The most recent release, "Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Betts’ Travel to Indonesia," was submitted on Sept. 30.
The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs published 58 the month before, marking an 8.6 percent increase for the current month.
The Bureau engages with partners and allies in the East Asian and Pacific region to maintain peaceful and mutually beneficial relations.
The Bureau has played a key role in negotiations with North Korea over that nation’s efforts to develop nuclear weapons. The head of the bureau has been both praised and criticized for his work on the Korean nuclear accord and other aspects of his diplomatic work.
Press releases or notices by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs in September
| Title | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Betts’ Travel to Indonesia | 09/30/2022 |
| Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with the Republic of the Marshall Islands President Kabua, the Federated States of Micronesia President Panuelo, and Palau President Whipps | 09/30/2022 |
| Palau National Day | 09/30/2022 |
| The People’s Republic of China National Day | 09/30/2022 |
| Tuvalu National Day | 09/30/2022 |
| Supporting Human Rights in North Korea | 09/30/2022 |
| Readout of the U.S.-Pacific Island Country Summit | 09/30/2022 |
| G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on the Illegal Annexation of Sovereign Ukrainian Territory | 09/30/2022 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken and President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands David Kabua, President of the Federated States of Micronesia David Panuelo, and President of Palau Surangel Whipps Jr. Before their Meeting | 09/29/2022 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the U.S.-Pacific Island Country Leaders Working Lunch On People-Centered Development in the Pacific | 09/28/2022 |
| Special Representative for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim’s Calls with Republic of Korea (ROK) Special Representative Kim and Japanese Director General Funakoshi | 09/27/2022 |
| Special Representative for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim’s Calls with Republic of Korea (ROK) Special Representative Kim and Japanese Director General Funakoshi | 09/27/2022 |
| Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Papua New Guinea Foreign Minister Tkatchenko | 09/27/2022 |
| Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with People’s Republic of China (PRC) State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi | 09/23/2022 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, and Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa Before Their Meeting | 09/23/2022 |
| Guidelines for Quad Partnership on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) in the Indo-Pacific | 09/23/2022 |
| Quad Foreign Ministers’ Statement on Ransomware | 09/23/2022 |
| Joint Readout of Quad Ministerial Meeting | 09/23/2022 |
| Australia Commits to the Clean Energy Demand Initiative’s Goals with Corporate Partners | 09/22/2022 |
| Readout of The Partners in the Blue Pacific (PBP) Ministerial | 09/22/2022 |
| Joint Statement on Partners in the Blue Pacific Foreign Ministers Meeting | 09/22/2022 |
| Joint Statement on the U.S.-Japan-Republic of Korea Trilateral Foreign Ministerial Meeting | 09/22/2022 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Ministerial Meeting of the Partners in the Blue Pacific | 09/22/2022 |
| Special Representative for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Sung Kim’s Travel to Seoul, Republic of Korea (ROK) | 09/22/2022 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin Before Their Meeting | 09/22/2022 |
| Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with People’s Republic of China (PRC) State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi | 09/22/2022 |
| U.S. Contribution for the UN’s Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar’s Witness Protection Efforts | 09/20/2022 |
| Under Secretary Fernandez’s Meeting with Republic of Korea 2nd Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Lee | 09/20/2022 |
| Telephonic Press Briefing with United States Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai | 09/18/2022 |
| Joint Statement on the Extended Deterrence Strategy and Consultation Group Meeting | 09/16/2022 |
| Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Call with French Foreign Ministry Secretary General Descôtes | 09/16/2022 |
| Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Timor-Leste Foreign Minister Magno | 09/16/2022 |
| Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Republic of Korea First Vice Foreign Minister Cho | 09/15/2022 |
| Papua New Guinea National Day | 09/15/2022 |
| Secretary Blinken’s Call with Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Manalo | 09/15/2022 |
| Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Puna | 09/14/2022 |
| Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Cook Islands Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Hermann | 09/14/2022 |
| Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Tuvalu Prime Minister Natano | 09/14/2022 |
| Travel to Honolulu, Hawaii, September 13, 2022 | 09/14/2022 |
| Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Federated States of Micronesia President Panuelo | 09/14/2022 |
| Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Nauru Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade Jeremiah | 09/14/2022 |
| Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Head of the Pacific McDonald | 09/14/2022 |
| Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Samoan Prime Minister Fiame | 09/14/2022 |
| Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Solomon Islands Foreign Minister Manele | 09/14/2022 |
| Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Tongan Prime Minister Sovaleni | 09/14/2022 |
| U.S. Engagement in the Pacific Islands: 2022 Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders | 09/13/2022 |
| Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Travel to Honolulu | 09/12/2022 |
| 2022 Fiscal Transparency Report: People's Republic of China | 09/09/2022 |
| 2022 Fiscal Transparency Report: Cambodia | 09/09/2022 |
| 2022 Fiscal Transparency Report: Burma | 09/09/2022 |
| 2022 Fiscal Transparency Report: Papua New Guinea | 09/09/2022 |
| Assistant Secretary of State Satterfield Travels to Indonesia and Qatar | 09/09/2022 |
| 2022 Fiscal Transparency Report: Vietnam | 09/09/2022 |
| 2022 Fiscal Transparency Report: Laos | 09/09/2022 |
| United States of America-Republic of Korea Extended Deterrence Strategy and Consultation Group (EDSCG) | 09/08/2022 |
| Republic of Korea Chuseok Holiday | 09/08/2022 |
| Joint Media Release of Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, and the United States on the Occasion of the APEC Women and the Economy High-Level Policy Dialogue, 7 September 2022 | 09/08/2022 |
| Department of State Cybersecurity Training Series Boosts Global Resilience Against Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Malware | 09/07/2022 |
| Under Secretary Jenkins Travel to the Philippines, Vietnam, and Singapore, September 5-14 | 09/02/2022 |
| Travel of Special Representative for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim to Tokyo | 09/02/2022 |
| Vietnam National Day | 09/01/2022 |
| UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Report on the Human Rights Situation in Xinjiang | 09/01/2022 |
| 2022 Investment Climate Statements: Singapore | 09/01/2022 |
