Search Results:  OTRA (Travel)  (47)

  • Secretary Antony J. Blinken at “Hostage Diplomacy as an International Security Threat: Strengthening Our Collective Action, Deterrence, and Response”

  • Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability

    Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Tokyo, Japan

    The Okura

    SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Good evening, everyone.  We just concluded a pretty packed two days – coming at a very intense time for our countries and for the world.

    I want to begin by thanking Foreign Minister Kamikawa for the very warm hospitality here in Tokyo, and to her and Prime Minister Kishida for Japan’s leadership during this historic year for the G7.

    The G7 has strengthened its role as the steering co

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    Regions: China, Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank

    Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony

    Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Jose W. Fernandez, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment

    Ramin Toloui, Assistant SecretaryBureau of Economic and Business Affairs

    Washington, D.C.

    Benjamin Franklin Room

    MODERATOR:  Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Secretary of State Antony Blinken; Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose Fernandez; Special Representative for Commercial and Business Af

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    Regions: Jordan , Kenya , Poland , Russia , Rwanda , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Secretary Antony J. Blinken During a Conversation at The University of Texas at Austin Moderated by Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison

    Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Austin, Texas

    The University of Texas at Austin

    MR EDGAR:  All right.  Welcome, everyone.  Please, if you haven’t already, take your seats, and we’ll begin the program shortly.  My name is Paul Edgar, and I am the interim executive director of the Clements Center for National Security.  On behalf of the Clements Center and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, welcome to a conversation on the state of foreign aff

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    Regions: Argentina, Canada , China, Colombia , Mexico , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Western Hemisphere

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Tongan Prime Minister Hu’akavameiliku at a Joint Press Availability

    Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    PRIME MINISTER HU’AKAVAMEILIKU:  (In Tongan.)

    It is a great honor to warmly welcome to the Kingdom of Tonga the Secretary of State of the United States of America, Mr. Antony Blinken.  The visit today by Secretary Blinken is historic.  It is the first visit by a sitting U.S. secretary of state to Tonga.  It is the highest-level visit we have received from the United States Government in our recent history.  There is a clear indication t

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    Regions: Afghanistan, China, Guinea , Indonesia , Israel , New Zealand , Papua New Guinea , Solomon Islands , Tonga , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Vanuatu

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

  • Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Fareed Zakaria of GPS, CNN

    Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Aspen, Colorado

    Aspen Security Forum

    QUESTION:  Mr. Secretary, pleasure to have you on.

    SECRETARY BLINKEN:  It’s great to be with you, Fareed.

    QUESTION:  Tell us what you can sense of what is going on in the counteroffensive that Ukraine is managing – attempting with Russia.  So far the reports seem to be, it is very slow and very tough going.

    SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Well, first, Fareed, put this in pe

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    Regions: China, France , Iran , Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Secretary Antony J. Blinken And EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Remarks to the Press

    Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Brussels, Belgium

    European Council Building

    HIGH REPRESENTATIVE BORRELL: Good morning. Good morning. I’m very happy to welcome you, Secretary Blinken, in Brussels. We just had a very good bilateral meeting marking our great transatlantic cooperation. Now we will co-chair the EU-U.S. Energy Council, and later we will see each other also at the NATO Ministerial.

    Allow me some words about our bilateral discussion.  Certainly

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    Regions: China, Ethiopia , France , Israel , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani at a Joint Press Availability

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