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Loading Map... Photos From the Trip» Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Cairo, Riyadh, Warsaw, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Amman, Geneva, and Abu Dhabi from November 2 to November 11. In Cairo, Secretary Kerry held bilateral discussions with officials. In Riyadh, Secretary Kerry met with King Abdullah to discuss a wide range of bilateral and regional issues. He reaffirmed the strategic nature of the U.S.-Saudi relationship, given the importance of the work between our two countries...
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June 26, 2012 to June 30, 2012 Travels With Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Photos : Geneva St. Petersburg Secretary Clinton traveled to Finland , Latvia , Russia , and Switzerland , June 27-July 1. In Helsinki, Finland, Secretary Clinton held bilateral meetings with senior Finnish officials to discuss a number of shared foreign policy priorities, including the European economy, Syria, Iran, and climate change. She highlighted Finland’s commitment and leadership in Afghanistan, sp...
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Photos from China» Photos from Bangladesh and India» Photos from Kenya, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and Switzerland» Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Nairobi, Kenya, on August 22 to meet with President Kenyatta to discuss regional security issues and counterterrorism cooperation, as well as bilateral issues. Secretary Kerry also met with Kenyan Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed and other regional foreign ministers to discuss key challenges in East Africa, including the prospects for re...
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Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC January 16, 2016 I hereby confirm that the International Atomic Energy Agency has verified that Iran has fully implemented its required commitments as specified in Sections 15.1-15.11 of Annex V of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The U.S. sanctions-related commitments described in Sections 17.1-17.5 of Annex V of the JCPOA are now in effect. # # # NOTE: Additional documentation on Implementation Day of the JCPOA will be availab...
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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State New York City September 26, 2013 As aired: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50156089n NARRATOR: We've just seen breakthroughs in two crises that threaten to drag America into combat. There's a deal to avert a U.S. airstrike on Syria, and there are talks now between the United States and Iran over the Iranian nuclear program. Both happened at the annual United Nations General Assembly and the leader of the American team was Secretary of State John Ker...
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Loading Map... Photos from the trip» Secretary of State John Kerry and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met in Geneva, Switzerland, September 12-14, to discuss matters concerning Syria, including the use of chemical weapons and steps to address these developments. Secretary Kerry traveled to Jerusalem on Sunday, September 15 to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The purpose of the visit it to have an in-depth discussion with the Prime Minister on the final status negotiations betwe...
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Op-Ed John Kerry Secretary of State The Huffington Post Washington, DC September 6, 2013 This was released as a Media Note by the Office of the Spokesperson. A Yes Vote of Conscience for the World's Red Line I'm sometimes asked how, as someone who testified 42 years ago against the Vietnam War in which I had fought, I could testify in favor of action to hold the Assad regime accountable today. The answer is, I spoke my conscience in 1971 and I'm speaking my conscience now in 2013. Secr...
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Loading Map... Photos From the Trip» Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Paris, London, and Rome on October 21-24. In Paris, Secretary Kerry met with representatives of the Arab League’s Arab Peace Initiative Follow-up Committee to update them on the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, as part of his continued engagement with our Arab League partners on the issue. The Secretary also met Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal to discuss bilateral and international issues. In London, the Se...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Wajbah Palace Prime Minister's Quarters Doha, Qatar March 5, 2013 The video is available with closed captioning on YouTube . PRIME MINISTER HAMAD: (Via interpreter) In the name of God, the most merciful, the most compassionate, first of all, we’d like to welcome our friend Mr. John Kerry, the Secretary of State of the United States of America, on his visit to Qatar. This is not his first visit, but this is his first as Secretary of State. (In English) Is it wo...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Stormont Castle Belfast, Northern Ireland December 7, 2012 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube FIRST MINISTER ROBINSON: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. We have, again, had the great pleasure of giving a warm Northern Ireland welcome to the Secretary of State. She, of course, has been a longtime friend of Northern Ireland. I can’t help but recall that the descendants of people from Northern Ireland provided so many pre...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Capricia Penavic Marshall Chief of Protocol Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC November 9, 2012 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, this is a day we have tried to avoid, and successfully, for quite some time. (Laughter.) But now, unfortunately the day has arrived. So I’m putting on my game face, Joe, looking like I’m happy. (Laughter.) Because today we are honori...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon and Mexican Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa Wakefield Mill Inn Ottawa, Canada December 13, 2010 FOREIGN MINISTER CANNON: Good afternoon. I’ll read a brief statement and respond to your questions. (In French.) Briefly in English, the North American Foreign Ministers Meeting is an important opportunity for Canada, the United States, and Mexico to consult, coordinate, and work better to address key bilater...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Michael H. Posner Assistant Secretary , Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Washington, DC December 10, 2010 ASSISTANT SECRETARY POSNER: Welcome, everybody, and happy Human Rights Day. Please have a seat. Sixty-two years ago, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which established, really, for the first time, the universality of human rights – every human being ...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Palace of Independence Astana, Kazakhstan December 1, 2010 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much, Mr. President, and I thank you, the chairman in office and the government and people of Kazakhstan for your gracious welcome to this beautiful capital city and for hosting this important summit. This is a significant meeting for the OSCE. It is not only the first summit since 1999; it is also the first-ever summit east of Istanbul. And we have the opportuni...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC November 16, 2010 SECRETARY CLINTON: I am delighted to welcome my colleague, the foreign minister of Austria, here to the State Department – he just told me – for the first time. And I am especially pleased that we’ve had this opportunity to reaffirm the bonds of friendship between our two countries, and I’ve already had an excellent working relationship with him. U.S.-Austria relations are strong. They&...
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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Moscow, Russia October 14, 2009 QUESTION: (In Russian.) SECRETARY CLINTON: Good morning. QUESTION: (In Russian.) SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, first, I would ask them, please, to recognize that President Obama is very committed and very sincere about working together with President Medvedev and with Russia. Obviously, this is challenging for many reasons, but I think the 68 percent who answered yes understand that Russia and the ...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Osobnyak Guest House Moscow, Russia October 13, 2009 FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV: (In Russian.) SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good afternoon. I want to start by thanking Minister Lavrov for hosting me in Moscow today, along with my delegation. We have had a very productive and comprehensive set of discussions. This follows on the work that we began over the last many months to transform the relationship between our two countries, to find common ground wherever we...
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Press Conference Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Carlton Gardens, London, United Kingdom October 11, 2009 FOREIGN SECRETARY MILIBAND: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Thanks for coming to Carlton Gardens. Above all, a very warm welcome to Secretary Clinton, to -- her visit to -- London stay, as part of her European tour, where we are absolutely delighted to have you. We have had talks which I would describe as warm, detailed, intensive, and productive. I think all those qualities would fit ...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC October 1, 2009 Hello. Well, it was a pleasure to welcome Deputy Prime Minister Khiem to the State Department. I want to start by expressing the deepest sympathy of the United States for the loss of life and destruction of property caused across so many countries through the impact of Typhoon Ketsana. And as I told Minister Khiem, we stand ready to assist the people of Vietnam as they recover from this tragedy, just as we are w...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Susan E. Rice U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations , U.S. Mission to the United Nations United Nations Headquarters New York City September 30, 2009 AMBASSADOR RICE: Good morning. It’s my great pleasure to introduce to you somebody who needs no introduction, our tremendously distinguished Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who chaired this morning a historic session of the United Nations Security ...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Vienna, Austria September 14, 2009 Hello, everyone. I want to thank all of you for your efforts to stem the tragic tide of human trafficking. I especially want to thank the Alliance Against Trafficking in Persons and OSCE Special Representative Eva Biaudet for organizing this very important conference. Human trafficking flourishes in the shadows and demands attention, commitment and passion from each and every one one of us. Today, millions of people are...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC July 31, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: This is my second meeting with the federal councilor, and I am delighted to welcome her to the State Department. Our first meeting was in Geneva. At that time, we discussed a broad range of issues, and today, we will, of course, be doing the same, both bilateral as well as regional and global. We’re very grateful to the Swiss Government for the role that they play representing us in countr...
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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State The Hague, Netherlands March 31, 2009 View Video QUESTION: Madame Secretary, you did not personally meet with the Iranian diplomat here. Ambassador Holbrooke did. That seemed to be a choreographed message. Your reaction is that their intervention was positive, what they said here was positive, but you still have some issues. SECRETARY CLINTON: I think that the fact that they came was a good sign and their intervention was positive. They talked a...
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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State The Hague, Netherlands March 31, 2009 View Video QUESTION: So on the conference today, the Afghan delegation and some of the people that we’ve heard from the Afghan delegation were talking about the fact that President Karzai didn’t stay to have a press conference as had been suggested he was going to do. I noticed that in his speech, he thanked almost everybody, except Ban Ki-moon before he thanked the U.S. He mentioned everybody else&rsqu...
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Remarks at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Secretary Condoleezza Rice Vienna, Austria May 31, 2007 SECRETARY RICE: Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you very much to the assembled. I appreciate very much this opportunity to share some thoughts with you and particularly to hear your thoughts. I also will not make very long opening remarks because I would like this to be an opportunity for dialogue. I would like to have a chance to hear wha...
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