News from May 2021
By Fed Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on April 27–28, 2021.
By State Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Today, I am announcing the public designation of Sali Berisha, a former President of Albania, former Prime Minister of Albania, and former Member of Parliament of Albania, due to his involvement in significant corruption. In his official capacity as Prime Minister of Albania in particular, Berisha was ...
By State Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Marc, good morning. FOREIGN MINISTER GARNEAU: Good morning, Tony. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Great to see you. So pleased to have a chance to spend some time with my friend, the minister of foreign affairs. We have been meeting in all sorts of places – in Brussels for NATO, in London at the ...
By State Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: “… [at the Arctic Council Ministerial] I’ll reaffirm America’s commitment to meeting our climate goals and encourage other Arctic nations to do the same.” – Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Apr. 19, 2021 Secretary Blinken will lead the U.S. delegation to the 12th Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council ...
By State Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Garneau on the margins of the Arctic Council Ministerial. Secretary Blinken and Foreign Minister Garneau discussed working together on shared global challenges, including ...
By State Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto in Reykjavik. Secretary Blinken and Foreign Minister Haavisto emphasized the strength of the U.S.-Finnish partnership and discussed ways to deepen our cooperation ...
By State Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. Wonderful to see everyone. Pekka, welcome. It’s so good to see you. We had an opportunity to see each other briefly at – in Brussels at the NATO, but I was very much looking forward to being able to spend some more time.
By State Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: It is – it’s so great, Ine, to see you, and we were just saying we’ve had the opportunity to see each other together in Brussels at NATO, but it was mask to mask, and now it’s finally face to face. So that’s really, really good news. But beyond that, just wonderful to have this opportunity ...
By State Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Ann, so good to see you. Thank you for being here. We’ve already had the opportunity to work together on a number of things, and that’s a reflection of the fact that the United States and Sweden are working together in so many different areas, whether it’s climate, whether it’s COVID, whether it’s on security matters. And, of course, your chairmanship of the OSCE has been particularly critical and important. I very much look forward to talking about that.
By State Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Norway’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide on the margins of the Arctic Council Ministerial to discuss our cooperation within the Arctic Council, the United Nations, and NATO. ...
By State Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I would like to extend our congratulations on the celebration of Timor-Leste’s Restoration of Independence Day. During the 19 years since independence has been restored, Timor-Leste has made enormous progress to build democratic institutions and ensure human ...
By State Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ann Linde on the margins of the Arctic Council Ministerial. They discussed the importance of cooperating to advance shared priorities ...
By State Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) met today on the margins of the Arctic Council Ministerial with Alaska-based leaders representing the Arctic Athabaskan Council, Aleut International Association, Gwich’in Council ...
By State Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Today, the Department of State submitted a report to Congress pursuant to the Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act (PEESA), as amended, listing four vessels, five entities, and one individual involved in construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, including Nord Stream 2 AG and the company’s CEO Matthias ...
By State Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: QUESTION: So welcome to Iceland, Mr. Blinken.
By State Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening. I’m pleased to be meeting with Sergey for the first time in my capacity as the Secretary of State. And as President Biden shared with President Putin, we seek a predictable, stable relationship with Russia. We think that’s good for our people, good for the Russian people, ...
By State Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the margins of the Arctic Council Ministerial. The Secretary noted that the United States sought a more stable and predictable relationship with Moscow. To ...
By State Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi. The Secretary and Foreign Minister discussed efforts to end the violence, which has claimed the lives of Israeli and Palestinian civilians including children. ...
By State Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: MODERATOR: We just concluded a bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister Lavrov. We have a couple of officials who have taken part in this. We’ll do this on background to senior State Department officials. Let’s keep this embargoed until the end. But why don’t I turn it over to my colleague to offer some additional thoughts and we’ll take questions from there.
By DOT News Wire | May 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg today announced expanded construction hiring and workforce development pilot programs to be managed by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA). Buttigieg made the announcement at an event at the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge.
