have on with us today [Senior State Department Official], who is heading ...
By State Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: QUESTION: Secretary Blinken, welcome to Ukraine.
By State Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: The Department of State will conduct an open meeting of the Shipping Coordinating Committee at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 3, 2021, by way of teleconference, as published in the Apr. 12, 2021 Federal Register Notice 11400. The primary purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the seventy-sixth session ...
By State Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: On Friday, May 7, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will participate virtually in a UN Security Council meeting on Multilateralism. The session will be chaired by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and will include interventions from Foreign Ministers from other Security Council member countries. During ...
By State Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: The United States and ASEAN held the 34th annual U.S.-ASEAN Dialogue on May 5 (May 6 in Southeast Asia) to discuss cooperation under our strategic partnership. Acting Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Ambassador Atul Keshap co-chaired with Lao PDR Deputy Foreign Minister Bounleua ...
By State Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: The United States is deeply concerned that the Nicaraguan Government under Daniel Ortega has rebuffed calls by its own citizens and the international community — including the Organization of American States, the European Union, and the United Nations — to build confidence in the electoral process by passing meaningful reforms to enable a free and fair election in November.
By State Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: MODERATOR: We’ll do this part on background, senior State Department officials. So I thought, [Senior State Department Official One], if you wanted to offer some thoughts on today and some of the broader dynamics, and we’ll take some questions.
By Commerce News Now | May 6, 2021
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo joined U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh on Monday in Connecticut to meet with business and labor leaders and elected officials on the importance of strengthening America’s workforce development infrastructure through investments in the American Jobs Plan.
