Search Results:  2021  (545)

  • Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Christiane Baissary of Al Hadath

    Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    Ritz-Carlton Hotel

    QUESTION:  Mr. Secretary, thank you for joining us.

    SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Thank you for having me.

    QUESTION:  This is your sixth tour in the region since the war started in October.  Are you carrying any more initiatives to end the bloodshed in Gaza?

    SECRETARY BLINKEN:  We are.  We’re pressing for an immediate ceasefire t

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    Regions: Egypt , Iran , Israel , Jordan , Lebanon , Qatar , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank , Yemen

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Secretary Antony J. Blinken’s Remarks at an International Women’s Day Reception

  • Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the Alliance for Afghan Women’s Economic Resilience Summit

    Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Washington, D.C.

    Loy Henderson Auditorium

    SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Good morning.  (Applause.)

    MS AMIRI:  Good morning, everyone.  It is my distinct honor to welcome you to the Alliance for Afghan Women’s Economic Resilience Summit.  Today marks 898 days since Afghan girls were banned from secondary school, 890 days since Afghan women were told to stay home from work.  As a woman, imagine being stripped of your

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Albania , Indonesia , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Responding to Two Years of Russia’s Full-Scale War against Ukraine and Aleksey Navalny’s Death

    Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Tomorrow marks two years since Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine.  After ten years of conflict, sovereign, democratic Ukraine remains courageous in the face of formidable odds.  The United States will continue to stand resolutely with the Ukrainian people in their defense of their homeland.  Putin’s war threatens not only Ukraine, but also the security of the United States, our NATO Allies, and the free and open international order we

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    Regions: Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Secretary Antony J. Blinken at “Hostage Diplomacy as an International Security Threat: Strengthening Our Collective Action, Deterrence, and Response”

  • Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Defense Cooperation Agreement Signing Ceremony With Danish Foreign Minister Lars Rasmussen

    Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Danish Foreign Minister Lars Rasmussen

    Washington, D.C.

    Treaty Room

    SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Well, good afternoon, everyone.  First, let me just say I’m so delighted to welcome Foreign Minister Rasmussen here to the State Department, to the United States, and for this, I think, very important occasion.  We’ve had the opp

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    Regions: Denmark , Norway , Russia , Sweden , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements

  • Taking Steps to Impose Visa Restrictions for Undermining Democracy And for Repression in Uganda

    Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    After Uganda’s flawed 2021 presidential elections, I announced a visa restriction policy targeting those believed to be responsible for, or complicit in, undermining the democratic process in Uganda.  At that time, I implored the Government of Uganda to significantly improve its record and hold accountable those responsible for flawed electoral processes, violence, and intimidation.

    Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Press Availability

    Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Brussels, Belgium

    NATO Headquarters

    SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Well, good afternoon, everyone.

    In March of 2021, I came here to NATO to affirm President Biden’s commitment to rebuild, to revitalize, to re-energize our core alliances and partnerships.  Indeed, they’re our greatest strategic asset: an unmatched network of alliances and partnerships.

    And I did this at NATO because some back then were questioning its relevance, its capa

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    Regions: China, Egypt , Iran , Israel , Korea, North , Qatar , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Opening Ceremony for A New Innovation Building at the Foreign Service Institute

    Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Arlington, Virginia

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    Regions: Armenia , Azerbaijan , Canada , China

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Secretary Antony J. Blinken During a Conversation at The University of Texas at Austin Moderated by Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison

    Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Austin, Texas

    The University of Texas at Austin

    MR EDGAR:  All right.  Welcome, everyone.  Please, if you haven’t already, take your seats, and we’ll begin the program shortly.  My name is Paul Edgar, and I am the interim executive director of the Clements Center for National Security.  On behalf of the Clements Center and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, welcome to a conversation on the state of foreign aff

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    Regions: Argentina, Canada , China, Colombia , Mexico , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Western Hemisphere

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Signing Ceremony with Millennium Challenge Corporation CEO Alice Albright and iKiribati President Taneti Maamau

    Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Millennium Challenge Corporation CEO Alice Albright

    iKiribati President Taneti Maamau

    Washington, DC

    Treaty Room

    MS ALBRIGHT:  Hello.  Thank you all so much for joining us, and I thank with deep appreciation the Government of Kiribati for partnering with the Millennium Challenge Corporation.

    Specifically, I want to recognize all of our friends, officials from the Government of Kiribati, who have joined us here today, i

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    Regions: Fiji , Kiribati , Solomon Islands , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Treaties and International Agreements

  • Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils: Global Solutions for Food Security Event

    Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    New York City, New York

    Rockefeller Foundation

    SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Thank you.  Thank you very, very much.  So we’re, what, about halfway through High-Level Week, I think – (laughter) – which is known at the department basically as speed-dating for diplomats.  And we have lots of events, lots of meetings, lots of gatherings.  But I have to tell you I was really looking forward to this particular meeting, this particular gathering,

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    Regions: Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States

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

  • Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) “The Power and Purpose of American Diplomacy in a New Era”

    Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Washington, D.C.

    SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Thank you.  Good morning, everyone.

    AUDIENCE:  Good morning.

    SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Dean Steinberg, Jim, thank you for the honor of joining the SAIS community to help inaugurate this truly magnificent new home.

    Jim has contributed so much over his remarkable career, but his most lasting contribution is the generation of thinkers, the generation of d

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    Regions: Armenia , Australia , Canada , China, Ethiopia , France , India , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Japan , Korea, North , Lebanon , New Zealand , Russia , Sweden , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

  • Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Press Availability

    Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Washington, D.C.

    Press Briefing Room

    SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Good morning.  Good morning.

    QUESTION:  Good morning.

    QUESTION:  Well, barely morning.  (Laughter.)

    SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Speak for yourself, Matt.

    Very good to see everyone here.  Actually, I kind of hoped more of you might be on vacation by now but – (laughter) – I see we have a pretty full house

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    Regions: Afghanistan, China, Iran , Japan , Korea, North , Korea, South , Moldova , Niger , Romania , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • United States Sanctions Russian Financial Elites and a Russian Business Association

    Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Today, the United States is imposing sanctions on four prominent members of Russia’s financial elite who have served on the supervisory board of the Alfa Group Consortium, one of the largest financial and investment conglomerates in Russia.

    We are also imposing sanctions on the Russian Association of Employers the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), a Russian business organization involved in the technology sector of the Russian Fe

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    Regions: United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Imposing Sanctions and Visa Restrictions to Hold the Lukashenka Regime to Account on the Third Anniversary of the Fraudulent Presidential Election in Belarus

    Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Today marks three years since the fraudulent presidential election in Belarus and the Alyaksandr Lukashenka regime’s crackdown on the Belarusian people’s demands for freedom. The United States continues to stand with the brave people of Belarus as they seek a country grounded in the rule of law, respect for human rights, and an accountable, democratically-elected government.

    Today, the United States is sanctioning eight individuals and five entities for

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    Regions: Belarus , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Human Rights and Democracy

  • Imposing Sanctions on Malian Officials in Connection with the Wagner Group

    Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Today, the United States is designating three Malian officials who have worked closely with the Wagner Group to facilitate and expand Wagner’s presence in Mali since December 2021.  Civilian fatalities have surged by 278 percent since Wagner forces deployed to Mali in December 2021.  Many of those deaths were the result of operations conducted by Malian Armed Forces alongside members of the Wagner Group.

    The United States will continue to take action ag

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    Regions: Mali , United States

    Topics: Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi Before Their Meeting

    Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Karuizawa, Japan

    The Prince Karuizawa

    FOREIGN MINISTER HAYASHI:  We appreciate you being here in Karuizawa.  And you know I (inaudible) in which you (inaudible) first day here in Karuizawa.  So I still remember the first (inaudible) conversation between ourselves on November 2021, which we said we should (inaudible) perfect harmony.  And now we’re playing a perfect (inaudible), so we’re really glad to do that.  So this is a cruci

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    Regions: Japan , United Kingdom

  • Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks Before U.S.-EU Energy Council Meeting

    Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Brussels, Belgium

    European Council Building

    SECRETARY BLINKEN: High Representative Borrell, Josep, thank you. Thank you for bringing us together today and for continuing an ongoing discussion, an ongoing action that we’ve had with the United States and the European Union on an issue that’s critical in the lives of all of our fellow citizens. I’m very much looking forward to pursuing the discussion we actually began earlier this

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    Regions: Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Secretary Blinken With Colombian Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva at the U.S.-Colombia High-Level Dialogue

    Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Washington, D.C.

    Burns Auditorium

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY NICHOLS: Good morning. Buenos días. I would like to welcome all of you, especially our guests from Colombia. Bienvenidos a todos. This is the 10th year we mark the – this High-Level Dialogue, and we are honored to host this year. The High-Level Dialogues present remarkable opportunities to engage at a deeper level on our shared interests. The dialogue continu

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Bangladesh , Brazil , Canada , China, Colombia , Mexico , United States , Venezuela

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Observing the First International Day to Combat Islamophobia

    Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Muslims worldwide too often face discrimination and hatred based on their religious beliefs. Last year, the United Nations declared March 15 as the International Day to Combat Islamophobia. This date also marks four years since the terrorist attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. On that day, a gunman killed 51 Muslim worshippers in two mosques and injured another 40.

    Every person, everywhere has the right to freedom of thought, conscience

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    Regions: United States

    Topics: Countering Terrorism, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Tunisian President Kais Saied Before Their Meeting

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