Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken at Youth and Alumni Event “Celebrating the Future of the U.S.-Albania Relationship” Home Release of the 2023 Equity Action Plan Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State President Biden issued two executive orders directing federal agencies to take comprehensive action to address barriers to opportunity for underserved communities and to embed equity into all aspects of federal decision-making. Over the past year, the Department has taken concrete steps to advance equity in foreign policy by refining tracking of foreign assistance programs to embed equity and inclusion into global programming, Roles: Everyone: All Users Topics: Human Rights and Democracy Secretary Antony J. Blinken at “Hostage Diplomacy as an International Security Threat: Strengthening Our Collective Action, Deterrence, and Response” Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Tel Aviv, Israel David Kempinski Hotel SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening. This is my fifth visit to the region and seventh visit to Israel since October 7th. I’m back first and foremost to consult directly with our partners on the joint efforts to bring all of the remaining hostages home. I’ve met with families of the hostages multiple times during prior visits, as well as in Washington, and I expect to see them again tomorrow. Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Iran , Israel , Lebanon , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Israeli President Herzog Before Their Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani At a Joint Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Doha, Qatar Diwan Annex PRIME MINISTER AL THANI: (Via interpreter) In the name of God the merciful, the compassionate, peace be upon you. I am pleased to welcome His Excellency Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Doha. We have had several meetings in the past weeks, so whether in Doha, Washington, and today we meet again in Doha. First, I would like to inform the media that we have received a reply from Hamas with regar Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: France , Gaza Strip , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Jordan , Qatar , Syria , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken And UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza Sigrid Kaag Before Their Meeting Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Treaty Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. I’m very pleased to have Sigrid Kaag here at the State Department to talk about her absolutely vital mandate conferred by the United Nations Security Council to help maximize the humanitarian assistance that’s getting in to people in need in Gaza, and also to think about and plan for the longer-term reconstruction of Gaza when the conflict ends. I’ve had the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Syria Topics: Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Antony J. Blinken And European Commission Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager At the Fifth U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council Ministerial Meeting Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good morning, everyone. It is wonderful to have our friends and colleagues from the EU here in Washington for our Trade and Technology Council number five. Let me just say at the outset, in the challenge of these times it is particularly valuable and appreciated by the United States to have in the EU a partner of first resort, not last resort. And if we lo Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Belgium , United States Topics: Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Maitama Tuggar at a Joint Press Availability Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken With RTI Ivorian TV Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire Africa Cup of Nations at Stade Olympique Alassane Ouattara D'Ebimpé Via Translation QUESTION: Hello everyone, and welcome to this exceptional edition. As you may have understood, we are outside the premises of RTI, with an exceptional guest. Indeed, Antony Blinken, the U.S. Secretary of State, is currently in Côte d’Ivoire as part of his African tour. He has granted us an interview, an exclusive by Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Equatorial Guinea , Guinea , Nigeria , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health Secretary Antony J. Blinken and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres Before Their Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Home 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 Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Denmark , Norway , Russia , Sweden , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition 2023 Tribute Celebration Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Ritz-Carlton Hotel MODERATOR: So on behalf of the broad, diverse USGLC Coalition, business and NGO leaders, military, faith leaders, mayors and farmers from all 50 states, we are honored to pay tribute to Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken with the USGLC’s Global Leadership Award for truly making our world a better, safer place. Please welcome Secretary Blinken to the stage. (Applause.) MS SCHRAYER: Ple Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , China, France , Israel , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin, and Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko Before Their Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Peruvian Foreign Minister Javier González-Olaechea Before Their Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai at the APEC Ministerial Meeting Opening Plenary Session Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, And Indian Minister of Defense Rajnath Singh Remarks Before the U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New Delhi, India Sushma Swaraj Bhavan EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER JAISHANKAR: Good morning and welcome to the fifth India-U.S. 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue. May I begin by inviting my senior colleague, the Minister of Defense Shri Rajnath Singh Ji, to make the opening remarks. DEFENSE MINISTER SINGH: Good morning, Excellencies. Secretary Austin and Secretary Blinken, it is a great pleasure to r Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: India , Japan , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Tokyo, Japan The Okura SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening, everyone. We just concluded a pretty packed two days – coming at a very intense time for our countries and for the world. I want to begin by thanking Foreign Minister Kamikawa for the very warm hospitality here in Tokyo, and to her and Prime Minister Kishida for Japan’s leadership during this historic year for the G7. The G7 has strengthened its role as the steering co Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Jose W. Fernandez, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Ramin Toloui, Assistant SecretaryBureau of Economic and Business Affairs Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Secretary of State Antony Blinken; Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose Fernandez; Special Representative for Commercial and Business Af Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Jordan , Kenya , Poland , Russia , Rwanda , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Margaret Brennan of CBS’s Face the Nation Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room QUESTION: We go now to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is at the State Department. Good morning to you, Mr. Secretary. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, Margaret. Good to be with you. QUESTION: Tension is very high in the region. Are you changing your security posture? Are you pulling any U.S. personnel out of the area? SECRETARY BLINKEN: Marga Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Gaza Strip , Iran , Israel , United Kingdom Topics: Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy Humanitarian Assistance for Gaza The Secretary of State The United States welcomes the delivery of a 20-truck convoy carrying much needed humanitarian assistance to the people in Gaza, the first since Hamas’s horrific October 7 terrorist attack on Israel. We thank our partners in Egypt and Israel, and the United Nations, for facilitating the safe passage of these shipments through the Rafah border crossing. With this convoy, the international community is beginning to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza that has left resident Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Israel , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Press Briefing Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. About an hour ago, two American citizens held by Hamas since October 7th were released. These two Americans are now safely in the hands of Israeli authorities in Israel. We expect a team from the U.S. embassy to see them very shortly. Over the coming hours, they’ll receive any support and assistance they need, and of course we’re very anxious to be able to reunite the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Iran , Israel , Qatar , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken and UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg Before Their Meeting Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Treaty Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: (In progress) true evil that we’ve seen inflicted on Israel over the last few days. And he was very clear that we stand with Israel. And that’s a message that he’s asked me to carry directly to our Israeli partners when I travel to the region a little bit later this week. In the meantime, we’re also very engaged with partners throughout the region, as well as of course looking out Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Israel , Saudi Arabia , Yemen Topics: Treaties and International Agreements 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 Roles: Everyone: All Users 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 Meet and Greet with Houston-based Department of State Staff MR KEITH: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us today here at the Mickey Leland Federal Building in Houston, Texas. The U.S. Department of State Office of Foreign Missions, Houston Passport Agency, and the Diplomatic Security Service Houston Field Office ask that you join us in sending a warm – a very warm welcome to the 71st Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. (Applause.) Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: United Kingdom Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the High-Level Dialogue on the Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention In State-to-State Relations Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York Permanent Mission of Canada to the UN SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you all very much. I have to say, it’s a little bit humbling to speak after Jason, who has been an extraordinary profile in courage, an extraordinary profile in absolute determination to move all of us to a better place on this issue that in so many ways is, for me, one of the most profound things that I have to deal with in my job. And I su Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , Iran , Russia , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Energy Secretary Antony J. Blinken With CBS Mornings with Tony Dokoupil and Nancy Cordes Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York QUESTION: And Nancy’s sticking around because our next guest is Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in town because New York is beautiful in the fall, of course, and also a little thing called the UN General Assembly. Mr. Secretary, thank you very much for being here. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Great to be with you. Thanks. QUESTION: We just saw the amazing footage of these Americans returning Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , Iran , Korea, South , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken With The Today Show on NBC with Savannah Guthrie Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York QUESTION: And joining us now in Studio 1A, Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Secretary Blinken, good morning to you. Good to have you here. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning. QUESTION: Let’s talk about the news this week, the prisoner swap – five Americans brought home. You cannot look at these pictures of Americans being returned to U.S. soil and not be elated for them, emotional. But the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Iran , Korea, North , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Tongan Prime Minister Hu’akavameiliku at a Joint Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State PRIME MINISTER HU’AKAVAMEILIKU: (In Tongan.) It is a great honor to warmly welcome to the Kingdom of Tonga the Secretary of State of the United States of America, Mr. Antony Blinken. 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Home Release of the 2023 Equity Action Plan Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State President Biden issued two executive orders directing federal agencies to take comprehensive action to address barriers to opportunity for underserved communities and to embed equity into all aspects of federal decision-making. Over the past year, the Department has taken concrete steps to advance equity in foreign policy by refining tracking of foreign assistance programs to embed equity and inclusion into global programming, Roles: Everyone: All Users Topics: Human Rights and Democracy Secretary Antony J. Blinken at “Hostage Diplomacy as an International Security Threat: Strengthening Our Collective Action, Deterrence, and Response” Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Tel Aviv, Israel David Kempinski Hotel SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening. This is my fifth visit to the region and seventh visit to Israel since October 7th. I’m back first and foremost to consult directly with our partners on the joint efforts to bring all of the remaining hostages home. I’ve met with families of the hostages multiple times during prior visits, as well as in Washington, and I expect to see them again tomorrow. Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Iran , Israel , Lebanon , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Israeli President Herzog Before Their Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani At a Joint Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Doha, Qatar Diwan Annex PRIME MINISTER AL THANI: (Via interpreter) In the name of God the merciful, the compassionate, peace be upon you. I am pleased to welcome His Excellency Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Doha. We have had several meetings in the past weeks, so whether in Doha, Washington, and today we meet again in Doha. First, I would like to inform the media that we have received a reply from Hamas with regar Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: France , Gaza Strip , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Jordan , Qatar , Syria , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken And UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza Sigrid Kaag Before Their Meeting Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Treaty Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. I’m very pleased to have Sigrid Kaag here at the State Department to talk about her absolutely vital mandate conferred by the United Nations Security Council to help maximize the humanitarian assistance that’s getting in to people in need in Gaza, and also to think about and plan for the longer-term reconstruction of Gaza when the conflict ends. I’ve had the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Syria Topics: Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Antony J. Blinken And European Commission Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager At the Fifth U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council Ministerial Meeting Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good morning, everyone. It is wonderful to have our friends and colleagues from the EU here in Washington for our Trade and Technology Council number five. Let me just say at the outset, in the challenge of these times it is particularly valuable and appreciated by the United States to have in the EU a partner of first resort, not last resort. And if we lo Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Belgium , United States Topics: Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Maitama Tuggar at a Joint Press Availability Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken With RTI Ivorian TV Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire Africa Cup of Nations at Stade Olympique Alassane Ouattara D'Ebimpé Via Translation QUESTION: Hello everyone, and welcome to this exceptional edition. As you may have understood, we are outside the premises of RTI, with an exceptional guest. Indeed, Antony Blinken, the U.S. Secretary of State, is currently in Côte d’Ivoire as part of his African tour. He has granted us an interview, an exclusive by Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Equatorial Guinea , Guinea , Nigeria , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health Secretary Antony J. Blinken and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres Before Their Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Home 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 Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Denmark , Norway , Russia , Sweden , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition 2023 Tribute Celebration Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Ritz-Carlton Hotel MODERATOR: So on behalf of the broad, diverse USGLC Coalition, business and NGO leaders, military, faith leaders, mayors and farmers from all 50 states, we are honored to pay tribute to Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken with the USGLC’s Global Leadership Award for truly making our world a better, safer place. Please welcome Secretary Blinken to the stage. (Applause.) MS SCHRAYER: Ple Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , China, France , Israel , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin, and Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko Before Their Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Peruvian Foreign Minister Javier González-Olaechea Before Their Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai at the APEC Ministerial Meeting Opening Plenary Session Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, And Indian Minister of Defense Rajnath Singh Remarks Before the U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New Delhi, India Sushma Swaraj Bhavan EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER JAISHANKAR: Good morning and welcome to the fifth India-U.S. 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue. May I begin by inviting my senior colleague, the Minister of Defense Shri Rajnath Singh Ji, to make the opening remarks. DEFENSE MINISTER SINGH: Good morning, Excellencies. Secretary Austin and Secretary Blinken, it is a great pleasure to r Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: India , Japan , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Tokyo, Japan The Okura SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening, everyone. We just concluded a pretty packed two days – coming at a very intense time for our countries and for the world. I want to begin by thanking Foreign Minister Kamikawa for the very warm hospitality here in Tokyo, and to her and Prime Minister Kishida for Japan’s leadership during this historic year for the G7. The G7 has strengthened its role as the steering co Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Jose W. Fernandez, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Ramin Toloui, Assistant SecretaryBureau of Economic and Business Affairs Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Secretary of State Antony Blinken; Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose Fernandez; Special Representative for Commercial and Business Af Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Jordan , Kenya , Poland , Russia , Rwanda , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Margaret Brennan of CBS’s Face the Nation Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room QUESTION: We go now to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is at the State Department. Good morning to you, Mr. Secretary. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, Margaret. Good to be with you. QUESTION: Tension is very high in the region. Are you changing your security posture? Are you pulling any U.S. personnel out of the area? SECRETARY BLINKEN: Marga Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Gaza Strip , Iran , Israel , United Kingdom Topics: Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy Humanitarian Assistance for Gaza The Secretary of State The United States welcomes the delivery of a 20-truck convoy carrying much needed humanitarian assistance to the people in Gaza, the first since Hamas’s horrific October 7 terrorist attack on Israel. We thank our partners in Egypt and Israel, and the United Nations, for facilitating the safe passage of these shipments through the Rafah border crossing. With this convoy, the international community is beginning to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza that has left resident Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Israel , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Press Briefing Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. About an hour ago, two American citizens held by Hamas since October 7th were released. These two Americans are now safely in the hands of Israeli authorities in Israel. We expect a team from the U.S. embassy to see them very shortly. Over the coming hours, they’ll receive any support and assistance they need, and of course we’re very anxious to be able to reunite the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Iran , Israel , Qatar , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken and UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg Before Their Meeting Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Treaty Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: (In progress) true evil that we’ve seen inflicted on Israel over the last few days. And he was very clear that we stand with Israel. And that’s a message that he’s asked me to carry directly to our Israeli partners when I travel to the region a little bit later this week. In the meantime, we’re also very engaged with partners throughout the region, as well as of course looking out Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Israel , Saudi Arabia , Yemen Topics: Treaties and International Agreements 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 Roles: Everyone: All Users 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 Meet and Greet with Houston-based Department of State Staff MR KEITH: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us today here at the Mickey Leland Federal Building in Houston, Texas. The U.S. Department of State Office of Foreign Missions, Houston Passport Agency, and the Diplomatic Security Service Houston Field Office ask that you join us in sending a warm – a very warm welcome to the 71st Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. (Applause.) Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: United Kingdom Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the High-Level Dialogue on the Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention In State-to-State Relations Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York Permanent Mission of Canada to the UN SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you all very much. I have to say, it’s a little bit humbling to speak after Jason, who has been an extraordinary profile in courage, an extraordinary profile in absolute determination to move all of us to a better place on this issue that in so many ways is, for me, one of the most profound things that I have to deal with in my job. And I su Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , Iran , Russia , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Energy Secretary Antony J. Blinken With CBS Mornings with Tony Dokoupil and Nancy Cordes Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York QUESTION: And Nancy’s sticking around because our next guest is Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in town because New York is beautiful in the fall, of course, and also a little thing called the UN General Assembly. Mr. Secretary, thank you very much for being here. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Great to be with you. Thanks. QUESTION: We just saw the amazing footage of these Americans returning Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , Iran , Korea, South , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken With The Today Show on NBC with Savannah Guthrie Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York QUESTION: And joining us now in Studio 1A, Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Secretary Blinken, good morning to you. Good to have you here. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning. QUESTION: Let’s talk about the news this week, the prisoner swap – five Americans brought home. You cannot look at these pictures of Americans being returned to U.S. soil and not be elated for them, emotional. But the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Iran , Korea, North , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Tongan Prime Minister Hu’akavameiliku at a Joint Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State PRIME MINISTER HU’AKAVAMEILIKU: (In Tongan.) It is a great honor to warmly welcome to the Kingdom of Tonga the Secretary of State of the United States of America, Mr. Antony Blinken. The visit today by Secretary Blinken is historic. It is the first visit by a sitting U.S. secretary of state to Tonga. It is the highest-level visit we have received from the United States Government in our recent history. There is a clear indication t Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, China, Guinea , Indonesia , Israel , New Zealand , Papua New Guinea , Solomon Islands , Tonga , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Vanuatu Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Fareed Zakaria of GPS, CNN Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Aspen, Colorado Aspen Security Forum QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, pleasure to have you on. SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s great to be with you, Fareed. QUESTION: Tell us what you can sense of what is going on in the counteroffensive that Ukraine is managing – attempting with Russia. So far the reports seem to be, it is very slow and very tough going. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, first, Fareed, put this in pe Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, France , Iran , Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken And EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium European Council Building HIGH REPRESENTATIVE BORRELL: Good morning. Good morning. I’m very happy to welcome you, Secretary Blinken, in Brussels. We just had a very good bilateral meeting marking our great transatlantic cooperation. Now we will co-chair the EU-U.S. Energy Council, and later we will see each other also at the NATO Ministerial. Allow me some words about our bilateral discussion. Certainly Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ethiopia , France , Israel , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the Kennedy Center Honors Dinner Data Sources Topics Anti-Corruption and Transparency Arms Control and Nonproliferation Climate and Environment Combating Drugs and Crime Coronavirus (COVID-19) Countering Terrorism Cyber Issues Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy Energy Global Health Global Women's Issues Human Rights and Democracy Human Trafficking Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Science, Technology, and Innovation SG Security The Ocean and Polar Affairs Treaties and International Agreements Data Sources Navigation Module Advertisers Advertisers Advertisers Styles Audience Advertisers Sponsored Keywords Splash Pages Loading... visual editor / client console / x close editor Module Designer Children of this Page Taxonomy Dynamic Scripts Advertising Site Design & Layout
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President Biden issued two executive orders directing federal agencies to take comprehensive action to address barriers to opportunity for underserved communities and to embed equity into all aspects of federal decision-making. Over the past year, the Department has taken concrete steps to advance equity in foreign policy by refining tracking of foreign assistance programs to embed equity and inclusion into global programming,
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Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Tel Aviv, Israel David Kempinski Hotel SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening. This is my fifth visit to the region and seventh visit to Israel since October 7th. I’m back first and foremost to consult directly with our partners on the joint efforts to bring all of the remaining hostages home. I’ve met with families of the hostages multiple times during prior visits, as well as in Washington, and I expect to see them again tomorrow. Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Iran , Israel , Lebanon , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Israeli President Herzog Before Their Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani At a Joint Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Doha, Qatar Diwan Annex PRIME MINISTER AL THANI: (Via interpreter) In the name of God the merciful, the compassionate, peace be upon you. I am pleased to welcome His Excellency Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Doha. We have had several meetings in the past weeks, so whether in Doha, Washington, and today we meet again in Doha. First, I would like to inform the media that we have received a reply from Hamas with regar Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: France , Gaza Strip , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Jordan , Qatar , Syria , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken And UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza Sigrid Kaag Before Their Meeting Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Treaty Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. I’m very pleased to have Sigrid Kaag here at the State Department to talk about her absolutely vital mandate conferred by the United Nations Security Council to help maximize the humanitarian assistance that’s getting in to people in need in Gaza, and also to think about and plan for the longer-term reconstruction of Gaza when the conflict ends. I’ve had the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Syria Topics: Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Antony J. Blinken And European Commission Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager At the Fifth U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council Ministerial Meeting Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good morning, everyone. It is wonderful to have our friends and colleagues from the EU here in Washington for our Trade and Technology Council number five. Let me just say at the outset, in the challenge of these times it is particularly valuable and appreciated by the United States to have in the EU a partner of first resort, not last resort. And if we lo Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Belgium , United States Topics: Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Maitama Tuggar at a Joint Press Availability Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken With RTI Ivorian TV Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire Africa Cup of Nations at Stade Olympique Alassane Ouattara D'Ebimpé Via Translation QUESTION: Hello everyone, and welcome to this exceptional edition. As you may have understood, we are outside the premises of RTI, with an exceptional guest. Indeed, Antony Blinken, the U.S. Secretary of State, is currently in Côte d’Ivoire as part of his African tour. He has granted us an interview, an exclusive by Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Equatorial Guinea , Guinea , Nigeria , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health Secretary Antony J. Blinken and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres Before Their Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Home 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 Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Denmark , Norway , Russia , Sweden , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition 2023 Tribute Celebration Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Ritz-Carlton Hotel MODERATOR: So on behalf of the broad, diverse USGLC Coalition, business and NGO leaders, military, faith leaders, mayors and farmers from all 50 states, we are honored to pay tribute to Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken with the USGLC’s Global Leadership Award for truly making our world a better, safer place. Please welcome Secretary Blinken to the stage. (Applause.) MS SCHRAYER: Ple Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , China, France , Israel , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin, and Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko Before Their Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Peruvian Foreign Minister Javier González-Olaechea Before Their Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai at the APEC Ministerial Meeting Opening Plenary Session Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, And Indian Minister of Defense Rajnath Singh Remarks Before the U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New Delhi, India Sushma Swaraj Bhavan EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER JAISHANKAR: Good morning and welcome to the fifth India-U.S. 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue. May I begin by inviting my senior colleague, the Minister of Defense Shri Rajnath Singh Ji, to make the opening remarks. DEFENSE MINISTER SINGH: Good morning, Excellencies. Secretary Austin and Secretary Blinken, it is a great pleasure to r Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: India , Japan , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Tokyo, Japan The Okura SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening, everyone. We just concluded a pretty packed two days – coming at a very intense time for our countries and for the world. I want to begin by thanking Foreign Minister Kamikawa for the very warm hospitality here in Tokyo, and to her and Prime Minister Kishida for Japan’s leadership during this historic year for the G7. The G7 has strengthened its role as the steering co Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Jose W. Fernandez, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Ramin Toloui, Assistant SecretaryBureau of Economic and Business Affairs Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Secretary of State Antony Blinken; Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose Fernandez; Special Representative for Commercial and Business Af Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Jordan , Kenya , Poland , Russia , Rwanda , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Margaret Brennan of CBS’s Face the Nation Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room QUESTION: We go now to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is at the State Department. Good morning to you, Mr. Secretary. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, Margaret. Good to be with you. QUESTION: Tension is very high in the region. Are you changing your security posture? Are you pulling any U.S. personnel out of the area? SECRETARY BLINKEN: Marga Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Gaza Strip , Iran , Israel , United Kingdom Topics: Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy Humanitarian Assistance for Gaza The Secretary of State The United States welcomes the delivery of a 20-truck convoy carrying much needed humanitarian assistance to the people in Gaza, the first since Hamas’s horrific October 7 terrorist attack on Israel. We thank our partners in Egypt and Israel, and the United Nations, for facilitating the safe passage of these shipments through the Rafah border crossing. With this convoy, the international community is beginning to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza that has left resident Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Israel , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Press Briefing Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. About an hour ago, two American citizens held by Hamas since October 7th were released. These two Americans are now safely in the hands of Israeli authorities in Israel. We expect a team from the U.S. embassy to see them very shortly. Over the coming hours, they’ll receive any support and assistance they need, and of course we’re very anxious to be able to reunite the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Iran , Israel , Qatar , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken and UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg Before Their Meeting Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Treaty Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: (In progress) true evil that we’ve seen inflicted on Israel over the last few days. And he was very clear that we stand with Israel. And that’s a message that he’s asked me to carry directly to our Israeli partners when I travel to the region a little bit later this week. In the meantime, we’re also very engaged with partners throughout the region, as well as of course looking out Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Israel , Saudi Arabia , Yemen Topics: Treaties and International Agreements 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 Roles: Everyone: All Users 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 Meet and Greet with Houston-based Department of State Staff MR KEITH: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us today here at the Mickey Leland Federal Building in Houston, Texas. The U.S. Department of State Office of Foreign Missions, Houston Passport Agency, and the Diplomatic Security Service Houston Field Office ask that you join us in sending a warm – a very warm welcome to the 71st Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. (Applause.) Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: United Kingdom Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the High-Level Dialogue on the Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention In State-to-State Relations Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York Permanent Mission of Canada to the UN SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you all very much. I have to say, it’s a little bit humbling to speak after Jason, who has been an extraordinary profile in courage, an extraordinary profile in absolute determination to move all of us to a better place on this issue that in so many ways is, for me, one of the most profound things that I have to deal with in my job. And I su Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , Iran , Russia , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Energy Secretary Antony J. Blinken With CBS Mornings with Tony Dokoupil and Nancy Cordes Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York QUESTION: And Nancy’s sticking around because our next guest is Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in town because New York is beautiful in the fall, of course, and also a little thing called the UN General Assembly. Mr. Secretary, thank you very much for being here. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Great to be with you. Thanks. QUESTION: We just saw the amazing footage of these Americans returning Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , Iran , Korea, South , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken With The Today Show on NBC with Savannah Guthrie Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York QUESTION: And joining us now in Studio 1A, Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Secretary Blinken, good morning to you. Good to have you here. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning. QUESTION: Let’s talk about the news this week, the prisoner swap – five Americans brought home. You cannot look at these pictures of Americans being returned to U.S. soil and not be elated for them, emotional. But the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Iran , Korea, North , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Tongan Prime Minister Hu’akavameiliku at a Joint Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State PRIME MINISTER HU’AKAVAMEILIKU: (In Tongan.) It is a great honor to warmly welcome to the Kingdom of Tonga the Secretary of State of the United States of America, Mr. Antony Blinken. The visit today by Secretary Blinken is historic. It is the first visit by a sitting U.S. secretary of state to Tonga. It is the highest-level visit we have received from the United States Government in our recent history. There is a clear indication t Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, China, Guinea , Indonesia , Israel , New Zealand , Papua New Guinea , Solomon Islands , Tonga , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Vanuatu Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Fareed Zakaria of GPS, CNN Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Aspen, Colorado Aspen Security Forum QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, pleasure to have you on. SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s great to be with you, Fareed. QUESTION: Tell us what you can sense of what is going on in the counteroffensive that Ukraine is managing – attempting with Russia. So far the reports seem to be, it is very slow and very tough going. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, first, Fareed, put this in pe Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, France , Iran , Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken And EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium European Council Building HIGH REPRESENTATIVE BORRELL: Good morning. Good morning. I’m very happy to welcome you, Secretary Blinken, in Brussels. We just had a very good bilateral meeting marking our great transatlantic cooperation. Now we will co-chair the EU-U.S. Energy Council, and later we will see each other also at the NATO Ministerial. Allow me some words about our bilateral discussion. Certainly Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ethiopia , France , Israel , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the Kennedy Center Honors Dinner Data Sources Topics Anti-Corruption and Transparency Arms Control and Nonproliferation Climate and Environment Combating Drugs and Crime Coronavirus (COVID-19) Countering Terrorism Cyber Issues Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy Energy Global Health Global Women's Issues Human Rights and Democracy Human Trafficking Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Science, Technology, and Innovation SG Security The Ocean and Polar Affairs Treaties and International Agreements Data Sources Navigation Module Advertisers Advertisers Advertisers Styles Audience Advertisers Sponsored Keywords Splash Pages Loading... visual editor / client console / x close editor Module Designer Children of this Page Taxonomy Dynamic Scripts Advertising Site Design & Layout
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SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening. This is my fifth visit to the region and seventh visit to Israel since October 7th. I’m back first and foremost to consult directly with our partners on the joint efforts to bring all of the remaining hostages home. I’ve met with families of the hostages multiple times during prior visits, as well as in Washington, and I expect to see them again tomorrow.
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Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani At a Joint Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Doha, Qatar Diwan Annex PRIME MINISTER AL THANI: (Via interpreter) In the name of God the merciful, the compassionate, peace be upon you. I am pleased to welcome His Excellency Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Doha. We have had several meetings in the past weeks, so whether in Doha, Washington, and today we meet again in Doha. First, I would like to inform the media that we have received a reply from Hamas with regar Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: France , Gaza Strip , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Jordan , Qatar , Syria , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken And UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza Sigrid Kaag Before Their Meeting Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Treaty Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. I’m very pleased to have Sigrid Kaag here at the State Department to talk about her absolutely vital mandate conferred by the United Nations Security Council to help maximize the humanitarian assistance that’s getting in to people in need in Gaza, and also to think about and plan for the longer-term reconstruction of Gaza when the conflict ends. I’ve had the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Syria Topics: Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Antony J. Blinken And European Commission Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager At the Fifth U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council Ministerial Meeting Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good morning, everyone. It is wonderful to have our friends and colleagues from the EU here in Washington for our Trade and Technology Council number five. Let me just say at the outset, in the challenge of these times it is particularly valuable and appreciated by the United States to have in the EU a partner of first resort, not last resort. And if we lo Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Belgium , United States Topics: Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Maitama Tuggar at a Joint Press Availability Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken With RTI Ivorian TV Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire Africa Cup of Nations at Stade Olympique Alassane Ouattara D'Ebimpé Via Translation QUESTION: Hello everyone, and welcome to this exceptional edition. As you may have understood, we are outside the premises of RTI, with an exceptional guest. Indeed, Antony Blinken, the U.S. Secretary of State, is currently in Côte d’Ivoire as part of his African tour. He has granted us an interview, an exclusive by Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Equatorial Guinea , Guinea , Nigeria , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health Secretary Antony J. Blinken and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres Before Their Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Home 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 Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Denmark , Norway , Russia , Sweden , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition 2023 Tribute Celebration Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Ritz-Carlton Hotel MODERATOR: So on behalf of the broad, diverse USGLC Coalition, business and NGO leaders, military, faith leaders, mayors and farmers from all 50 states, we are honored to pay tribute to Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken with the USGLC’s Global Leadership Award for truly making our world a better, safer place. Please welcome Secretary Blinken to the stage. (Applause.) MS SCHRAYER: Ple Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , China, France , Israel , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin, and Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko Before Their Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Peruvian Foreign Minister Javier González-Olaechea Before Their Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai at the APEC Ministerial Meeting Opening Plenary Session Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, And Indian Minister of Defense Rajnath Singh Remarks Before the U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New Delhi, India Sushma Swaraj Bhavan EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER JAISHANKAR: Good morning and welcome to the fifth India-U.S. 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue. May I begin by inviting my senior colleague, the Minister of Defense Shri Rajnath Singh Ji, to make the opening remarks. DEFENSE MINISTER SINGH: Good morning, Excellencies. Secretary Austin and Secretary Blinken, it is a great pleasure to r Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: India , Japan , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Tokyo, Japan The Okura SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening, everyone. We just concluded a pretty packed two days – coming at a very intense time for our countries and for the world. I want to begin by thanking Foreign Minister Kamikawa for the very warm hospitality here in Tokyo, and to her and Prime Minister Kishida for Japan’s leadership during this historic year for the G7. The G7 has strengthened its role as the steering co Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Jose W. Fernandez, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Ramin Toloui, Assistant SecretaryBureau of Economic and Business Affairs Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Secretary of State Antony Blinken; Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose Fernandez; Special Representative for Commercial and Business Af Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Jordan , Kenya , Poland , Russia , Rwanda , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Margaret Brennan of CBS’s Face the Nation Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room QUESTION: We go now to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is at the State Department. Good morning to you, Mr. Secretary. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, Margaret. Good to be with you. QUESTION: Tension is very high in the region. Are you changing your security posture? Are you pulling any U.S. personnel out of the area? SECRETARY BLINKEN: Marga Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Gaza Strip , Iran , Israel , United Kingdom Topics: Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy Humanitarian Assistance for Gaza The Secretary of State The United States welcomes the delivery of a 20-truck convoy carrying much needed humanitarian assistance to the people in Gaza, the first since Hamas’s horrific October 7 terrorist attack on Israel. We thank our partners in Egypt and Israel, and the United Nations, for facilitating the safe passage of these shipments through the Rafah border crossing. With this convoy, the international community is beginning to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza that has left resident Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Israel , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Press Briefing Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. About an hour ago, two American citizens held by Hamas since October 7th were released. These two Americans are now safely in the hands of Israeli authorities in Israel. We expect a team from the U.S. embassy to see them very shortly. Over the coming hours, they’ll receive any support and assistance they need, and of course we’re very anxious to be able to reunite the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Iran , Israel , Qatar , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken and UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg Before Their Meeting Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Treaty Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: (In progress) true evil that we’ve seen inflicted on Israel over the last few days. And he was very clear that we stand with Israel. And that’s a message that he’s asked me to carry directly to our Israeli partners when I travel to the region a little bit later this week. In the meantime, we’re also very engaged with partners throughout the region, as well as of course looking out Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Israel , Saudi Arabia , Yemen Topics: Treaties and International Agreements 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 Roles: Everyone: All Users 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 Meet and Greet with Houston-based Department of State Staff MR KEITH: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us today here at the Mickey Leland Federal Building in Houston, Texas. The U.S. Department of State Office of Foreign Missions, Houston Passport Agency, and the Diplomatic Security Service Houston Field Office ask that you join us in sending a warm – a very warm welcome to the 71st Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. (Applause.) Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: United Kingdom Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the High-Level Dialogue on the Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention In State-to-State Relations Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York Permanent Mission of Canada to the UN SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you all very much. I have to say, it’s a little bit humbling to speak after Jason, who has been an extraordinary profile in courage, an extraordinary profile in absolute determination to move all of us to a better place on this issue that in so many ways is, for me, one of the most profound things that I have to deal with in my job. And I su Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , Iran , Russia , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Energy Secretary Antony J. Blinken With CBS Mornings with Tony Dokoupil and Nancy Cordes Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York QUESTION: And Nancy’s sticking around because our next guest is Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in town because New York is beautiful in the fall, of course, and also a little thing called the UN General Assembly. Mr. Secretary, thank you very much for being here. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Great to be with you. Thanks. QUESTION: We just saw the amazing footage of these Americans returning Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , Iran , Korea, South , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken With The Today Show on NBC with Savannah Guthrie Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York QUESTION: And joining us now in Studio 1A, Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Secretary Blinken, good morning to you. Good to have you here. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning. QUESTION: Let’s talk about the news this week, the prisoner swap – five Americans brought home. You cannot look at these pictures of Americans being returned to U.S. soil and not be elated for them, emotional. But the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Iran , Korea, North , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Tongan Prime Minister Hu’akavameiliku at a Joint Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State PRIME MINISTER HU’AKAVAMEILIKU: (In Tongan.) It is a great honor to warmly welcome to the Kingdom of Tonga the Secretary of State of the United States of America, Mr. Antony Blinken. The visit today by Secretary Blinken is historic. It is the first visit by a sitting U.S. secretary of state to Tonga. It is the highest-level visit we have received from the United States Government in our recent history. There is a clear indication t Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, China, Guinea , Indonesia , Israel , New Zealand , Papua New Guinea , Solomon Islands , Tonga , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Vanuatu Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Fareed Zakaria of GPS, CNN Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Aspen, Colorado Aspen Security Forum QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, pleasure to have you on. SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s great to be with you, Fareed. QUESTION: Tell us what you can sense of what is going on in the counteroffensive that Ukraine is managing – attempting with Russia. So far the reports seem to be, it is very slow and very tough going. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, first, Fareed, put this in pe Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, France , Iran , Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken And EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium European Council Building HIGH REPRESENTATIVE BORRELL: Good morning. Good morning. I’m very happy to welcome you, Secretary Blinken, in Brussels. We just had a very good bilateral meeting marking our great transatlantic cooperation. Now we will co-chair the EU-U.S. Energy Council, and later we will see each other also at the NATO Ministerial. 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Blinken At the Kennedy Center Honors Dinner Data Sources Topics Anti-Corruption and Transparency Arms Control and Nonproliferation Climate and Environment Combating Drugs and Crime Coronavirus (COVID-19) Countering Terrorism Cyber Issues Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy Energy Global Health Global Women's Issues Human Rights and Democracy Human Trafficking Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Science, Technology, and Innovation SG Security The Ocean and Polar Affairs Treaties and International Agreements Data Sources Navigation Module Advertisers Advertisers Advertisers Styles Audience Advertisers Sponsored Keywords Splash Pages Loading... visual editor / client console / x close editor Module Designer Children of this Page Taxonomy Dynamic Scripts Advertising Site Design & Layout
Doha, Qatar
Diwan Annex
PRIME MINISTER AL THANI: (Via interpreter) In the name of God the merciful, the compassionate, peace be upon you. I am pleased to welcome His Excellency Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Doha. We have had several meetings in the past weeks, so whether in Doha, Washington, and today we meet again in Doha.
First, I would like to inform the media that we have received a reply from Hamas with regar
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Washington, D.C.
Treaty Room
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. I’m very pleased to have Sigrid Kaag here at the State Department to talk about her absolutely vital mandate conferred by the United Nations Security Council to help maximize the humanitarian assistance that’s getting in to people in need in Gaza, and also to think about and plan for the longer-term reconstruction of Gaza when the conflict ends. I’ve had the
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Benjamin Franklin Room
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good morning, everyone. It is wonderful to have our friends and colleagues from the EU here in Washington for our Trade and Technology Council number five.
Let me just say at the outset, in the challenge of these times it is particularly valuable and appreciated by the United States to have in the EU a partner of first resort, not last resort. And if we lo
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Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken With RTI Ivorian TV Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire Africa Cup of Nations at Stade Olympique Alassane Ouattara D'Ebimpé Via Translation QUESTION: Hello everyone, and welcome to this exceptional edition. As you may have understood, we are outside the premises of RTI, with an exceptional guest. Indeed, Antony Blinken, the U.S. Secretary of State, is currently in Côte d’Ivoire as part of his African tour. He has granted us an interview, an exclusive by Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Equatorial Guinea , Guinea , Nigeria , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health Secretary Antony J. Blinken and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres Before Their Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Home 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 Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Denmark , Norway , Russia , Sweden , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition 2023 Tribute Celebration Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Ritz-Carlton Hotel MODERATOR: So on behalf of the broad, diverse USGLC Coalition, business and NGO leaders, military, faith leaders, mayors and farmers from all 50 states, we are honored to pay tribute to Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken with the USGLC’s Global Leadership Award for truly making our world a better, safer place. Please welcome Secretary Blinken to the stage. (Applause.) MS SCHRAYER: Ple Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , China, France , Israel , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin, and Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko Before Their Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Peruvian Foreign Minister Javier González-Olaechea Before Their Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai at the APEC Ministerial Meeting Opening Plenary Session Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, And Indian Minister of Defense Rajnath Singh Remarks Before the U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New Delhi, India Sushma Swaraj Bhavan EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER JAISHANKAR: Good morning and welcome to the fifth India-U.S. 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue. May I begin by inviting my senior colleague, the Minister of Defense Shri Rajnath Singh Ji, to make the opening remarks. DEFENSE MINISTER SINGH: Good morning, Excellencies. Secretary Austin and Secretary Blinken, it is a great pleasure to r Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: India , Japan , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Tokyo, Japan The Okura SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening, everyone. We just concluded a pretty packed two days – coming at a very intense time for our countries and for the world. I want to begin by thanking Foreign Minister Kamikawa for the very warm hospitality here in Tokyo, and to her and Prime Minister Kishida for Japan’s leadership during this historic year for the G7. The G7 has strengthened its role as the steering co Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Jose W. Fernandez, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Ramin Toloui, Assistant SecretaryBureau of Economic and Business Affairs Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Secretary of State Antony Blinken; Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose Fernandez; Special Representative for Commercial and Business Af Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Jordan , Kenya , Poland , Russia , Rwanda , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Margaret Brennan of CBS’s Face the Nation Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room QUESTION: We go now to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is at the State Department. Good morning to you, Mr. Secretary. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, Margaret. Good to be with you. QUESTION: Tension is very high in the region. Are you changing your security posture? Are you pulling any U.S. personnel out of the area? SECRETARY BLINKEN: Marga Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Gaza Strip , Iran , Israel , United Kingdom Topics: Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy Humanitarian Assistance for Gaza The Secretary of State The United States welcomes the delivery of a 20-truck convoy carrying much needed humanitarian assistance to the people in Gaza, the first since Hamas’s horrific October 7 terrorist attack on Israel. We thank our partners in Egypt and Israel, and the United Nations, for facilitating the safe passage of these shipments through the Rafah border crossing. With this convoy, the international community is beginning to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza that has left resident Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Israel , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Press Briefing Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. About an hour ago, two American citizens held by Hamas since October 7th were released. These two Americans are now safely in the hands of Israeli authorities in Israel. We expect a team from the U.S. embassy to see them very shortly. Over the coming hours, they’ll receive any support and assistance they need, and of course we’re very anxious to be able to reunite the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Iran , Israel , Qatar , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken and UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg Before Their Meeting Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Treaty Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: (In progress) true evil that we’ve seen inflicted on Israel over the last few days. And he was very clear that we stand with Israel. And that’s a message that he’s asked me to carry directly to our Israeli partners when I travel to the region a little bit later this week. In the meantime, we’re also very engaged with partners throughout the region, as well as of course looking out Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Israel , Saudi Arabia , Yemen Topics: Treaties and International Agreements 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 Roles: Everyone: All Users 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 Meet and Greet with Houston-based Department of State Staff MR KEITH: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us today here at the Mickey Leland Federal Building in Houston, Texas. The U.S. Department of State Office of Foreign Missions, Houston Passport Agency, and the Diplomatic Security Service Houston Field Office ask that you join us in sending a warm – a very warm welcome to the 71st Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. (Applause.) Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: United Kingdom Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the High-Level Dialogue on the Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention In State-to-State Relations Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York Permanent Mission of Canada to the UN SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you all very much. I have to say, it’s a little bit humbling to speak after Jason, who has been an extraordinary profile in courage, an extraordinary profile in absolute determination to move all of us to a better place on this issue that in so many ways is, for me, one of the most profound things that I have to deal with in my job. And I su Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , Iran , Russia , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Energy Secretary Antony J. Blinken With CBS Mornings with Tony Dokoupil and Nancy Cordes Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York QUESTION: And Nancy’s sticking around because our next guest is Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in town because New York is beautiful in the fall, of course, and also a little thing called the UN General Assembly. Mr. Secretary, thank you very much for being here. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Great to be with you. Thanks. QUESTION: We just saw the amazing footage of these Americans returning Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , Iran , Korea, South , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken With The Today Show on NBC with Savannah Guthrie Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York QUESTION: And joining us now in Studio 1A, Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Secretary Blinken, good morning to you. Good to have you here. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning. QUESTION: Let’s talk about the news this week, the prisoner swap – five Americans brought home. You cannot look at these pictures of Americans being returned to U.S. soil and not be elated for them, emotional. But the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Iran , Korea, North , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Tongan Prime Minister Hu’akavameiliku at a Joint Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State PRIME MINISTER HU’AKAVAMEILIKU: (In Tongan.) It is a great honor to warmly welcome to the Kingdom of Tonga the Secretary of State of the United States of America, Mr. Antony Blinken. The visit today by Secretary Blinken is historic. It is the first visit by a sitting U.S. secretary of state to Tonga. It is the highest-level visit we have received from the United States Government in our recent history. There is a clear indication t Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, China, Guinea , Indonesia , Israel , New Zealand , Papua New Guinea , Solomon Islands , Tonga , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Vanuatu Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Fareed Zakaria of GPS, CNN Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Aspen, Colorado Aspen Security Forum QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, pleasure to have you on. SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s great to be with you, Fareed. QUESTION: Tell us what you can sense of what is going on in the counteroffensive that Ukraine is managing – attempting with Russia. So far the reports seem to be, it is very slow and very tough going. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, first, Fareed, put this in pe Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, France , Iran , Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken And EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium European Council Building HIGH REPRESENTATIVE BORRELL: Good morning. Good morning. I’m very happy to welcome you, Secretary Blinken, in Brussels. We just had a very good bilateral meeting marking our great transatlantic cooperation. Now we will co-chair the EU-U.S. Energy Council, and later we will see each other also at the NATO Ministerial. Allow me some words about our bilateral discussion. Certainly Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ethiopia , France , Israel , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the Kennedy Center Honors Dinner Data Sources Topics Anti-Corruption and Transparency Arms Control and Nonproliferation Climate and Environment Combating Drugs and Crime Coronavirus (COVID-19) Countering Terrorism Cyber Issues Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy Energy Global Health Global Women's Issues Human Rights and Democracy Human Trafficking Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Science, Technology, and Innovation SG Security The Ocean and Polar Affairs Treaties and International Agreements Data Sources Navigation Module Advertisers Advertisers Advertisers Styles Audience Advertisers Sponsored Keywords Splash Pages Loading... visual editor / client console / x close editor Module Designer Children of this Page Taxonomy Dynamic Scripts Advertising Site Design & Layout
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Africa Cup of Nations at Stade Olympique Alassane Ouattara D'Ebimpé
Via Translation
QUESTION: Hello everyone, and welcome to this exceptional edition. As you may have understood, we are outside the premises of RTI, with an exceptional guest. Indeed, Antony Blinken, the U.S. Secretary of State, is currently in Côte d’Ivoire as part of his African tour. He has granted us an interview, an exclusive by
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Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health
Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Home 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 Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Denmark , Norway , Russia , Sweden , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition 2023 Tribute Celebration Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Ritz-Carlton Hotel MODERATOR: So on behalf of the broad, diverse USGLC Coalition, business and NGO leaders, military, faith leaders, mayors and farmers from all 50 states, we are honored to pay tribute to Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken with the USGLC’s Global Leadership Award for truly making our world a better, safer place. Please welcome Secretary Blinken to the stage. (Applause.) MS SCHRAYER: Ple Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , China, France , Israel , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin, and Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko Before Their Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Peruvian Foreign Minister Javier González-Olaechea Before Their Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai at the APEC Ministerial Meeting Opening Plenary Session Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, And Indian Minister of Defense Rajnath Singh Remarks Before the U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New Delhi, India Sushma Swaraj Bhavan EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER JAISHANKAR: Good morning and welcome to the fifth India-U.S. 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue. May I begin by inviting my senior colleague, the Minister of Defense Shri Rajnath Singh Ji, to make the opening remarks. DEFENSE MINISTER SINGH: Good morning, Excellencies. Secretary Austin and Secretary Blinken, it is a great pleasure to r Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: India , Japan , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Tokyo, Japan The Okura SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening, everyone. We just concluded a pretty packed two days – coming at a very intense time for our countries and for the world. I want to begin by thanking Foreign Minister Kamikawa for the very warm hospitality here in Tokyo, and to her and Prime Minister Kishida for Japan’s leadership during this historic year for the G7. The G7 has strengthened its role as the steering co Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Jose W. Fernandez, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Ramin Toloui, Assistant SecretaryBureau of Economic and Business Affairs Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Secretary of State Antony Blinken; Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose Fernandez; Special Representative for Commercial and Business Af Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Jordan , Kenya , Poland , Russia , Rwanda , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Margaret Brennan of CBS’s Face the Nation Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room QUESTION: We go now to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is at the State Department. Good morning to you, Mr. Secretary. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, Margaret. Good to be with you. QUESTION: Tension is very high in the region. Are you changing your security posture? Are you pulling any U.S. personnel out of the area? SECRETARY BLINKEN: Marga Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Gaza Strip , Iran , Israel , United Kingdom Topics: Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy Humanitarian Assistance for Gaza The Secretary of State The United States welcomes the delivery of a 20-truck convoy carrying much needed humanitarian assistance to the people in Gaza, the first since Hamas’s horrific October 7 terrorist attack on Israel. We thank our partners in Egypt and Israel, and the United Nations, for facilitating the safe passage of these shipments through the Rafah border crossing. With this convoy, the international community is beginning to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza that has left resident Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Israel , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Press Briefing Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. About an hour ago, two American citizens held by Hamas since October 7th were released. These two Americans are now safely in the hands of Israeli authorities in Israel. We expect a team from the U.S. embassy to see them very shortly. Over the coming hours, they’ll receive any support and assistance they need, and of course we’re very anxious to be able to reunite the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Iran , Israel , Qatar , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken and UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg Before Their Meeting Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Treaty Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: (In progress) true evil that we’ve seen inflicted on Israel over the last few days. And he was very clear that we stand with Israel. And that’s a message that he’s asked me to carry directly to our Israeli partners when I travel to the region a little bit later this week. In the meantime, we’re also very engaged with partners throughout the region, as well as of course looking out Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Israel , Saudi Arabia , Yemen Topics: Treaties and International Agreements 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 Roles: Everyone: All Users 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 Meet and Greet with Houston-based Department of State Staff MR KEITH: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us today here at the Mickey Leland Federal Building in Houston, Texas. The U.S. Department of State Office of Foreign Missions, Houston Passport Agency, and the Diplomatic Security Service Houston Field Office ask that you join us in sending a warm – a very warm welcome to the 71st Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. (Applause.) Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: United Kingdom Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the High-Level Dialogue on the Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention In State-to-State Relations Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York Permanent Mission of Canada to the UN SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you all very much. I have to say, it’s a little bit humbling to speak after Jason, who has been an extraordinary profile in courage, an extraordinary profile in absolute determination to move all of us to a better place on this issue that in so many ways is, for me, one of the most profound things that I have to deal with in my job. And I su Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , Iran , Russia , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Energy Secretary Antony J. Blinken With CBS Mornings with Tony Dokoupil and Nancy Cordes Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York QUESTION: And Nancy’s sticking around because our next guest is Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in town because New York is beautiful in the fall, of course, and also a little thing called the UN General Assembly. Mr. Secretary, thank you very much for being here. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Great to be with you. Thanks. QUESTION: We just saw the amazing footage of these Americans returning Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , Iran , Korea, South , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken With The Today Show on NBC with Savannah Guthrie Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York QUESTION: And joining us now in Studio 1A, Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Secretary Blinken, good morning to you. Good to have you here. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning. QUESTION: Let’s talk about the news this week, the prisoner swap – five Americans brought home. You cannot look at these pictures of Americans being returned to U.S. soil and not be elated for them, emotional. But the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Iran , Korea, North , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Tongan Prime Minister Hu’akavameiliku at a Joint Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State PRIME MINISTER HU’AKAVAMEILIKU: (In Tongan.) It is a great honor to warmly welcome to the Kingdom of Tonga the Secretary of State of the United States of America, Mr. Antony Blinken. The visit today by Secretary Blinken is historic. It is the first visit by a sitting U.S. secretary of state to Tonga. It is the highest-level visit we have received from the United States Government in our recent history. There is a clear indication t Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, China, Guinea , Indonesia , Israel , New Zealand , Papua New Guinea , Solomon Islands , Tonga , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Vanuatu Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Fareed Zakaria of GPS, CNN Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Aspen, Colorado Aspen Security Forum QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, pleasure to have you on. SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s great to be with you, Fareed. QUESTION: Tell us what you can sense of what is going on in the counteroffensive that Ukraine is managing – attempting with Russia. So far the reports seem to be, it is very slow and very tough going. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, first, Fareed, put this in pe Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, France , Iran , Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken And EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium European Council Building HIGH REPRESENTATIVE BORRELL: Good morning. Good morning. I’m very happy to welcome you, Secretary Blinken, in Brussels. We just had a very good bilateral meeting marking our great transatlantic cooperation. Now we will co-chair the EU-U.S. Energy Council, and later we will see each other also at the NATO Ministerial. Allow me some words about our bilateral discussion. Certainly Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ethiopia , France , Israel , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the Kennedy Center Honors Dinner Data Sources Topics Anti-Corruption and Transparency Arms Control and Nonproliferation Climate and Environment Combating Drugs and Crime Coronavirus (COVID-19) Countering Terrorism Cyber Issues Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy Energy Global Health Global Women's Issues Human Rights and Democracy Human Trafficking Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Science, Technology, and Innovation SG Security The Ocean and Polar Affairs Treaties and International Agreements Data Sources Navigation Module Advertisers Advertisers Advertisers Styles Audience Advertisers Sponsored Keywords Splash Pages Loading... visual editor / client console / x close editor Module Designer Children of this Page Taxonomy Dynamic Scripts Advertising Site Design & Layout
Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Home 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 Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Denmark , Norway , Russia , Sweden , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition 2023 Tribute Celebration Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Ritz-Carlton Hotel MODERATOR: So on behalf of the broad, diverse USGLC Coalition, business and NGO leaders, military, faith leaders, mayors and farmers from all 50 states, we are honored to pay tribute to Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken with the USGLC’s Global Leadership Award for truly making our world a better, safer place. Please welcome Secretary Blinken to the stage. (Applause.) MS SCHRAYER: Ple Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , China, France , Israel , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin, and Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko Before Their Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Peruvian Foreign Minister Javier González-Olaechea Before Their Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai at the APEC Ministerial Meeting Opening Plenary Session Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, And Indian Minister of Defense Rajnath Singh Remarks Before the U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New Delhi, India Sushma Swaraj Bhavan EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER JAISHANKAR: Good morning and welcome to the fifth India-U.S. 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue. May I begin by inviting my senior colleague, the Minister of Defense Shri Rajnath Singh Ji, to make the opening remarks. DEFENSE MINISTER SINGH: Good morning, Excellencies. Secretary Austin and Secretary Blinken, it is a great pleasure to r Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: India , Japan , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Tokyo, Japan The Okura SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening, everyone. We just concluded a pretty packed two days – coming at a very intense time for our countries and for the world. I want to begin by thanking Foreign Minister Kamikawa for the very warm hospitality here in Tokyo, and to her and Prime Minister Kishida for Japan’s leadership during this historic year for the G7. The G7 has strengthened its role as the steering co Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Jose W. Fernandez, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Ramin Toloui, Assistant SecretaryBureau of Economic and Business Affairs Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Secretary of State Antony Blinken; Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose Fernandez; Special Representative for Commercial and Business Af Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Jordan , Kenya , Poland , Russia , Rwanda , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Margaret Brennan of CBS’s Face the Nation Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room QUESTION: We go now to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is at the State Department. Good morning to you, Mr. Secretary. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, Margaret. Good to be with you. QUESTION: Tension is very high in the region. Are you changing your security posture? Are you pulling any U.S. personnel out of the area? SECRETARY BLINKEN: Marga Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Gaza Strip , Iran , Israel , United Kingdom Topics: Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy Humanitarian Assistance for Gaza The Secretary of State The United States welcomes the delivery of a 20-truck convoy carrying much needed humanitarian assistance to the people in Gaza, the first since Hamas’s horrific October 7 terrorist attack on Israel. We thank our partners in Egypt and Israel, and the United Nations, for facilitating the safe passage of these shipments through the Rafah border crossing. With this convoy, the international community is beginning to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza that has left resident Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Israel , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Press Briefing Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. About an hour ago, two American citizens held by Hamas since October 7th were released. These two Americans are now safely in the hands of Israeli authorities in Israel. We expect a team from the U.S. embassy to see them very shortly. Over the coming hours, they’ll receive any support and assistance they need, and of course we’re very anxious to be able to reunite the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Iran , Israel , Qatar , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken and UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg Before Their Meeting Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Treaty Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: (In progress) true evil that we’ve seen inflicted on Israel over the last few days. And he was very clear that we stand with Israel. And that’s a message that he’s asked me to carry directly to our Israeli partners when I travel to the region a little bit later this week. In the meantime, we’re also very engaged with partners throughout the region, as well as of course looking out Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Israel , Saudi Arabia , Yemen Topics: Treaties and International Agreements 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 Roles: Everyone: All Users 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 Meet and Greet with Houston-based Department of State Staff MR KEITH: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us today here at the Mickey Leland Federal Building in Houston, Texas. The U.S. Department of State Office of Foreign Missions, Houston Passport Agency, and the Diplomatic Security Service Houston Field Office ask that you join us in sending a warm – a very warm welcome to the 71st Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. (Applause.) Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: United Kingdom Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the High-Level Dialogue on the Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention In State-to-State Relations Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York Permanent Mission of Canada to the UN SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you all very much. I have to say, it’s a little bit humbling to speak after Jason, who has been an extraordinary profile in courage, an extraordinary profile in absolute determination to move all of us to a better place on this issue that in so many ways is, for me, one of the most profound things that I have to deal with in my job. And I su Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , Iran , Russia , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Energy Secretary Antony J. Blinken With CBS Mornings with Tony Dokoupil and Nancy Cordes Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York QUESTION: And Nancy’s sticking around because our next guest is Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in town because New York is beautiful in the fall, of course, and also a little thing called the UN General Assembly. Mr. Secretary, thank you very much for being here. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Great to be with you. Thanks. QUESTION: We just saw the amazing footage of these Americans returning Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , Iran , Korea, South , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken With The Today Show on NBC with Savannah Guthrie Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York QUESTION: And joining us now in Studio 1A, Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Secretary Blinken, good morning to you. Good to have you here. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning. QUESTION: Let’s talk about the news this week, the prisoner swap – five Americans brought home. You cannot look at these pictures of Americans being returned to U.S. soil and not be elated for them, emotional. But the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Iran , Korea, North , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Tongan Prime Minister Hu’akavameiliku at a Joint Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State PRIME MINISTER HU’AKAVAMEILIKU: (In Tongan.) It is a great honor to warmly welcome to the Kingdom of Tonga the Secretary of State of the United States of America, Mr. Antony Blinken. The visit today by Secretary Blinken is historic. It is the first visit by a sitting U.S. secretary of state to Tonga. It is the highest-level visit we have received from the United States Government in our recent history. There is a clear indication t Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, China, Guinea , Indonesia , Israel , New Zealand , Papua New Guinea , Solomon Islands , Tonga , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Vanuatu Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Fareed Zakaria of GPS, CNN Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Aspen, Colorado Aspen Security Forum QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, pleasure to have you on. SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s great to be with you, Fareed. QUESTION: Tell us what you can sense of what is going on in the counteroffensive that Ukraine is managing – attempting with Russia. So far the reports seem to be, it is very slow and very tough going. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, first, Fareed, put this in pe Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, France , Iran , Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken And EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium European Council Building HIGH REPRESENTATIVE BORRELL: Good morning. Good morning. I’m very happy to welcome you, Secretary Blinken, in Brussels. We just had a very good bilateral meeting marking our great transatlantic cooperation. Now we will co-chair the EU-U.S. Energy Council, and later we will see each other also at the NATO Ministerial. Allow me some words about our bilateral discussion. Certainly Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ethiopia , France , Israel , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the Kennedy Center Honors Dinner Data Sources Topics Anti-Corruption and Transparency Arms Control and Nonproliferation Climate and Environment Combating Drugs and Crime Coronavirus (COVID-19) Countering Terrorism Cyber Issues Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy Energy Global Health Global Women's Issues Human Rights and Democracy Human Trafficking Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Science, Technology, and Innovation SG Security The Ocean and Polar Affairs Treaties and International Agreements Data Sources Navigation Module Advertisers Advertisers Advertisers Styles Audience Advertisers Sponsored Keywords Splash Pages Loading... visual editor / client console / x close editor Module Designer Children of this Page Taxonomy Dynamic Scripts Advertising Site Design & Layout
Home 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 Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Denmark , Norway , Russia , Sweden , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition 2023 Tribute Celebration Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Ritz-Carlton Hotel MODERATOR: So on behalf of the broad, diverse USGLC Coalition, business and NGO leaders, military, faith leaders, mayors and farmers from all 50 states, we are honored to pay tribute to Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken with the USGLC’s Global Leadership Award for truly making our world a better, safer place. Please welcome Secretary Blinken to the stage. (Applause.) MS SCHRAYER: Ple Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , China, France , Israel , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin, and Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko Before Their Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Peruvian Foreign Minister Javier González-Olaechea Before Their Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai at the APEC Ministerial Meeting Opening Plenary Session Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, And Indian Minister of Defense Rajnath Singh Remarks Before the U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New Delhi, India Sushma Swaraj Bhavan EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER JAISHANKAR: Good morning and welcome to the fifth India-U.S. 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue. May I begin by inviting my senior colleague, the Minister of Defense Shri Rajnath Singh Ji, to make the opening remarks. DEFENSE MINISTER SINGH: Good morning, Excellencies. Secretary Austin and Secretary Blinken, it is a great pleasure to r Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: India , Japan , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Tokyo, Japan The Okura SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening, everyone. We just concluded a pretty packed two days – coming at a very intense time for our countries and for the world. I want to begin by thanking Foreign Minister Kamikawa for the very warm hospitality here in Tokyo, and to her and Prime Minister Kishida for Japan’s leadership during this historic year for the G7. The G7 has strengthened its role as the steering co Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Jose W. Fernandez, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Ramin Toloui, Assistant SecretaryBureau of Economic and Business Affairs Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Secretary of State Antony Blinken; Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose Fernandez; Special Representative for Commercial and Business Af Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Jordan , Kenya , Poland , Russia , Rwanda , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Margaret Brennan of CBS’s Face the Nation Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room QUESTION: We go now to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is at the State Department. Good morning to you, Mr. Secretary. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, Margaret. Good to be with you. QUESTION: Tension is very high in the region. Are you changing your security posture? Are you pulling any U.S. personnel out of the area? SECRETARY BLINKEN: Marga Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Gaza Strip , Iran , Israel , United Kingdom Topics: Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy Humanitarian Assistance for Gaza The Secretary of State The United States welcomes the delivery of a 20-truck convoy carrying much needed humanitarian assistance to the people in Gaza, the first since Hamas’s horrific October 7 terrorist attack on Israel. We thank our partners in Egypt and Israel, and the United Nations, for facilitating the safe passage of these shipments through the Rafah border crossing. With this convoy, the international community is beginning to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza that has left resident Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Israel , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Press Briefing Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. About an hour ago, two American citizens held by Hamas since October 7th were released. These two Americans are now safely in the hands of Israeli authorities in Israel. We expect a team from the U.S. embassy to see them very shortly. Over the coming hours, they’ll receive any support and assistance they need, and of course we’re very anxious to be able to reunite the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Iran , Israel , Qatar , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken and UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg Before Their Meeting Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Treaty Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: (In progress) true evil that we’ve seen inflicted on Israel over the last few days. And he was very clear that we stand with Israel. And that’s a message that he’s asked me to carry directly to our Israeli partners when I travel to the region a little bit later this week. In the meantime, we’re also very engaged with partners throughout the region, as well as of course looking out Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Israel , Saudi Arabia , Yemen Topics: Treaties and International Agreements 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 Roles: Everyone: All Users 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 Meet and Greet with Houston-based Department of State Staff MR KEITH: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us today here at the Mickey Leland Federal Building in Houston, Texas. The U.S. Department of State Office of Foreign Missions, Houston Passport Agency, and the Diplomatic Security Service Houston Field Office ask that you join us in sending a warm – a very warm welcome to the 71st Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. (Applause.) Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: United Kingdom Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the High-Level Dialogue on the Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention In State-to-State Relations Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York Permanent Mission of Canada to the UN SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you all very much. I have to say, it’s a little bit humbling to speak after Jason, who has been an extraordinary profile in courage, an extraordinary profile in absolute determination to move all of us to a better place on this issue that in so many ways is, for me, one of the most profound things that I have to deal with in my job. And I su Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , Iran , Russia , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Energy Secretary Antony J. Blinken With CBS Mornings with Tony Dokoupil and Nancy Cordes Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York QUESTION: And Nancy’s sticking around because our next guest is Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in town because New York is beautiful in the fall, of course, and also a little thing called the UN General Assembly. Mr. Secretary, thank you very much for being here. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Great to be with you. Thanks. QUESTION: We just saw the amazing footage of these Americans returning Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , Iran , Korea, South , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken With The Today Show on NBC with Savannah Guthrie Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York QUESTION: And joining us now in Studio 1A, Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Secretary Blinken, good morning to you. Good to have you here. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning. QUESTION: Let’s talk about the news this week, the prisoner swap – five Americans brought home. You cannot look at these pictures of Americans being returned to U.S. soil and not be elated for them, emotional. But the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Iran , Korea, North , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Tongan Prime Minister Hu’akavameiliku at a Joint Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State PRIME MINISTER HU’AKAVAMEILIKU: (In Tongan.) It is a great honor to warmly welcome to the Kingdom of Tonga the Secretary of State of the United States of America, Mr. Antony Blinken. The visit today by Secretary Blinken is historic. It is the first visit by a sitting U.S. secretary of state to Tonga. It is the highest-level visit we have received from the United States Government in our recent history. There is a clear indication t Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, China, Guinea , Indonesia , Israel , New Zealand , Papua New Guinea , Solomon Islands , Tonga , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Vanuatu Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Fareed Zakaria of GPS, CNN Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Aspen, Colorado Aspen Security Forum QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, pleasure to have you on. SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s great to be with you, Fareed. QUESTION: Tell us what you can sense of what is going on in the counteroffensive that Ukraine is managing – attempting with Russia. So far the reports seem to be, it is very slow and very tough going. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, first, Fareed, put this in pe Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, France , Iran , Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken And EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium European Council Building HIGH REPRESENTATIVE BORRELL: Good morning. Good morning. I’m very happy to welcome you, Secretary Blinken, in Brussels. We just had a very good bilateral meeting marking our great transatlantic cooperation. Now we will co-chair the EU-U.S. Energy Council, and later we will see each other also at the NATO Ministerial. 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Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Peruvian Foreign Minister Javier González-Olaechea Before Their Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai at the APEC Ministerial Meeting Opening Plenary Session Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, And Indian Minister of Defense Rajnath Singh Remarks Before the U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New Delhi, India Sushma Swaraj Bhavan EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER JAISHANKAR: Good morning and welcome to the fifth India-U.S. 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue. May I begin by inviting my senior colleague, the Minister of Defense Shri Rajnath Singh Ji, to make the opening remarks. DEFENSE MINISTER SINGH: Good morning, Excellencies. Secretary Austin and Secretary Blinken, it is a great pleasure to r Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: India , Japan , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Tokyo, Japan The Okura SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening, everyone. We just concluded a pretty packed two days – coming at a very intense time for our countries and for the world. I want to begin by thanking Foreign Minister Kamikawa for the very warm hospitality here in Tokyo, and to her and Prime Minister Kishida for Japan’s leadership during this historic year for the G7. The G7 has strengthened its role as the steering co Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Jose W. Fernandez, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Ramin Toloui, Assistant SecretaryBureau of Economic and Business Affairs Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Secretary of State Antony Blinken; Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose Fernandez; Special Representative for Commercial and Business Af Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Jordan , Kenya , Poland , Russia , Rwanda , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Margaret Brennan of CBS’s Face the Nation Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room QUESTION: We go now to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is at the State Department. Good morning to you, Mr. Secretary. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, Margaret. Good to be with you. QUESTION: Tension is very high in the region. Are you changing your security posture? Are you pulling any U.S. personnel out of the area? SECRETARY BLINKEN: Marga Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Gaza Strip , Iran , Israel , United Kingdom Topics: Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy Humanitarian Assistance for Gaza The Secretary of State The United States welcomes the delivery of a 20-truck convoy carrying much needed humanitarian assistance to the people in Gaza, the first since Hamas’s horrific October 7 terrorist attack on Israel. We thank our partners in Egypt and Israel, and the United Nations, for facilitating the safe passage of these shipments through the Rafah border crossing. With this convoy, the international community is beginning to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza that has left resident Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Israel , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Press Briefing Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. About an hour ago, two American citizens held by Hamas since October 7th were released. These two Americans are now safely in the hands of Israeli authorities in Israel. We expect a team from the U.S. embassy to see them very shortly. Over the coming hours, they’ll receive any support and assistance they need, and of course we’re very anxious to be able to reunite the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Iran , Israel , Qatar , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken and UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg Before Their Meeting Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Treaty Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: (In progress) true evil that we’ve seen inflicted on Israel over the last few days. And he was very clear that we stand with Israel. And that’s a message that he’s asked me to carry directly to our Israeli partners when I travel to the region a little bit later this week. In the meantime, we’re also very engaged with partners throughout the region, as well as of course looking out Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Israel , Saudi Arabia , Yemen Topics: Treaties and International Agreements 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 Roles: Everyone: All Users 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 Meet and Greet with Houston-based Department of State Staff MR KEITH: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us today here at the Mickey Leland Federal Building in Houston, Texas. The U.S. Department of State Office of Foreign Missions, Houston Passport Agency, and the Diplomatic Security Service Houston Field Office ask that you join us in sending a warm – a very warm welcome to the 71st Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. (Applause.) Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: United Kingdom Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the High-Level Dialogue on the Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention In State-to-State Relations Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York Permanent Mission of Canada to the UN SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you all very much. I have to say, it’s a little bit humbling to speak after Jason, who has been an extraordinary profile in courage, an extraordinary profile in absolute determination to move all of us to a better place on this issue that in so many ways is, for me, one of the most profound things that I have to deal with in my job. And I su Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , Iran , Russia , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Energy Secretary Antony J. Blinken With CBS Mornings with Tony Dokoupil and Nancy Cordes Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York QUESTION: And Nancy’s sticking around because our next guest is Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in town because New York is beautiful in the fall, of course, and also a little thing called the UN General Assembly. Mr. Secretary, thank you very much for being here. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Great to be with you. Thanks. QUESTION: We just saw the amazing footage of these Americans returning Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , Iran , Korea, South , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken With The Today Show on NBC with Savannah Guthrie Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York QUESTION: And joining us now in Studio 1A, Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Secretary Blinken, good morning to you. Good to have you here. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning. QUESTION: Let’s talk about the news this week, the prisoner swap – five Americans brought home. You cannot look at these pictures of Americans being returned to U.S. soil and not be elated for them, emotional. But the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Iran , Korea, North , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Tongan Prime Minister Hu’akavameiliku at a Joint Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State PRIME MINISTER HU’AKAVAMEILIKU: (In Tongan.) It is a great honor to warmly welcome to the Kingdom of Tonga the Secretary of State of the United States of America, Mr. Antony Blinken. The visit today by Secretary Blinken is historic. It is the first visit by a sitting U.S. secretary of state to Tonga. It is the highest-level visit we have received from the United States Government in our recent history. There is a clear indication t Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, China, Guinea , Indonesia , Israel , New Zealand , Papua New Guinea , Solomon Islands , Tonga , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Vanuatu Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Fareed Zakaria of GPS, CNN Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Aspen, Colorado Aspen Security Forum QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, pleasure to have you on. SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s great to be with you, Fareed. QUESTION: Tell us what you can sense of what is going on in the counteroffensive that Ukraine is managing – attempting with Russia. So far the reports seem to be, it is very slow and very tough going. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, first, Fareed, put this in pe Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, France , Iran , Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken And EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium European Council Building HIGH REPRESENTATIVE BORRELL: Good morning. Good morning. I’m very happy to welcome you, Secretary Blinken, in Brussels. We just had a very good bilateral meeting marking our great transatlantic cooperation. Now we will co-chair the EU-U.S. Energy Council, and later we will see each other also at the NATO Ministerial. 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Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai at the APEC Ministerial Meeting Opening Plenary Session Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, And Indian Minister of Defense Rajnath Singh Remarks Before the U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New Delhi, India Sushma Swaraj Bhavan EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER JAISHANKAR: Good morning and welcome to the fifth India-U.S. 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue. May I begin by inviting my senior colleague, the Minister of Defense Shri Rajnath Singh Ji, to make the opening remarks. DEFENSE MINISTER SINGH: Good morning, Excellencies. Secretary Austin and Secretary Blinken, it is a great pleasure to r Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: India , Japan , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Tokyo, Japan The Okura SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening, everyone. We just concluded a pretty packed two days – coming at a very intense time for our countries and for the world. I want to begin by thanking Foreign Minister Kamikawa for the very warm hospitality here in Tokyo, and to her and Prime Minister Kishida for Japan’s leadership during this historic year for the G7. The G7 has strengthened its role as the steering co Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Jose W. Fernandez, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Ramin Toloui, Assistant SecretaryBureau of Economic and Business Affairs Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Secretary of State Antony Blinken; Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose Fernandez; Special Representative for Commercial and Business Af Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Jordan , Kenya , Poland , Russia , Rwanda , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Margaret Brennan of CBS’s Face the Nation Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room QUESTION: We go now to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is at the State Department. Good morning to you, Mr. Secretary. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, Margaret. Good to be with you. QUESTION: Tension is very high in the region. Are you changing your security posture? Are you pulling any U.S. personnel out of the area? SECRETARY BLINKEN: Marga Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Gaza Strip , Iran , Israel , United Kingdom Topics: Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy Humanitarian Assistance for Gaza The Secretary of State The United States welcomes the delivery of a 20-truck convoy carrying much needed humanitarian assistance to the people in Gaza, the first since Hamas’s horrific October 7 terrorist attack on Israel. We thank our partners in Egypt and Israel, and the United Nations, for facilitating the safe passage of these shipments through the Rafah border crossing. With this convoy, the international community is beginning to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza that has left resident Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Israel , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Press Briefing Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. About an hour ago, two American citizens held by Hamas since October 7th were released. These two Americans are now safely in the hands of Israeli authorities in Israel. We expect a team from the U.S. embassy to see them very shortly. Over the coming hours, they’ll receive any support and assistance they need, and of course we’re very anxious to be able to reunite the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Iran , Israel , Qatar , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken and UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg Before Their Meeting Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Treaty Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: (In progress) true evil that we’ve seen inflicted on Israel over the last few days. And he was very clear that we stand with Israel. And that’s a message that he’s asked me to carry directly to our Israeli partners when I travel to the region a little bit later this week. In the meantime, we’re also very engaged with partners throughout the region, as well as of course looking out Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Israel , Saudi Arabia , Yemen Topics: Treaties and International Agreements 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 Roles: Everyone: All Users 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 Meet and Greet with Houston-based Department of State Staff MR KEITH: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us today here at the Mickey Leland Federal Building in Houston, Texas. The U.S. Department of State Office of Foreign Missions, Houston Passport Agency, and the Diplomatic Security Service Houston Field Office ask that you join us in sending a warm – a very warm welcome to the 71st Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. (Applause.) Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: United Kingdom Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the High-Level Dialogue on the Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention In State-to-State Relations Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York Permanent Mission of Canada to the UN SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you all very much. I have to say, it’s a little bit humbling to speak after Jason, who has been an extraordinary profile in courage, an extraordinary profile in absolute determination to move all of us to a better place on this issue that in so many ways is, for me, one of the most profound things that I have to deal with in my job. And I su Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , Iran , Russia , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Energy Secretary Antony J. Blinken With CBS Mornings with Tony Dokoupil and Nancy Cordes Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York QUESTION: And Nancy’s sticking around because our next guest is Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in town because New York is beautiful in the fall, of course, and also a little thing called the UN General Assembly. Mr. Secretary, thank you very much for being here. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Great to be with you. Thanks. QUESTION: We just saw the amazing footage of these Americans returning Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , Iran , Korea, South , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken With The Today Show on NBC with Savannah Guthrie Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York QUESTION: And joining us now in Studio 1A, Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Secretary Blinken, good morning to you. Good to have you here. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning. QUESTION: Let’s talk about the news this week, the prisoner swap – five Americans brought home. You cannot look at these pictures of Americans being returned to U.S. soil and not be elated for them, emotional. But the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Iran , Korea, North , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Tongan Prime Minister Hu’akavameiliku at a Joint Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State PRIME MINISTER HU’AKAVAMEILIKU: (In Tongan.) It is a great honor to warmly welcome to the Kingdom of Tonga the Secretary of State of the United States of America, Mr. Antony Blinken. The visit today by Secretary Blinken is historic. It is the first visit by a sitting U.S. secretary of state to Tonga. It is the highest-level visit we have received from the United States Government in our recent history. There is a clear indication t Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, China, Guinea , Indonesia , Israel , New Zealand , Papua New Guinea , Solomon Islands , Tonga , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Vanuatu Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Fareed Zakaria of GPS, CNN Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Aspen, Colorado Aspen Security Forum QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, pleasure to have you on. SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s great to be with you, Fareed. QUESTION: Tell us what you can sense of what is going on in the counteroffensive that Ukraine is managing – attempting with Russia. So far the reports seem to be, it is very slow and very tough going. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, first, Fareed, put this in pe Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, France , Iran , Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken And EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium European Council Building HIGH REPRESENTATIVE BORRELL: Good morning. Good morning. I’m very happy to welcome you, Secretary Blinken, in Brussels. We just had a very good bilateral meeting marking our great transatlantic cooperation. Now we will co-chair the EU-U.S. Energy Council, and later we will see each other also at the NATO Ministerial. Allow me some words about our bilateral discussion. Certainly Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ethiopia , France , Israel , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the Kennedy Center Honors Dinner Data Sources Topics Anti-Corruption and Transparency Arms Control and Nonproliferation Climate and Environment Combating Drugs and Crime Coronavirus (COVID-19) Countering Terrorism Cyber Issues Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy Energy Global Health Global Women's Issues Human Rights and Democracy Human Trafficking Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Science, Technology, and Innovation SG Security The Ocean and Polar Affairs Treaties and International Agreements Data Sources Navigation Module
Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, And Indian Minister of Defense Rajnath Singh Remarks Before the U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New Delhi, India Sushma Swaraj Bhavan EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER JAISHANKAR: Good morning and welcome to the fifth India-U.S. 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue. May I begin by inviting my senior colleague, the Minister of Defense Shri Rajnath Singh Ji, to make the opening remarks. DEFENSE MINISTER SINGH: Good morning, Excellencies. Secretary Austin and Secretary Blinken, it is a great pleasure to r Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: India , Japan , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Tokyo, Japan The Okura SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening, everyone. We just concluded a pretty packed two days – coming at a very intense time for our countries and for the world. I want to begin by thanking Foreign Minister Kamikawa for the very warm hospitality here in Tokyo, and to her and Prime Minister Kishida for Japan’s leadership during this historic year for the G7. The G7 has strengthened its role as the steering co Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Jose W. Fernandez, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Ramin Toloui, Assistant SecretaryBureau of Economic and Business Affairs Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Secretary of State Antony Blinken; Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose Fernandez; Special Representative for Commercial and Business Af Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Jordan , Kenya , Poland , Russia , Rwanda , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Margaret Brennan of CBS’s Face the Nation Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room QUESTION: We go now to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is at the State Department. Good morning to you, Mr. Secretary. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, Margaret. Good to be with you. QUESTION: Tension is very high in the region. Are you changing your security posture? Are you pulling any U.S. personnel out of the area? SECRETARY BLINKEN: Marga Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Gaza Strip , Iran , Israel , United Kingdom Topics: Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy Humanitarian Assistance for Gaza The Secretary of State The United States welcomes the delivery of a 20-truck convoy carrying much needed humanitarian assistance to the people in Gaza, the first since Hamas’s horrific October 7 terrorist attack on Israel. We thank our partners in Egypt and Israel, and the United Nations, for facilitating the safe passage of these shipments through the Rafah border crossing. With this convoy, the international community is beginning to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza that has left resident Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Israel , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Press Briefing Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. About an hour ago, two American citizens held by Hamas since October 7th were released. These two Americans are now safely in the hands of Israeli authorities in Israel. We expect a team from the U.S. embassy to see them very shortly. Over the coming hours, they’ll receive any support and assistance they need, and of course we’re very anxious to be able to reunite the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Iran , Israel , Qatar , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken and UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg Before Their Meeting Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Treaty Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: (In progress) true evil that we’ve seen inflicted on Israel over the last few days. And he was very clear that we stand with Israel. And that’s a message that he’s asked me to carry directly to our Israeli partners when I travel to the region a little bit later this week. In the meantime, we’re also very engaged with partners throughout the region, as well as of course looking out Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Israel , Saudi Arabia , Yemen Topics: Treaties and International Agreements 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 Roles: Everyone: All Users 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 Meet and Greet with Houston-based Department of State Staff MR KEITH: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us today here at the Mickey Leland Federal Building in Houston, Texas. The U.S. Department of State Office of Foreign Missions, Houston Passport Agency, and the Diplomatic Security Service Houston Field Office ask that you join us in sending a warm – a very warm welcome to the 71st Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. (Applause.) Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: United Kingdom Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the High-Level Dialogue on the Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention In State-to-State Relations Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York Permanent Mission of Canada to the UN SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you all very much. I have to say, it’s a little bit humbling to speak after Jason, who has been an extraordinary profile in courage, an extraordinary profile in absolute determination to move all of us to a better place on this issue that in so many ways is, for me, one of the most profound things that I have to deal with in my job. And I su Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , Iran , Russia , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Energy Secretary Antony J. Blinken With CBS Mornings with Tony Dokoupil and Nancy Cordes Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York QUESTION: And Nancy’s sticking around because our next guest is Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in town because New York is beautiful in the fall, of course, and also a little thing called the UN General Assembly. Mr. Secretary, thank you very much for being here. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Great to be with you. Thanks. QUESTION: We just saw the amazing footage of these Americans returning Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , Iran , Korea, South , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken With The Today Show on NBC with Savannah Guthrie Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York QUESTION: And joining us now in Studio 1A, Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Secretary Blinken, good morning to you. Good to have you here. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning. QUESTION: Let’s talk about the news this week, the prisoner swap – five Americans brought home. You cannot look at these pictures of Americans being returned to U.S. soil and not be elated for them, emotional. But the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Iran , Korea, North , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Tongan Prime Minister Hu’akavameiliku at a Joint Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State PRIME MINISTER HU’AKAVAMEILIKU: (In Tongan.) It is a great honor to warmly welcome to the Kingdom of Tonga the Secretary of State of the United States of America, Mr. Antony Blinken. The visit today by Secretary Blinken is historic. It is the first visit by a sitting U.S. secretary of state to Tonga. It is the highest-level visit we have received from the United States Government in our recent history. There is a clear indication t Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, China, Guinea , Indonesia , Israel , New Zealand , Papua New Guinea , Solomon Islands , Tonga , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Vanuatu Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Fareed Zakaria of GPS, CNN Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Aspen, Colorado Aspen Security Forum QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, pleasure to have you on. SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s great to be with you, Fareed. 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New Delhi, India
Sushma Swaraj Bhavan
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER JAISHANKAR: Good morning and welcome to the fifth India-U.S. 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue. May I begin by inviting my senior colleague, the Minister of Defense Shri Rajnath Singh Ji, to make the opening remarks.
DEFENSE MINISTER SINGH: Good morning, Excellencies. Secretary Austin and Secretary Blinken, it is a great pleasure to r
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Tokyo, Japan
The Okura
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening, everyone. We just concluded a pretty packed two days – coming at a very intense time for our countries and for the world.
I want to begin by thanking Foreign Minister Kamikawa for the very warm hospitality here in Tokyo, and to her and Prime Minister Kishida for Japan’s leadership during this historic year for the G7.
The G7 has strengthened its role as the steering co
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Jose W. Fernandez, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment
Ramin Toloui, Assistant SecretaryBureau of Economic and Business Affairs
MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Secretary of State Antony Blinken; Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose Fernandez; Special Representative for Commercial and Business Af
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Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation
QUESTION: We go now to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is at the State Department. Good morning to you, Mr. Secretary.
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, Margaret. Good to be with you.
QUESTION: Tension is very high in the region. Are you changing your security posture? Are you pulling any U.S. personnel out of the area?
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Marga
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Topics: Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy
The Secretary of State
The United States welcomes the delivery of a 20-truck convoy carrying much needed humanitarian assistance to the people in Gaza, the first since Hamas’s horrific October 7 terrorist attack on Israel. We thank our partners in Egypt and Israel, and the United Nations, for facilitating the safe passage of these shipments through the Rafah border crossing. With this convoy, the international community is beginning to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza that has left resident
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Press Briefing Room
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. About an hour ago, two American citizens held by Hamas since October 7th were released. These two Americans are now safely in the hands of Israeli authorities in Israel. We expect a team from the U.S. embassy to see them very shortly. Over the coming hours, they’ll receive any support and assistance they need, and of course we’re very anxious to be able to reunite the
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SECRETARY BLINKEN: (In progress) true evil that we’ve seen inflicted on Israel over the last few days. And he was very clear that we stand with Israel. And that’s a message that he’s asked me to carry directly to our Israeli partners when I travel to the region a little bit later this week.
In the meantime, we’re also very engaged with partners throughout the region, as well as of course looking out
Regions: Israel , Saudi Arabia , Yemen
Topics: Treaties and International Agreements
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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MR KEITH: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us today here at the Mickey Leland Federal Building in Houston, Texas. The U.S. Department of State Office of Foreign Missions, Houston Passport Agency, and the Diplomatic Security Service Houston Field Office ask that you join us in sending a warm – a very warm welcome to the 71st Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. (Applause.)
Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: United Kingdom Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the High-Level Dialogue on the Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention In State-to-State Relations Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York Permanent Mission of Canada to the UN SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you all very much. I have to say, it’s a little bit humbling to speak after Jason, who has been an extraordinary profile in courage, an extraordinary profile in absolute determination to move all of us to a better place on this issue that in so many ways is, for me, one of the most profound things that I have to deal with in my job. And I su Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , Iran , Russia , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Energy Secretary Antony J. Blinken With CBS Mornings with Tony Dokoupil and Nancy Cordes Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York QUESTION: And Nancy’s sticking around because our next guest is Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in town because New York is beautiful in the fall, of course, and also a little thing called the UN General Assembly. Mr. Secretary, thank you very much for being here. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Great to be with you. Thanks. QUESTION: We just saw the amazing footage of these Americans returning Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , Iran , Korea, South , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken With The Today Show on NBC with Savannah Guthrie Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York QUESTION: And joining us now in Studio 1A, Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Secretary Blinken, good morning to you. Good to have you here. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning. QUESTION: Let’s talk about the news this week, the prisoner swap – five Americans brought home. You cannot look at these pictures of Americans being returned to U.S. soil and not be elated for them, emotional. But the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Iran , Korea, North , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Tongan Prime Minister Hu’akavameiliku at a Joint Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State PRIME MINISTER HU’AKAVAMEILIKU: (In Tongan.) It is a great honor to warmly welcome to the Kingdom of Tonga the Secretary of State of the United States of America, Mr. Antony Blinken. The visit today by Secretary Blinken is historic. It is the first visit by a sitting U.S. secretary of state to Tonga. It is the highest-level visit we have received from the United States Government in our recent history. There is a clear indication t Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, China, Guinea , Indonesia , Israel , New Zealand , Papua New Guinea , Solomon Islands , Tonga , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Vanuatu Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Fareed Zakaria of GPS, CNN Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Aspen, Colorado Aspen Security Forum QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, pleasure to have you on. SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s great to be with you, Fareed. QUESTION: Tell us what you can sense of what is going on in the counteroffensive that Ukraine is managing – attempting with Russia. So far the reports seem to be, it is very slow and very tough going. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, first, Fareed, put this in pe Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, France , Iran , Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken And EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium European Council Building HIGH REPRESENTATIVE BORRELL: Good morning. Good morning. I’m very happy to welcome you, Secretary Blinken, in Brussels. We just had a very good bilateral meeting marking our great transatlantic cooperation. Now we will co-chair the EU-U.S. Energy Council, and later we will see each other also at the NATO Ministerial. Allow me some words about our bilateral discussion. Certainly Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ethiopia , France , Israel , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the Kennedy Center Honors Dinner Data Sources
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New York City, New York
Permanent Mission of Canada to the UN
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you all very much. I have to say, it’s a little bit humbling to speak after Jason, who has been an extraordinary profile in courage, an extraordinary profile in absolute determination to move all of us to a better place on this issue that in so many ways is, for me, one of the most profound things that I have to deal with in my job. And I su
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Topics: Energy
QUESTION: And Nancy’s sticking around because our next guest is Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in town because New York is beautiful in the fall, of course, and also a little thing called the UN General Assembly.
Mr. Secretary, thank you very much for being here.
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Great to be with you. Thanks.
QUESTION: We just saw the amazing footage of these Americans returning
Regions: Canada , Iran , Korea, South , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
QUESTION: And joining us now in Studio 1A, Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Secretary Blinken, good morning to you. Good to have you here.
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning.
QUESTION: Let’s talk about the news this week, the prisoner swap – five Americans brought home. You cannot look at these pictures of Americans being returned to U.S. soil and not be elated for them, emotional. But the
Regions: Iran , Korea, North , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation
PRIME MINISTER HU’AKAVAMEILIKU: (In Tongan.)
It is a great honor to warmly welcome to the Kingdom of Tonga the Secretary of State of the United States of America, Mr. Antony Blinken. The visit today by Secretary Blinken is historic. It is the first visit by a sitting U.S. secretary of state to Tonga. It is the highest-level visit we have received from the United States Government in our recent history. There is a clear indication t
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Aspen, Colorado
Aspen Security Forum
QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, pleasure to have you on.
SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s great to be with you, Fareed.
QUESTION: Tell us what you can sense of what is going on in the counteroffensive that Ukraine is managing – attempting with Russia. So far the reports seem to be, it is very slow and very tough going.
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, first, Fareed, put this in pe
Regions: China, France , Iran , Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Brussels, Belgium
European Council Building
HIGH REPRESENTATIVE BORRELL: Good morning. Good morning. I’m very happy to welcome you, Secretary Blinken, in Brussels. We just had a very good bilateral meeting marking our great transatlantic cooperation. Now we will co-chair the EU-U.S. Energy Council, and later we will see each other also at the NATO Ministerial.
Allow me some words about our bilateral discussion. Certainly
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Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation
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