Informal Communication

Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

New York City, New York

Palace Hotel

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Well, good afternoon, everyone.  First, thanks to each and every one of you for being here today.  We have a remarkable roundtable of people with us, starting first of all with our friend and colleague from Ukraine, the Minister of Strategic Industries, Oleksandr Kamyshin.  Thank you, Mr. Minister, for being here.  And of course, the indomitable ambassador from Ukraine to t

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Regions: Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom

Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Washington, D.C.

QUESTION: My next guest is U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. For nearly 20 years, he’s been an advisor to President Biden. Blinken has served three Democratic presidential administrations – for Clinton, Obama, now Biden. As the nation’s top diplomat, he is tasked with taking on issues of our time, including relations with China, what that means for addressing climate on a global stage, and protecting vital interests at home

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Regions: Afghanistan, China, Russia , Taiwan , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

San Jose, Costa Rica

Casa Presidencial

PRESIDENT ALVARADO:  Thanks again, Mr. Secretary, for meeting in Costa Rica and thanks also to your team.  I’m really delighted in having you in our country.  I believe I won’t be introducing because you have been here for a while (inaudible) already had the introductions.  But just to say first that, as Costa Ricans, we are very happy to receive your visit to reinforce our partnership as de

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Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Tokyo, Japan

Chief of Mission Residence

QUESTION:  Okay.  Japan and the U.S. just have agreed to take a tougher stance on China’s aggression and threats, but economically Japan and China are enormously intertwined, and Japan has not been able to decouple from China.  Would the U.S. be satisfied with this situation?

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Well, I think both the United State and Japan share a deep concern about

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Regions: China, Japan , Korea, North , Korea, South , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy

Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

Washington, DC

Press Briefing Room

SECRETARY POMPEO:  Good morning, everyone.  It’s great to be with you all today.  I’m here one more time, proudly, to talk about freedom and free societies.  And while America is not a perfect nation by any means, we always strive towards that more perfect union, trying to improve.  We remain the greatest nation in the history of civilization.

One of the good things that we do in this adm

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Regions: Albania , Burma , China, Denmark , France , Greenland , Iran , Iraq , Libya , Mali , Nigeria , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Sudan , Suriname , United Kingdom , United States , Uzbekistan , Western Hemisphere

Topics: Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

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Regions: Guinea , Libya , Mali , Senegal , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Human Rights and Democracy