Informal Communication

Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

San Jose, Costa Rica

Chief of Mission Residence

MS BERBENA: Well, welcome, everybody, and so delighted to see you. It is my distinct honor and privilege to welcome to the Chief of Mission Residence in San Jose the Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Sir, normally, we would have the entire embassy here to welcome you, but out of respect for COVID mitigation, we have a representative group of our team here that includes first and se

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Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Kyiv, Ukraine

America House

MS KVIEN:  So it is my absolute pleasure and honor to welcome Secretary of State Tony Blinken to Kyiv today, and I’m really happy that he has taken the time to meet with all of us.  As many of you know – especially our local staff, I would say, who have been doing this a long time – Secretary Blinken knows Ukraine very well.  He’s visited many times in his years with the White House, the State Departme

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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Brussels, Belgium

U.S. Chief of Mission Residence

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Well, good afternoon, everyone.  I am very, very glad for this chance to meet with Foreign Minister Kuleba.  We’ve – this is our first opportunity to meet in person.  We’ve spoken on the phone on several occasions.  In fact, President Biden has spoken with President Zelenskyy as well.  And I just wanted to reiterate what I’ve said to the foreign minister, and e

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

Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Tokyo, Japan

Chief of Mission Residence

SECRETARY BLINKEN: Joe, thank you very, very much, and Melinda, thanks to you as well for bringing all this together. It’s wonderful to be with all of you. And I’m especially glad to make this one of my first conversations here in Japan, because entrepreneurs like you have a critical role to play in building dynamic, innovative economies that create opportunities for people – which is, after all, wha

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Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

Chief of Mission Residence

Tokyo, Japan

QUESTION:  All right, so thank you very much for today.  So, Secretary of State, first of all I’d like to express my sincere wish for President Trump to recover.

SECRETARY POMPEO:  Thank you very much.  Thanks for having me on the show.  I spoke to the President yesterday for about an hour and a half.  He seemed to be doing great.

QUESTION:  B

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Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

U.S. Chief of Mission Residence

Copenhagen, Denmark

QUESTION:  Mr. Secretary, welcome to Denmark.  I hope that you are enjoying our country.

SECRETARY POMPEO:  It’s been a great visit, Johannes.  Thanks for having me.

QUESTION:  Great to hear that.  We have limited time, sir, so please allow me to jump to my first question.  Last year President Trump expressed an interest in buying

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Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

I am saddened by the passing on June 9 of Ambassador Simon Henshaw, and I express my sincere condolences to his family and all those who worked with him throughout his career. Since joining the Foreign Service in 1985, Ambassador Henshaw served our country with honor and distinction. As Ambassador to Guinea, Ambassador Henshaw worked tirelessly with Guinea’s leaders and its citizens to promote inclusive economic development, democracy, tolerance, and res

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