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
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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
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
FOREIGN MINISTER AL-SABAH: (Via interpreter) To start, I would like to welcome my friend, Mr. State Secretary Antony Blinken, in his visit, first visit to Kuwait, while I am a minister of – foreign affairs minister. We were honored today in the morning to meet his highness the amir of the country, Sheikh Jaber (inaudible) Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, and also his highness the prime – the c
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Topics: Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Treaties and International Agreements
London, England
Grosvenor House Hotel
QUESTION: Antony Blinken, good to see you, and thanks for being with us at the Global Boardroom.
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Great to join you. Thank you.
QUESTION: Let’s start – let’s start with the pandemic. The U.S. wants to lead the global response to COVID-19. We always hear that. But at the same time, there have been criticism that, one, you
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Lloyd J. Austin, Secretary of Defense
Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General
Brussels, Belgium
NATO Headquarters
MODERATOR: Good evening. Welcome to NATO Headquarters, to this press conference with the Secretary General, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Defense. They will make short introductory statements, and then we’ll be able to take a few questions. Secretary General.
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Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State
Washington, DC
FOREIGN MINISTER BOURITA: Mr. Secretary of State and dear friends, I’m delighted to see you again and all together at this virtual bilateral event. It was a real pleasure of seeing you, sir, on your last visit to Rabat last December, and would have liked to welcome you again if not for the ongoing pandemic. Yet while the world has changed so much since we last met, our event today proves once again the strength and res
Regions: Morocco , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Global Health, Treaties and International Agreements