Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
Washington, D.C.
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Canadian Foreign Minister Stephane Dion, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Japanese State Minister Yoji Muto, Kuwait Foreign Minister Sabah Al Khalid Al Sabah, and Netherlands Foreign Minister Albert Gerard Koenders Dean Acheson Washington, DC July 20, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good afternoon everyone and welcome. I’m (inaudible) looking forward to it. It’s just a opportunity for you to question our co-hosts and all of us with respect to...
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Regions: Canada , Germany , Iraq , Kuwait , Netherlands , Russia , Syria , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC May 4, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. My apologies to all for our being a little bit late. We just ran a little bit behind, and Federica and I had an opportunity to have a meeting and unfortunately got interrupted even in that, but I appreciate everybody’s patience. I’m very, very honored to be joined by the United States co-chair, my colleague-in-mischief here, Ernie Moniz, and -- SECRETARY MONIZ: And worse. SECRETARY KE...
Regions: Iran , Japan , Russia , Syria , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium March 25, 2016 QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, what can you tell us about the Americans who were killed in the attacks here on Monday? SECRETARY KERRY: I can’t tell you very much at all because we’re going through the sad process of family notification at this point in time. And so I can just confirm that a couple of Americans have died in this event. QUESTION: The Belgian prime minister after the attack said that the el-Bakraoui brothers wh...
Regions: Belgium , Netherlands , Syria , Turkey , United Kingdom
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Quebec, Canada January 29, 2016 MODERATOR: (In French.) Thank you very much. Minister of Foreign Affairs Stephane Dion will now make a statement. FOREIGN MINISTER DION: Merci , Madam . Bonjour, mesdames et messieurs. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Buenas tardes, senoras y senores. (In French.) (In English) My hometown, my – (in Spanish). We have had important productive discussions today, and I will insist on – I think I have -- six points. But we...
Regions: Burkina Faso , Canada , France , Haiti , Iraq , Italy , Jordan , Lebanon , Libya , Mexico , Netherlands , Syria , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Embassy Ottawa Ottawa, Canada October 28, 2014 AMBASSADOR HEYMAN: Okay, everyone. This is an incredibly special day. As you all know, we’ve looked forward to your visit for a long time – (laughter) – a lot longer than this weekend. Here we have the 68th Secretary of State, sworn in in February of 2013. He spent 28 years in the Senate on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, so he knows foreign relations quite well; an avid proponent of working wi...
Regions: Canada , France , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Waldorf-Astoria Hotel New York City September 24, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, thank you. Listen, thank you very, very much for being patient and hanging in here, though I noticed a lot of you have glasses in your hand with some liquid in it and therefore you haven’t been completely deprived, I can tell. This city during these days of UNGA does not lend itself well to diplomatic speed dating, and unfortunately, I sort of scheduled one too many. And I just came ...
Regions: El Salvador , Guatemala , Vietnam
Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York City September 23, 2014 Thank you all very much for joining us here today. I’m delighted to be joined with my co-chair, Minister Cavusoglu of Turkey, and we’re very grateful for the strong turnout today and the importance of this discussion. This is the 5th ministerial meeting of the Global Counterterrorism Forum. And when we launched this effort just three years ago, we did so with a clear objective: to establish an inform...
Regions: Australia , Canada , Iraq , Morocco , Netherlands , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Chief of Mission Residence Paris, France September 15, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: All right. I want to make – I know we get crunched a little bit, but I really want to lay out some things that I think are very important and then you guys can ask some questions. Let me begin by saying that I sat in that room today with – how many nations were there? Thirty? MS. PSAKI: Twenty-six. SECRETARY KERRY: Twenty-six total? STAFF: Thirty delegations. SECRETARY KERRY: Th...
Regions: China, France , Iran , Iraq , Japan , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Admiralty House Sydney, Australia August 12, 2014 FOREIGN MINISTER BISHOP: Ladies and gentlemen, today we have welcomed to Sydney and to AUSMIN Secretaries John Kerry and Chuck Hagel, and this is the second AUSMIN meeting that the four principals here have participated in. The United States alliance is the most important security relationship for Australia, and AUSMIN is an annual opportunity for us to take stock of this relationship. And today’s discussion wa...
Regions: Afghanistan, Australia , Canada , China, Indonesia , Iran , Iraq , Japan , Korea, North , Malaysia , Russia , Syria , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Willard Hotel Washington, DC December 2, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. Thank you. Dr. Mboi, thank you very, very much for a very generous introduction. Thank you for your leadership, and thank you for traveling from so far to be here. And I know you haven’t adjusted yet. I asked her if she’d adjusted to the time difference, and she didn’t even answer, she was so stunned. (Laughter.) It’s a pleasure to be here with so many leaders...
Regions: Canada , France , Norway , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State New York City September 26, 2013 Well, thank you very much (inaudible). Thank you, and I apologize to all of my colleagues for being a little bit late. I’m sorry about that. But it is an enormous honor to be part of this event, which is the first of its kind in the history of the United Nations, and I think we should take pride in that. I thank the Foreign Minister of the Netherlands, who I visited with in Washington just last week, and all of our colleagues w...
Regions: Colombia , France , Norway , Sweden , United States
Topics: Human Rights and Democracy
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC September 20, 2013 The video is also available with closed captioning on YouTube. SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning, everybody. My great pleasure to welcome His Excellency the Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans of The Netherlands, here to visit today. The Netherlands has been a very staunch, early, immediate supporter of our efforts to try to eliminate chemical weapons in Syria, and I’m very grateful to Frans for their very, very strong statement in ...
Regions: Netherlands , Syria , United States
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC June 19, 2013 The video is also available with closed captioning on YouTube. SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you. Please, please, please, please. Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you very, very much. Ken, thank you for a generous welcome. Thank you all. Secretary Pat Kennedy and Director General Linda Thomas-Greenfield, thank you for being here, and others. We appreciate it. Tara, every...
Regions: France , Norway , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State NATO Headquarters Brussels, Belgium April 23, 2013 The video is available with closed captioning on YouTube. SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. Thank you very much. I apologize for the delay earlier. I’m really happy to be here in Brussels at NATO for my first ministerial as Secretary of State and I am very appreciative for Secretary General Rasmussen’s leadership. I thank him for hosting us here today. I think everybody understands the first tr...
Regions: Afghanistan, Belgium , France , Germany , Korea, North , Russia , Syria , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Ben Franklin Room Washington, DC January 31, 2013 Video is available with closed captioning on YouTube . Thank you all very, very much. As Kris just said, we’re all like one millisecond away from just collapsing here – (laughter) – because of the emotion and the feelings that are coursing through all of us. And this is my final event in a room named for Ben Franklin who has watched over us over the last four years. I have lost count of ...
Regions: Cameroon , France , Mongolia , Norway , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State United Nations New York City October 1, 2012 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube . SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much, Foreign Minister, and thanks also to the Secretary General and the UN General Assembly President for their remarks and for their leadership. I’m delighted to have been invited by Singapore to join you at the Forum of Small States to mark the 20 th anniversary of its founding. I think orga...
Regions: Cook Islands , Mauritius , Netherlands , Singapore , United States
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy
Press Statement Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC September 14, 2012 The United States is determined to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon and has pursued a dual-track policy to do so. Yesterday, the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Board of Governors overwhelmingly adopted a resolution that clearly reflects the international community’s concerns regarding Iran’s nuclear program. Iran must take concrete steps to address those concerns. Iran m...
Regions: France , Iran , Italy , Japan , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Fokker Terminal The Hague, Netherlands December 8, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good evening, and it’s wonderful to be back in The Hague. I want to thank my colleague and friend, Foreign Minister Rosenthal, a longtime friend, and co-conspirator from time to time, Eric Schmidt. Also, thanks to Leon Willems, the director of the Free Press Unlimited, and to those of my colleagues whom I know are here, namely Carl Bildt, an incredibly connected foreig...
Regions: Chile, China, Ghana , Indonesia , Iran , Netherlands , Syria , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State The Hague, Netherlands December 8, 2011 Well, I am delighted to see all of you. I’m sorry this is one of the shortest visits on record to The Hague, but I appreciate you coming out at the end of the day to say hello. And thank you for not only that introduction but the coffee advice, which I’ve followed faithfully ever since. (Laughter.) I am delighted to have a chance to come by and thank you in person for the work that you do every day. I j...
Regions: Afghanistan, Netherlands , United States
Topics: Science, Technology, and Innovation
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Hague, Netherlands December 8, 2011 FOREIGN MINISTER ROSENTHAL: Okay. Let me, on my part first, welcome Secretary of State Clinton to the Netherlands, after a long trip through Asia, back home, Europe. Secretary Clinton – Hillary, dear Hillary – you have shown great leadership in defending online freedom, and this issue perfectly fits the agenda of our transatlantic relationship, and I’m very pleased inde...
Regions: Afghanistan, Iran , Netherlands , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Ritz Carlton Hotel Manama, Bahrain December 3, 2010 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good evening, Your Majesty, Royal Highnesses, Highnesses, ministers, ambassadors, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen: It is a great pleasure for me to join you this year for the seventh annual Manama Dialogue. And I want to congratulate the International Institute for Strategic Studies for the vision of this Dialogue and for convening what I am sure will be another thought-provoking c...
Regions: Afghanistan, Bahrain , Belgium , Egypt , Iran , Iraq , Kuwait , Lebanon , Netherlands , Oman , Pakistan , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , United Arab Emirates , United States , Yemen
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs, Treaties and International Agreements
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium December 4, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Today we had the chance to discuss the way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan with all of our NATO allies and ISAF partners. The violent extremism that threatens the people and governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan and undermines the stability of the region also threatens us, the security of our friends, our allies, and our interests around the world. All of us whose shared future is at stake must ...
Regions: Afghanistan, Belgium , Georgia , Iran , Pakistan , Russia , Spain , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Treaties and International Agreements
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC October 6, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon, everyone. QUESTION: Good afternoon. SECRETARY CLINTON: It is once again a pleasure to welcome Foreign Minister Qureshi here to the State Department. I am always delighted to see him, whether it is here or in Thailand or in the Netherlands or anywhere else. And it is important because we have, once again this afternoon, engaged in a productive discussion on the broad strategic p...
Regions: Afghanistan, Guinea , Netherlands , Pakistan , Thailand , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Treaties and International Agreements
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State United Nations Headquarters New York City September 30, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: The 6,195 th meeting of the Security Council is called to order. The provisional agenda for this meeting is before the Council in document S/Agenda 6,195, which reads, and I quote: “Women and Peace and Security,” end of quote. Unless I hear any objection, I shall consider the agenda adopted. The agenda is adopted. I should like to inform the Council that I ...
Regions: Argentina, Austria , Burkina Faso , Canada , Chad , Chile, China, Costa Rica , Croatia , France , Guinea , Iraq , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Liberia , Mexico , Norway , Russia , Rwanda , South Africa , Sudan , Tanzania , Turkey , Uganda , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam
Topics: Energy, Global Women's Issues, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State New York, NY September 8, 2009 (In progress) recognizes the importance of this particular commemoration by not only your presence here, but your interest in these year-long activities. Before we came out, the Mayor and the Prince of Orange and Princess Maxima and Minister Timmermans and I were all talking, and the mayor made one of his astute observations that if the Dutch paid $24 for New York, that $24 invested 400 years ago could be more valuable than...
Topics: Energy, Human Rights and Democracy
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC April 20, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good morning, everyone. I cannot tell you how happy I am to welcome a colleague and a new friend to the State Department. It is always wonderful working with our Dutch allies on a range of issues. And as many of you know, the foreign minister scheduled and pulled off the meeting we had in The Hague about Afghanistan in just a record period of time. Minister Verhagen is someone who takes so seri...
Topics: Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements
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...
Regions: Afghanistan, Iran , Iraq , Netherlands , Russia
Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State The Hague, Netherlands March 31, 2009 View Video QUESTION: President Obama just last week was talking about the Taliban and al-Qaida. He said that they are regenerating and they’re a threat to the United States and to its allies. And just today we had the head of the Pakistan Taliban making a threat against directly the United States, in fact, Washington, D.C. – Baitullah Mehsud saying he’s planning a terrorist attack that would &ldqu...
Regions: Afghanistan, Iran , Netherlands , Pakistan , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism
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...
Regions: Afghanistan, China, Iran , Japan , Korea, North , Netherlands , Russia
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State The Hague, Netherlands March 31, 2009 FOREIGN MINISTER VERHAGEN: Madame Secretary, ladies and gentlemen, I want to extend a warm welcome to Secretary Clinton for her visit to the Netherlands, especially because we want to celebrate this year, 400 years of friendship between our two countries. Maybe not in a big tent we are today, but in a place big enough to host all the delegations, all the people who are involved in the future of Afghanistan, and who k...
Regions: Afghanistan, Netherlands , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy