Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Virtual Panel Session on “A Just and Lasting Peace in Ukraine” Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, everyone. Thank you all so much for joining. It’s very good to be with friends and partners from around the world as we prepare to open the second Summit for Democracy. In his first year in office, President Biden launched the summit to look at the future of democracy, which we see is at an inflection point. Worldwide, we see autocrats violating human right Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Argentina, Belarus , France , Iran , Israel , Italy , Japan , Liberia , Malawi , Poland , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Zambia Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Shaun Tandon of AFP Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Niamey, Niger Presidential Palace QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, thanks very much for taking this opportunity. We appreciate it. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thanks, Shaun. Good to be with you. QUESTION: Thanks. I wanted to ask you – I understand you’re going to announce some assistance today for the Sahel, but I wanted to ask you more broadly about the Sahel strategy. This has been a few months since the French ended th Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, France , Guatemala , Niger , Nigeria , Russia , Taiwan , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa University SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good evening, everyone. It is great to be back in Africa, but also to make my first appearance to Ethiopia as Secretary of State. I’m here in Ethiopia – and then on to Niger – to reaffirm the pledge that President Biden made at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit late last year. As he put it, the United States is “all in on Africa, and all in with Africa.” That mea Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ethiopia , Iran , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Zambia Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (COHA) Signatories Office of the Spokesperson The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary Blinken met with the signatories of the Pretoria Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (COHA). Government of Ethiopia National Security Advisor Redwan Hussein and TPLF Spokesperson Getachew Reda shared the progress that has been achieved so far: silencing of the guns, delivery of humanitarian assistance, restoration of services as well as the disarmament of Tigrayan heavy weapons and significant withd Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Ethiopia Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Israeli Alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan at a Joint Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good morning or, almost, good afternoon, everyone. Just over a year ago, the leaders of Israel and the United Arab Emirates signed the Abraham Accords. 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Welcome to State Department staff (inaudible), our diplomatic and foreign policy community, both those here in person and those participating virtually. I want to especially acknowledge the presence of our active duty and reserve personnel: veterans, member Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, United Kingdom Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy Secretary Antony J. Blinken and UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab at a Joint Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State London, United Kingdom No. 9 Downing FOREIGN SECRETARY RAAB: Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us. It’s a huge pleasure to welcome Secretary of State Blinken to the UK. Tony, it’s great to have you here with us. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. FOREIGN SECRETARY RAAB: Warm welcome. I think it’s fair to say the Biden administration is barely a hundred days old but h Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, Belarus , Brunei , Canada , China, Hong Kong , Iran , Ireland , Korea, North , Korea, South , Russia , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Chuck Todd of NBC’s Meet the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. QUESTION: And a good Sunday morning. The writer David French once said right here on Meet the Press that Americans are so dug in politically that if you are 80 percent my friend, you’re 100 percent my enemy. Today, the personal has become political. In just the past few days, liberals cheered Major League Baseball’s decision to move its All-Star Game out of Georgia because of the state’s new, m Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, Brazil , Canada , China, France , Georgia , India , Mexico , Russia , South Africa , Taiwan , United Kingdom , United States , Western Hemisphere Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, The Ocean and Polar Affairs Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Hillary Clinton, “You and Me Both with Hillary Clinton” Podcast Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Via Teleconference SECRETARY CLINTON: So, Secretary Blinken, welcome. I cannot express how pleased I am to have this chance to talk with you. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. I could not be happier to be able to spend some time with you. I’ve had the good fortune to have spent a lot of time in these halls with you in the past, at the White House over many years, but it’s particularly fun to be connected via the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, Canada , China, Iran , Poland , Russia , South Africa , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Press Briefing Room MR PRICE: Good afternoon. Welcome back to the briefing room, to your briefing room. We’ll be spending quite a bit of time together starting very shortly, and I very much look forward to that. But today, first, I have the privilege of introducing for the first time to this room the 71st Secretary of State, Mr. Tony Blinken. 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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
Washington, D.C.
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, everyone. Thank you all so much for joining. It’s very good to be with friends and partners from around the world as we prepare to open the second Summit for Democracy.
In his first year in office, President Biden launched the summit to look at the future of democracy, which we see is at an inflection point. Worldwide, we see autocrats violating human right
Roles: Everyone: All Users
Regions: Argentina, Belarus , France , Iran , Israel , Italy , Japan , Liberia , Malawi , Poland , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Zambia
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements
Niamey, Niger
Presidential Palace
QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, thanks very much for taking this opportunity. We appreciate it.
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thanks, Shaun. Good to be with you.
QUESTION: Thanks. I wanted to ask you – I understand you’re going to announce some assistance today for the Sahel, but I wanted to ask you more broadly about the Sahel strategy. This has been a few months since the French ended th
Regions: China, France , Guatemala , Niger , Nigeria , Russia , Taiwan , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Addis Ababa University
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good evening, everyone. It is great to be back in Africa, but also to make my first appearance to Ethiopia as Secretary of State.
I’m here in Ethiopia – and then on to Niger – to reaffirm the pledge that President Biden made at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit late last year. As he put it, the United States is “all in on Africa, and all in with Africa.” That mea
Regions: China, Ethiopia , Iran , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Zambia
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Office of the Spokesperson
The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price:
Secretary Blinken met with the signatories of the Pretoria Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (COHA). Government of Ethiopia National Security Advisor Redwan Hussein and TPLF Spokesperson Getachew Reda shared the progress that has been achieved so far: silencing of the guns, delivery of humanitarian assistance, restoration of services as well as the disarmament of Tigrayan heavy weapons and significant withd
Regions: Ethiopia
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Benjamin Franklin Room
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good morning or, almost, good afternoon, everyone. Just over a year ago, the leaders of Israel and the United Arab Emirates signed the Abraham Accords. Today, I am honored to host Foreign Minister Lapid, Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah, to review the progress that’s been made in the past year in the normalization of relations, and what more
Regions: China, Egypt , Iran , Israel , Jordan , Lebanon , Russia , Syria , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Ambassador Bonnie Denise Jenkins, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security
Dean Acheson Auditorium
AMBASSADOR JENKINS: Good morning. Welcome to State Department staff (inaudible), our diplomatic and foreign policy community, both those here in person and those participating virtually. I want to especially acknowledge the presence of our active duty and reserve personnel: veterans, member
Regions: Afghanistan, United Kingdom
London, United Kingdom
No. 9 Downing
FOREIGN SECRETARY RAAB: Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us. It’s a huge pleasure to welcome Secretary of State Blinken to the UK. Tony, it’s great to have you here with us.
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you.
FOREIGN SECRETARY RAAB: Warm welcome. I think it’s fair to say the Biden administration is barely a hundred days old but h
Regions: Afghanistan, Belarus , Brunei , Canada , China, Hong Kong , Iran , Ireland , Korea, North , Korea, South , Russia , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation
QUESTION: And a good Sunday morning. The writer David French once said right here on Meet the Press that Americans are so dug in politically that if you are 80 percent my friend, you’re 100 percent my enemy. Today, the personal has become political. In just the past few days, liberals cheered Major League Baseball’s decision to move its All-Star Game out of Georgia because of the state’s new, m
Regions: Afghanistan, Brazil , Canada , China, France , Georgia , India , Mexico , Russia , South Africa , Taiwan , United Kingdom , United States , Western Hemisphere
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, The Ocean and Polar Affairs
Via Teleconference
SECRETARY CLINTON: So, Secretary Blinken, welcome. I cannot express how pleased I am to have this chance to talk with you.
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. I could not be happier to be able to spend some time with you. I’ve had the good fortune to have spent a lot of time in these halls with you in the past, at the White House over many years, but it’s particularly fun to be connected via the
Regions: Afghanistan, Canada , China, Iran , Poland , Russia , South Africa , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements
Press Briefing Room
MR PRICE: Good afternoon. Welcome back to the briefing room, to your briefing room. We’ll be spending quite a bit of time together starting very shortly, and I very much look forward to that. But today, first, I have the privilege of introducing for the first time to this room the 71st Secretary of State, Mr. Tony Blinken. So with no further ado, I turn it over to him.
SECRETARY BLINKEN: T
Regions: Afghanistan, China, Iran , Israel , Russia , Saudi Arabia , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State
Washington, DC
SECRETARY POMPEO: Good morning, everyone. I want to start by marking – yeah, good morning. Good to see some new – James, great to see you back.
QUESTION: Likewise.
SECRETARY POMPEO: Welcome. I want to start by marking two anniversaries. First, on July 11th, the United States and Vietnam celebrated the 25th anniversary of the establishment of
Regions: Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia , Azerbaijan , Canada , China, France , Germany , Hong Kong , India , Iran , Italy , Japan , Kenya , Lebanon , Lithuania , Norway , Poland , Russia , Taiwan , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam , Western Hemisphere
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Treaties and International Agreements
Regions: Afghanistan, China, Iran , Iraq , Russia , Syria , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements