Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
Washington, D.C.
Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State Via Teleconference QUESTION: Well, if there’s one guy who can get to the bottom of this, imagine a guy who served in the United States Congress, he served at the CIA, he served in the military, and he was a tank platoon leader, but he also went to Harvard. Now, that’s a great collection of background for a resume, and he is today the United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Secretary of State Pompeo, welcome to the program. SECRETARY POMPEO: It’s great to be wi...
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Regions: China, France , Iran , Japan , Russia , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State QUESTION: Joining us tonight to discuss this and much more, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Good to have you back with us, Mr. Secretary. SECRETARY POMPEO: Shannon, it’s great to be with you. Thanks for having me on this evening. QUESTION: All right, so let’s start there. China says stop running disinformation; they are the ones who are the victim of a disinformation campaign. We know the President has talked publicly about investigations he’d like to see underway b...
Regions: China, France , Iran , Korea, North , Singapore , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Global Health
Photos from the trip» U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Europe from December 4-11, for a series of bilateral and multinational meetings. On December 4-5, the Secretary met in Berlin, Germany, with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier to discuss cooperation on a range of regional and global issues, including the upcoming NATO and OSCE Ministerials, Syria, and Ukraine. Secretary Kerry also received the Federal Cross of Merit from Foreign Minister Steinmeier, and he met with a...
Regions: Belgium , France , Germany , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Photos from the trip» Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Paris, France, on November 30 to join President Obama for the opening of COP-2 1 in Paris. He then traveled to Brussels, Belgium, on December 1 to take part in the December NATO Foreign Ministerial and associated meetings. On Dec 2, Secretary traveled to Pristina, Kosovo, where he met with senior government officials to discuss bilateral and regional issues. Then Secretary Kerry traveled to Belgrade, Serbia, to take part in the OSCE M...
Regions: Canada , France , Italy , United Kingdom
Topics: Climate and Environment, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Photos from the trip» Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Tunis, Tunisia; Vienna, Austria; and Antalya, Turkey, from November 13 to November 17. While in Tunis, Secretary Kerry participated in the second U.S.-Tunisia Strategic Dialogue and met with a range of government officials and civil society leaders. In Vienna, Secretary Kerry held bilateral and multilateral meetings with foreign counterparts to discuss the ongoing crisis in Syria. The Secretary then traveled to Antalya to join Preside...
Regions: France , Syria , Tunisia , United Kingdom , United States
April 13, 2012 to April 19, 2012 Travels With Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Photos Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled to Colombia , Brazil, Belgium and France from April 13 to April 19. Secretary Clinton accompanied President Obama for the Sixth Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia from April 13-15. There, the U.S. delegation met with democratically elected heads of state and government from throughout the Hemisphere to strengthen ties, expand...
Regions: Afghanistan, Belgium , Brazil , Colombia , France , Russia , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy
June 26, 2012 to June 30, 2012 Travels With Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Photos : Geneva St. Petersburg Secretary Clinton traveled to Finland , Latvia , Russia , and Switzerland , June 27-July 1. In Helsinki, Finland, Secretary Clinton held bilateral meetings with senior Finnish officials to discuss a number of shared foreign policy priorities, including the European economy, Syria, Iran, and climate change. She highlighted Finland’s commitment and leadership in Afghanistan, sp...
Regions: Afghanistan, Finland , France , Iran , Latvia , Switzerland , Syria , United Kingdom
Topics: Climate and Environment, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation
July 5, 2012 to July 17, 2012 Travels With Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary Clinton traveled to France , Afghanistan , Japan , Mongolia , Vietnam , Laos, Cambodia , Egypt , and Israel departing Washington, DC on July 5. In Paris on July 6, Secretary Clinton attended the third meeting of the Friends of the Syrian People. At that meeting, the Secretary consulted with her colleagues on steps to increase pressure on the Assad regime and to support UN-Arab League Special Envoy Annan&r...
Regions: Afghanistan, Cambodia , China, Egypt , France , Israel , Laos , Pakistan , Syria , United States
March 14, 2011 to March 17, 2011 Travels With Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Interactive Travel Map | Photos: France Egypt Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was in Paris from March 14 - 15 to participate in the G8 meetings and meet with foreign government counterparts. The Secretary also visited Egypt and Tunisia from March 15 - 17. At each stop, she consulted with government officials and elements of civil society on recent events and t...
Regions: Egypt , France , Tunisia , United Arab Emirates
May 24, 2011 to May 27, 2011 Travels With Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Photos Secretary of State Clinton accompanied President Obama to London on May 24 for the first part of his state visit to the United Kingdom . This trip was a sign of the strength of the special relationship between our two countries, and of the United States’ enduring commitment to our allies and partners in Europe. Secretary Clinton also met with Foreign Secretary Hague while in London. Secretary Clinton then tr...
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Paris
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Met with President Chirac and Foreign Minister Vedrine.
Accompanied President Bush.
Attended a G-8 Foreign Ministers� Meeting.
Met with Contact Group Foreign Ministers, with Russian Foreign Minister Ivanov and with President Chirac.
Met with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Abdullah.
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State C Street Lobby Washington, DC January 19, 2017 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you. (Cheers.) Thank you, thank you, thank you very much. Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you. I accept the nomination. (Laughter.) Thank you very much. That was – that silenced it pretty fast. (Laughter.) I am leaving here, obviously, with sadness. It’s bittersweet because you leave. But I actually am excited about the next chapter. And I have a feeling we’re all going to continue to cross paths, co...
Regions: China, Colombia , Cuba , France , Korea, North , Saudi Arabia , South Africa , Syria , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Davos, Switzerland January 17, 2017 MR SCHWAB: Good afternoon, and before we start our session – and I know, Mr. Secretary, you will be in very good hands with my friend Tom Friedman – but allow me to be very personal. It’s your last session in your official capacity here in Davos, and I want to use this opportunity to thank you. You have been such a great friend and partner of the World Economic Forum. You have been a personal mentor to me. I reme...
Regions: Afghanistan, Antarctica, China, France , Iran , Israel , Jordan , Korea, North , Russia , Switzerland , Syria , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam , West Bank , Yemen
Topics: Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Paris, France January 15, 2017 SECRETARY KERRY: Look, I – first of all, I am grateful to the French for being willing to host the conference and I appreciate and respect their moral engagement and passion with the issue of peace, which I know matters to them deeply. And I think that – I really do believe that it is important that 70 nations, particularly – well, entities, but mostly nations – came together to reinforce the two-state solution ...
Regions: France , Israel , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Institute of Peace Washington, DC January 10, 2017 MS WOODRUFF: Thank you, Nancy. I’m delighted to be here and, Mr. Secretary, I understand you sprinted across the street. Is that right? SECRETARY KERRY: My sprinting days are reduced, but I came. I got here. (Laughter.) MS WOODRUFF: Well, there – you were spied hurrying, I’ll put it that way. SECRETARY KERRY: “Spied,” right. (Laughter.) MS WOODRUFF: So the format is that I’m ...
Regions: Afghanistan, Argentina, China, Colombia , France , Iran , Iraq , Japan , Korea, North , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Tunisia , Turkey , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen
Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Annapolis, MD January 10, 2017 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. Please, please, be seated. Admiral, thank you very, very much for welcoming me here to this storied academy. I am really privileged to be here, and I’m anxious to hear your questions and look forward to having a little bit of a dialogue if we can. I want to recognize Admiral Frank Pandolfe, who is class of 1980. He has served as a liaison between the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the State Depart...
Regions: Afghanistan, Antarctica, China, Egypt , France , Iran , Iraq , Korea, North , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam , Yemen
Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Department of State Washington, DC January 10, 2017 UNDER SECRETARY KENNEDY: Secretary Baker was not able to be with us here this evening, but it’s now my honor to read a letter from the 61st Secretary of State: “Ladies and gentlemen, good evening. I regret that I am unable to join Secretary Kerry and my former secretary colleagues, all of whom have been crucial to the creation of the U.S. Diplomacy Center Pavilion. The completion of the Diplomacy Center...
Regions: France , Iran , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Cambridge, Massachusetts January 9, 2017 QUESTION: Senator Kerry, I hear you have logged 1.4 million more miles than any other secretary of state in history, and I’m wondering, are you happy to be done with this or would you keep going if you could? SECRETARY KERRY: It’s a great job. It’s a great job. I could certainly keep going for a while, but that’s not the way it is, so I’m looking forward to new adventures – to getting out...
Regions: Antarctica, China, France , Iran , Israel , Korea, North , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs, Treaties and International Agreements
Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Department of State Washington, DC January 6, 2017 QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, thank you very much for joining us today. SECRETARY KERRY: A pleasure. Thank you. QUESTION: As you prepare to leave office at the end of the term, Russia and the role of Russia’s cyber hacking in the U.S. Russia has now, according to testimony and the intelligence at Armed Services hearings, Russia has hacked the State Department as we knew, the Joint Chiefs, obviously the DNC and ot...
Regions: China, Egypt , France , Iran , Russia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Human Rights and Democracy
Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Department of State Washington, DC January 6, 2017 QUESTION: Thank you, Mr. Secretary. SECRETARY KERRY: My pleasure. QUESTION: Let’s start with alleged Russian hacking. Former CIA Director Leon Panetta said this morning that President Obama should have taken action last summer when it first became evident that the Russians were trying to hack the U.S. election. He said it was an attack on our country. Why didn’t you take action? SECRETARY KERRY: Well, ...
Regions: China, France , Iran , Israel , Korea, North , Russia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Cabinet Exit Memo Washington, DC January 5, 2017 Introduction When President Obama took office in 2009, the United States was engaged in two costly wars, faced the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and had a diminished standing with many of our allies and partners around the world. The starting point for this Presidency was one of the toughest I have ever seen in my decades of public service. Over the past eight years, President Ob...
Regions: Afghanistan, Antarctica, Argentina, Canada , Chad , Chile, China, Cuba , France , India , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Korea, North , Libya , Nigeria , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Somalia , Sudan , Syria , Thailand , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Western Hemisphere, Yemen
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs, Treaties and International Agreements
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC January 5, 2017 SECRETARY KERRY: Hi, everybody. Matt, welcome back. QUESTION: Happy New Year. Thank you. SECRETARY KERRY: Congratulations, Matt. QUESTION: Thank you. Thank you very much. SECRETARY KERRY: A little Vaille. QUESTION: Yeah. SECRETARY KERRY: No sleep. QUESTION: Happy New Year, Mr. Secretary. QUESTION: What’s that? SECRETARY KERRY: What? QUESTION: Happy New Year, sir. SECRETARY KERRY: Happy New Year to everybody. Thank you all. Great ...
Regions: Afghanistan, Antarctica, China, Colombia , Cuba , Egypt , France , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Korea, North , Libya , Nigeria , Norway , Russia , Sudan , Syria , Turkey , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs
Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC December 28, 2016 QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, thank you for joining us. This is a very important moment. SECRETARY KERRY: Happy to be here. Thank you. QUESTION: An unusual speech. First of all, Donald Trump, the president-elect, tweeted today, in part, that he was very much disagreeing with this policy. He tweeted, “We cannot continue to let Israel be treated with…total disdain and disrespect.” He went on to say that this will all ch...
Regions: China, Egypt , France , Israel , Russia , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State The Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC December 28, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very, very much. Thank you. (Coughs.) Excuse me. Thank you for your patience, all of you. For those of you who celebrated Christmas, I hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Happy Chanukah. And to everybody here, I know it’s the middle of a holiday week. I understand. (Laughter.) But I wish you all a very, very productive and Happy New Year. Tod...
Regions: Egypt , France , Iran , Israel , Jordan , Saudi Arabia , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs
Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Quai d'Orsay Paris, France December 10, 2016 FOREIGN MINISTER AYRAULT: (Via interpreter, in progress) Yesterday at the UN General Assembly meeting, the resolution of – a resolution that was voted with (inaudible) full majority, and despite the use of chemical weapons by the regime, this is the logic of war that is still prevailing. This is why Sheikh Mohammed, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and myself wanted to call upon our close partners and to meet for...
Regions: France , Germany , Iran , Russia , Syria , United Kingdom
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Quai d'Orsay Paris, France December 10, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, I’m heavier now. (Laughter.) Jean-Marc, merci beaucoup, merci mes amis . I am so grateful to all of you for coming here, to all of the Ayrault family who’ve attended and gave us a wonderful lunch today which we’ve enjoyed enormously (inaudible). To Madame la president of the COP that helped us so enormously to be able to pass the Paris Agreement, distinguished ambassadors, Your Exc...
Regions: France , Germany , Iran , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Embassy Paris Paris, France December 9, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very, very much, and I trust this does not have to be scanned by security so I can actually – (laughter). Jane, thank you. This is tremendously meaningful. I’ve been going to the beaches of Normandy since I was a kid. I can actually remember seeing the burned-out hulks of some of the tanks and landing craft, et cetera. I was that young. It was not too ...
Regions: China, France , Korea, North , Syria , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Hamburg, Germany December 8, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Friends and colleagues, we meet in Hamburg today to reaffirm the same idea that tied us together in Helsinki 41 years ago: that our collective security is directly linked to the growth of our economies and the protection of basic human rights. In our era as in the past, we advance the security and prosperity of our citizens when we advance the timeless principles that are at the heart of the OSCE – democratic ...
Regions: Armenia , France , Germany , Moldova , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Berlin, Germany December 5, 2016 MODERATOR: So my job is to introduce a man who needs no introduction. As I said in there, literally, the most consequential Secretary of State in my lifetime, which is longer than I think I would like to admit. (Laughter.) And when you just think about what this man has been able to accomplish, the impossible to the impossible to the impossible – whether it’s getting China to agree to carbon emission limits or putting tog...
Regions: China, France , Germany , Greece , Iran , Israel , Italy , Syria , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State German Ministry of Foreign Affairs Berlin, Germany December 5, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, I’m going to wear that around the office for the next three weeks and see if I get any respect at all. (Laughter.) Guten Abend . Danke . Vielen dank . Thank you all for this really absolutely extraordinary and completely unexpected gathering. I’m so privileged and grateful for all of you coming here to share in this special moment, this friendship between Federal R...
Regions: Afghanistan, Antarctica, France , Germany , Greenland , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Kuwait , Russia , Switzerland , Syria , Tunisia , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen
Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Berlin, Germany December 5, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Wow. That sounds like a campaign introduction, folks. (Laughter.) I accept the nomination. (Laughter.) I’m ready to go. How are you all? Hey guys, I’m really happy to see you guys here. Thank you very much. How are you doing? You good? You having fun? How are you having fun? What are you doing to have fun? Come on up here and talk to me. Come here, come here, come here. Come here. I have a very talkative ...
Regions: France , Germany , Iran , Italy , Syria , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam
Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State The Willard Hotel Washington, DC December 4, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. That’s really wonderful. Thank you. MR INDYK: Haim is going to unveil a plaque that we made for you for the occasion. MR SABAN: I’m the unveiler-in-chief. (Laughter.) Okay, so I was told -- SECRETARY KERRY: Wow. MR SABAN: I was told to read. Who paid for this? Brookings or me? (Laughter.) It looks really expensive, doesn’t it? (Laughter.) But you know what? Ther...
Regions: Egypt , France , Germany , Iran , Israel , Japan , Jordan , Kuwait , Libya , Pakistan , Philippines , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Taiwan , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank , Yemen
Topics: Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Parco dei Principi Hotel Rome, Italy December 2, 2016 FOREIGN MINISTER GENTILONI: (Via interpreter) Good evening. Welcome to the Secretary of State and the Minister of Foreign Affair’s meeting. Thank you. Thank you to the Secretary of State John Kerry for having accepted to take part in this MED dialogues. I consider this a gesture of friendship, of consideration towards our country. I also thank him for the strategic type speech he made at the meet...
Regions: Afghanistan, France , Iran , Iraq , Italy , Libya , Russia , Syria , Ukraine , United Kingdom , Yemen
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Parco dei Principi Hotel Rome, Italy December 2, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: (Via interpreter) Thank you very much, Paolo, and good evening. I would like to thank Foreign Minister Gentiloni, the president of the Italian Republic, the Instituto di Studi Internazionale for hosting this successful conference on the Mediterranean. (Inaudible) a special friendship. I am very grateful to you for the many courtesies that you have afforded me as Secretary of State, and it’s...
Regions: Antarctica, China, France , Iran , Iraq , Italy , Libya , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Tunisia , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Marrakech, Morocco November 16, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you so much, everybody. I apologize for being a few moments late. There was a fire and then there was some traffic backed up, and so here I am and here are you, and thank you for being here. Let me begin by thanking our terrific U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Jonathan Pershing. I couldn’t be luckier than to have him in this job. He was over at the Energy Department for a while. We stole him fro...
Regions: Antarctica, Brazil , China, Fiji , France , Greenland , India , Morocco , New Zealand , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Loy Henderson Auditorium Washington, DC November 2, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning. AUDIENCE: Good morning. SECRETARY KERRY: How are you doing? Everybody good? AUDIENCE: Yeah. Good. SECRETARY KERRY: Good. The loudest “yeah” was over here. Where are you from? QUESTION: Sri Lanka. SECRETARY KERRY: Sri Lanka. Well, you have reason to be loud. That’s good. I appreciate – Sri Lanka’s done some amazing things in the last years. So Evan, t...
Regions: Afghanistan, China, France , Iran , Iraq , Italy , Kazakhstan , Libya , Russia , Syria , Tajikistan , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Chatham House London, United Kingdom October 31, 2016 MR NIBLETT: Welcome to Chatham House, excellencies, lords, ladies, and gentlemen, and welcome also to this 2016 Chatham House Prize ceremony. We’re delighted that so many of our members are here with us today; also supporters, guests, thank you very much for making the time. Our Chatham House Council members, our Panel of Senior Advisors, our Second Century Committee, representative of U.K. Government, oppo...
Regions: Afghanistan, China, France , Iran , Ireland , Israel , Qatar , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Chicago, Illinois October 26, 2016 QUESTION: Secretary Kerry, welcome. I – we’re 80-some days from the – as we sit here today at the University of Chicago, we’re 80-some days from the end of this administration. It seems like a good time to kind of look back a little bit at your life and your career. And I wanted to ask you, I’m so intrigued by the fact that your dad was in the Foreign Service. And I was – what influence did tha...
Regions: China, France , India , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Russia , Spain , Syria , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam , West Bank
Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Chicago, Illinois October 26, 2016 MODERATOR: It is an honor to welcome a Secretary of State to the University of Chicago. It is part of the mission of the Institute of Politics to facilitate these kinds of opportunities for you to interact with practitioners and leaders, and so we’re really pleased on that account. But I – our other mission is somewhat larger than that, which is: We live in a somewhat dispirited time in our politics. I don’t know ...
Regions: Afghanistan, China, France , Georgia , Germany , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Japan , Korea, North , Lebanon , Nigeria , Philippines , Qatar , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Somalia , Syria , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam , Yemen
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs, Treaties and International Agreements
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Secretary of State's Outer Office Washington, DC October 20, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Hello, everybody. Good afternoon to you. The Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia Adel al-Jubeir and I have had a very in-depth, comprehensive conversation about a number of issues that we are working on together. And I want to report to you on a few of the topics, and we both want to make a clarification statement with respect to Yemen. Let me say, first of all, that we did discuss the v...
Regions: France , Japan , Libya , Russia , Saudi Arabia , United Kingdom , Yemen
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Lancaster House London, United Kingdom October 16, 2016 FOREIGN SECRETARY JOHNSON: Good afternoon, everybody. Thank you very much for coming. As everybody knows, the situation in Aleppo is getting worse and worse. There’s continuing bombardment of innocent civilians, 100,000 kids now under a terrible, medieval siege. Casualties continue to mount. And more and more people, as a result of this action by the Assad regime and its supporters, are being radicalized....
Regions: France , Italy , Russia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Palo Alto, California October 10, 2016 MS BOYD: So, Mr. Secretary, welcome to Silicon Valley and thank you for joining us today. SECRETARY KERRY: Happy to be here. Thank you. MS BOYD: I’m going to dive right in because we have a little bit less time than we planned. And I wanted to start with the big news from Friday. And since so much news broke on Friday, I should probably be a little more specific. (Laughter.) So on Friday, the Obama Administration official...
Regions: Argentina, China, Cuba , France , Iran , Russia , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC October 7, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Hey. Good – I mean, good morning. (Laughter.) My great pleasure to welcome Jean-Marc Ayrault to Washington, and I’m really very happy to have our French counterpart here with us. France, of course, the oldest alliance and relationship with the United States, and a great friend and partner in everything that we undertake, ranging from Iran nuclear agreements to Africa and unrest and terrorism, to...
Regions: France , Iran , Russia , Syria
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Treaties and International Agreements
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Concert Noble Brussels, Belgium October 4, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, je suis John Kerry. (Laughter.) Welcome. Karen, merci, danke schon, dank u wel , and thank you – I’m really delighted to be here in the heart of Europe. I’m delighted to be in this extraordinary library building of great history, and I thank you, all of you, for taking time to come and to listen and to share thoughts and engage in something of a dialogue – a little one-sid...
Regions: Afghanistan, Belgium , China, Denmark , France , Germany , Iran , Russia , Syria , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs, Treaties and International Agreements
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Wilson Center Washington, DC September 28, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Jane, thank you for a wonderful introduction. I hugely appreciate your support, your counsel. And obviously, we are living in complicated times. I want to thank you for many, many years of remarkable service to our country. Jane was reminding me as we were walking up here that we were by happenstance on a flight together not so many years ago, and she secretly informed me of the offer from the Wilson C...
Regions: Australia , Canada , Chile, China, France , Germany , Israel , Italy , Japan , Korea, North , Korea, South , Philippines , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Tufts University Boston, MA September 24, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good morning everybody, and welcome. Welcome to Tufts University, welcome to the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and welcome especially to greater Boston and to Massachusetts. I am personally particularly grateful to everybody after an extremely busy and intense week in New York to be able to come up here so that we can come together in order to talk quietly and digest, in a way, much of wha...
Regions: France , Iran , Italy , Russia , United Kingdom
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State United Nations Headquarters New York City September 21, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: A special thank you to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. He has, I think everybody will agree, done what a secretary-general needs to do. He has defined the job, and none of those videos appeared here accidentally. That is the work of the United Nations, that is the leadership of the secretary-general, and I think everyone here will join me in saying thank you to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon...
Regions: China, France , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State The Palace Hotel New York City September 21, 2016 Translated from French. SECRETARY KERRY : Good afternoon everybody. We’re really very happy to be here. It is my great pleasure to welcome the Tunisian President Caid Essebsi, who you know. I am going to speak a little in French as he has asked me to. Mr. President, welcome. I am delighted to see you again. PRESIDENT ESSEBSI: Thank you very much. SECRETARY KERRY: Tunisia is in the middle of a significant transi...
Regions: France , Tunisia , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State 92nd Street Y New York City, NY September 18, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: What a great welcome. Thank you all. How are you? Everybody good? That’s a lousy answer. How are you? (Applause.) Thank you. QUESTION: That was a rock star welcome. SECRETARY KERRY: You’re the rock star. Thank you. Happy to be here. I can’t see over this thing. QUESTION: I’m very lucky to spend the next 20 minutes asking Secretary Kerry questions about American leadership, an...
Regions: Afghanistan, China, Colombia , France , Germany , Iran , Iraq , Japan , Norway , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC September 16, 2016 MR HELLMAN: Hello. Thanks very much. Welcome, everyone. It’s wonderful to see such an enthusiastic crowd. Let me welcome Secretary Kerry, Adrian Grenier. Thank you for joining us today as part of the first ever Our Ocean, One Future Leadership Summit. We’ve got a limited time. I’ve got a pack of questions that you’ve already given me in advance, but I’d like to just get things started by asking the Secr...
Regions: Chile, China, Estonia , France , South Africa , Thailand , United Kingdom , United States
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Loy Henderson Auditorium Washington, DC September 15, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good morning everybody. And Cathy, thank you very, very much. I hope everybody here will join me in expressing our gratitude to Cathy and her team who have done an absolutely superb job of preparing this, putting this together. Cathy, thank you very, very much. Appreciate it. (Applause.) I also want to express my profound gratitude to all of the foreign ministers, environ ministers, am...
Regions: Chile, China, France , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Treaties and International Agreements
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State New Delhi, India August 31, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Swati, good morning. Thank you very, very much. Thank you very – you guys all deserve an award for being able to get here today. (Laughter.) I don’t know if you came in boats or amphibious vehicles of some kind, but I salute you for being here. Thank you very, very much for making the effort, and I am extremely honored to be here. Swati, thank you for that generous introduction. And thank you, Dr. Rao. It...
Regions: Afghanistan, Bangladesh , China, France , India , Japan , Jordan , Pakistan , Philippines , Russia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States
Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan Building New Delhi, India August 30, 2016 MINISTER SWARAJ: (In progress, via interpreter) … the finalization of which President Obama and Prime Minister Modi played key roles. We have agreed to scale our collaboration in clean energy and to quickly operationalize the various initiatives that were announced during Prime Minister’s visit to facilitate investment in this sector from U.S. into India. We look forward to wor...
Regions: Afghanistan, France , Germany , India , Iraq , Japan , Pakistan , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs, Treaties and International Agreements
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Sultan's Palace Sokoto, Nigeria August 23, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you so much. Thank you. Asalaam Alaikum . Thank you very much. Maryam, thank you very, very much. Good morning everybody. Good morning to all of you – your Excellency Governor Tambuwal; your Excellency Governor Yari; your Eminence, Sultan, who was very, very kind to host us here today and whose leadership I particularly appreciate with respect to all of the interfaith efforts, which are so ...
Regions: Benin , Chad , France , Nigeria , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Women's Issues, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Copacabana Beach Rio de Janeiro, Brazil August 6, 2016 QUESTION: Secretary of State John Kerry attended the opening ceremony last night, his first in person. He is leading the U.S. delegation here at the games, joined by nine-time Olympic gold medalist Mark Spitz who’s a part of the delegation as well. Good morning to both of you, gentlemen. Thanks for -- SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning. MR SPITZ: Good morning. QUESTION: -- for getting up so early, or staying ...
Regions: Brazil , France , Iran , United Kingdom
Topics: Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Photos from the trip» U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Paris, France, from July 29-31, 2016, to meet with French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault for bilateral discussions on a range of issues, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to discuss ongoing efforts to advance a two-state solution. Follow Secretary Kerry’s travel via @JohnKerry, @StateDept, and @StateDeptSpox on Twitter and go to the Department’s Flickr account for the latest trip photos. Stay conne...
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Quai d'Orsay Paris, France July 30, 2016 QUESTION: Are you going to speak about some of the comments Donald Trump has made about NATO and Russia in the last few days? SECRETARY KERRY: We’re going to talk about NATO and Russia. I’m not going to talk about the campaign because I’m not in the business of politics now, but we will talk about whatever the foreign minister wants to talk about that has to do with our relationship and with the issues we&rs...
Regions: France , Russia
Photos from the trip» Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Vienna, Austria, on July 22 to join EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy and the U.S. Delegation in Vienna for the first day of high-level talks at the Extraordinary Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol. The meeting was aimed at making progress on a hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) phasedown amendment for adoption later this year. Achieving such an amendment would build upon the climate change success achieved last ...
Regions: Australia , Brunei , China, France , Laos , Philippines
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Global Health, The Ocean and Polar Affairs
Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State National Convention Center Vientiane, Laos July 26, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good afternoon, everybody. On behalf of President Obama and all of the American people, I want to express my deepest condolences to the families of those whose loved ones were killed in the horrific attack in Sagamihara, Japan this morning. And our thoughts and our prayers are very much with those people who are going through a terrible process. And our thoughts are with the J...
Regions: Australia , China, France , Iran , Japan , Korea, North , Laos , Philippines , Russia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Treaties and International Agreements
Photos from the trip» Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Paris, France at the invitation of President Hollande, July 13–14, to attend Bastille Day celebrations. Secretary Kerry then traveled to Moscow, Russia, July 14–15, where he met with senior Russian officials to discuss Syria, the Ukraine crisis, and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, among other issues. The Secretary traveled to Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, July 16–17, where he met with Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Mini...
Regions: France , Luxembourg , Ukraine , United Kingdom , Yemen
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Brett McGurk Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition To Counter ISIL , Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter Loy Henderson Auditorium Washington, DC July 21, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good morning, everybody, and thank you very, very much for joining us at an extremely important meeting, and an important moment. And we are very grateful to ever...
Regions: Afghanistan, Australia , Czech Republic , France , Germany , Iraq , Italy , Norway , Syria , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC July 21, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning, everybody. I am very happy to welcome my friend Jean-Marc Ayrault, the foreign minister of France. And I want to begin by expressing yet again the deep sympathy and condolence of the United States of America for Nice, for 83 lives lost, including three Americans, but more – France has had more than its share of terrible, horrible moments of acts of terrorism over the course of the last yea...
Regions: Afghanistan, France , Iran , Syria , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy, Treaties and International Agreements
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC July 21, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning, everybody. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany, is one of our closest partners, one of my closest colleagues and friends. And we have worked together extremely closely on any number of subjects. Let me first begin by thanking Germany for a very significant contribution yesterday, first as co-host of a pledging conference that pulled together $2.1 bill...
Regions: Afghanistan, France , Germany , Libya , Ukraine , United Kingdom
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Treaties and International Agreements
Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Justus Lipsius Building Brussels, Belgium July 18, 2016 HIGH REPRESENTATIVE MOGHERINI: Thank you very much. John, welcome. It’s an honor and it’s been a pleasure to welcome you for the first time at the Foreign Affairs Council with the 28 foreign ministers of our union just a few days after our leaders summit in Warsaw, where we clearly reaffirmed that transatlantic unity has never been so important and so strong. And the EU-U.S. relationship ...
Regions: Belgium , Canada , France , Germany , Russia , Syria , Turkey , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements
Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Luxembourg, Luxembourg July 17, 2016 QUESTION: To get more on this and all of these events around the world, I am joined now by the Secretary of State. Mr. Secretary, welcome back to Meet the Press. SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. Glad to be with you. QUESTION: Well, it’s been a tumultuous week, to say the least, between what happened in Nice, the coup in Turkey. We’ve had some both domestic and international events that have come onto our shores...
Regions: France , Iraq , Luxembourg , Russia , Syria , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Human Rights and Democracy, Treaties and International Agreements
Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Luxembourg, Luxembourg July 17, 2016 QUESTION: And joining me now is Secretary of State John Kerry who is in Luxembourg on his way to Brussels. Mr. Secretary, thank you so much for joining us. Let’s start with the attempted coup. In Turkey, more than 200 people have been killed since the uprising began. Operations at the U.S. Airbase there have been halted. Power’s been cut. Our troops there are operating off of military generators. Five military facil...
Regions: France , Iraq , Luxembourg , Syria , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism
Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Luxembourg, Luxembourg July 17, 2016 QUESTION: We are joined now by the Secretary of State John Kerry. Mr. Secretary, thank you for joining us today. First thing, let’s talk about Turkey. Are you confident now that Erdogan has fully put down this coup and is in control of the country? SECRETARY KERRY: We believe that is the case. It seems clear – what we hope is that it will literally calm down and this will not have a such an open, accelerated amount ...
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Ministry of Foreign Affairs Luxembourg City, Luxembourg July 16, 2016 FOREIGN MINISTER ASSELBORN: So, good afternoon. It’s a real pleasure for me to welcome here John Kerry. He is Secretary of State of the United States of America, who is very, very appreciated in the European Union. All my colleagues in the European Union, they know about his experience, his competence, and also his energy. Personally, I always had a good – a very good relation and I wa...
Regions: France , Luxembourg , Syria , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Osobnyak Moscow, Russia July 15, 2016 FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV: (Via interpreter) (In progress) -- met President Aliyev and President Sargsyan. Recently upon the instruction of my president I visited Yerevan and Baku, and today we exchanged views as to the ways to use the momentum in order to reach an agreement with respect to practical steps and agreed upon the agreements that will be acceptable for all the sides and that would help us attain the goal of bringing pe...
Regions: Afghanistan, Armenia , Azerbaijan , Belgium , China, France , Iran , Libya , Russia , Syria , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC July 14, 2016 Today's horrendous attack in Nice is an attack against innocent people on a day that celebrates Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity. On behalf of all Americans, and especially the great many with close ties to France, I offer our deepest condolences to the friends and family of those who were killed and our hopes for a speedy recovery to those who were injured. I was proud to stand alongside French leaders earlier today at Bast...
Regions: France , United States
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Westin Hotel Paris, France July 14, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: One year ago today, China, Russia, Germany, France, Great Britain, the United States, known as the P5+1, succeeded after several years of intensive negotiations in securing an agreement with Iran in order to restrain Iran’s nuclear program in a way that guaranteed to the world that Iran would not be pursuing a nuclear weapon. From that moment, 19,000 centrifuges have been put under IAEA scrutiny and sto...
Regions: China, France , Iran , Syria , United Kingdom
Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC July 13, 2016 On behalf of President Obama and the American people, I offer my heartfelt congratulations to the people of France in commemorating Bastille Day. This July 14, as we observe the anniversary of the French nation, we also celebrate our mutual commitment to peace, liberty, and prosperity – a commitment that has sustained our friendship for more than two centuries. Through good times and days of deepest peril, the United States...
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Bankova Kyiv, Ukraine July 7, 2016 PRESIDENT POROSHENKO: (Via interpreter) Dear Mr. State Secretary, dear John, dear ladies and gentlemen, I am sincerely pleased to welcome you to Ukraine. For me and for all Ukrainians, for the whole world, this visit is a reflection of mighty support that the United States has been providing at the very crucial stage of development of our country. This visit is deeply symbolic and we are very pleased that you have come, Mr. State S...
Regions: China, France , Germany , Italy , Korea, North , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Greenwald Pavilion, Aspen Institute Aspen, Colorado June 28, 2016 MR ISAACSON: Thank you very much. It’s a great honor and pleasure for us to have a man I’ve admired – most of us have admired – for many years, a man who – U.S. Naval, served in Vietnam, won the Purple Heart – I mean, three Purple Hearts, the bronze medal, the silver medal, has been a senator, candidate for president, and now our Secretary of State. In the past two ...
Regions: Afghanistan, Canada , Colombia , Egypt , France , Germany , Iran , Iraq , Ireland , Israel , Jordan , Pakistan , Philippines , Syria , Turkey , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank
Photos from the trip» Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Paris, France; Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; and Beijing, China, June 2–8. Secretary Kerry traveled to Paris, France, June 2–4. The Secretary participated in the French-hosted ministerial on Middle East peace, and met separately with Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault to discuss the Counter-ISIL Coalition efforts in Iraq and Syria, as well as a host of other issues. The Secretary then traveled to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, where he m...
Regions: China, France , Iraq , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Shangri La Hotel Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia June 5, 2016 AMBASSADOR GALT: (In progress) This is also different from our past meetings because we don’t have any tea or cookies. (Laughter.) But today you have the opportunity to meet with United States Secretary of State John Kerry, so I trust that makes up for the missing cookies. (Laughter.) It’s a great privilege to introduce Secretary Kerry to you, but before I do that, I thought I would quickly introduce yo...
Regions: China, France , Iran , Korea, South , Mongolia , Russia , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State MFA Convention Center Paris, France June 4, 2016 QUESTION: Secretary Kerry, what kind of steps do you need to see on the ground from both sides to make you more hopeful that this will be a viable peace plan this time? SECRETARY KERRY: A viable what? QUESTION: A viable peace plan this time. SECRETARY KERRY: Oh. Area C needs to open up to greater development and commerce, more movement, but that’s something we shouldn’t do in a haphazard way like this. The...
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Intercontinental Hotel Paris, France June 3, 2016 MR KIRBY: Because it’s been such a long day for everybody, the Secretary doesn’t have any kind of opening statements or anything for you, but he’s got to get going so we’re going to do about 10 minutes here, guys. And we do this on the record, and just go ahead and try and start with questions, okay? Do you want to lead, Brad? QUESTION: Sure. We haven’t had a chance to ask this yet: What...
Regions: Egypt , France , Israel , United Kingdom
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State MFA Convention Center Paris, France June 3, 2016 QUESTION: Secretary Kerry, will you back a international conference in the fall with the Israelis and the Palestinians? SECRETARY KERRY: We’ll see. We have to have a conversation; we have to know where it’s going, what’s happening. We’re just starting, so let us have – let’s get into the conversations. PARTICIPANT: Thank you, everyone. MR KIRBY: Thanks everybody. QUESTION: Thank you.
Photos from the trip» Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Saudi Arabia, Austria, Belgium, Burma, and Vietnam from May 14 to May 26. On May 15-16, the Secretary traveled to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for meetings with Saudi government officials to discuss a range of bilateral and regional issues. Secretary Kerry traveled to Vienna, Austria, May 16-17. The Secretary co-hosted a ministerial meeting on Libya with Italian Foreign Minister Gentiloni to discuss international support for the new Governme...
Regions: Burma , France , Iran , Italy , Libya , Russia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam
Topics: Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Embassy Brussels Brussels, Belgium May 20, 2016 AMBASSADOR BAUER: So very quickly, on behalf of Ambassador and Mrs. Gardner, and everyone (inaudible), Secretary Kerry, welcome. We are honored to have you and so grateful for taking the time. You are a true inspiration to all of us. Your lifelong devotion to public service and tireless efforts on behalf of the American people and the world truly do inspire us. So you want to hear from him, not me. (Laughter.) SEC...
Regions: Belgium , France , United States
Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium May 19, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. I’m personally very pleased to be back in Brussels, which I have come to understand, as many people in the world have, is a city of remarkable strength and resilience. And I’m very, very grateful to Secretary-General Stoltenberg and my NATO colleagues for the productive discussions that we’ve been able to have thus far today to lay the groundwork for the alliance ...
Regions: Afghanistan, Belgium , Egypt , France , Iraq , Israel , Syria , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Vienna, Austria May 17, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good afternoon, everybody, and let me begin by thanking the Government of Austria again. They have very generously facilitated this latest meeting of the International Syria Support Group and they’ve facilitated two rounds before this. I want to express my appreciation to the co-chair of the task force, Sergey Lavrov, and to Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura. They have both been obviously integrally...
Regions: Australia , Austria , Canada , France , Iran , Iraq , Libya , Russia , Spain , Syria , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj Vienna, Austria May 16, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good evening, everybody. Thank you for your patience. For my part, let me just say that I’m very pleased to be able to be back in Vienna. I’m very grateful – we all are very grateful – to the Government of Austria for its continued hospitality and for hosting this latest round of talks. I’m very grateful as...
Regions: Austria , China, France , Italy , Libya , United Kingdom , United States
Photos from the trip» Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Paris, France, and the United Kingdom, May 8–12. While in Paris, May 9–10, Secretary Kerry met with French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault for bilateral discussions on a range of issues, including Syria and Ukraine. Secretary Kerry then traveled to the United Kingdom, May 10–12, where he headed the U.S. delegation to the Anti-Corruption Summit in London and visit Oxford University. He also held ...
Regions: France , Nigeria , Syria , United Kingdom
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Oxford, United Kingdom May 11, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: (Applause.) Wow. I think I’m just going to stop right now. (Laughter.) Thank you for just an incredibly warm, tremendous welcome to this historic hall. It’s a great honor for me to be here. Bob, where’d you run off to? Where did he go? Thank you so much for your welcome. And Warden MacMillan, thank you very much. I appreciate it. (Inaudible) Baroness Cathy Ashton, my good friend, thank you so muc...
Regions: Afghanistan, China, Cuba , France , Guatemala , Iran , Iraq , Jordan , Lebanon , Niger , Nigeria , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Quai d'Orsay Paris, France May 9, 2016 QUESTION: Secretary Kerry, what happens to the ceasefire in Aleppo after midnight? SECRETARY KERRY: Excuse me? QUESTION: What happens to the ceasefire in Aleppo after midnight tonight? SECRETARY KERRY: Well, let me just say that – (inaudible). Let me just say very quickly that today the Russian Federation and the United States released, as co-chairs of the International Syria Support Grou...
Regions: France , Iran , Russia , Syria , United States
Special Briefing John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC May 3, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning, everybody. QUESTION: Good morning? What? QUESTION: Good afternoon. Yes? SECRETARY KERRY: That too. QUESTION: Are you still on Geneva time? SECRETARY KERRY: That too. In Geneva time, it’s good evening. Anyway. So before we get started today, I want to just quickly say something about the situation in Syria. As you all know, yesterday I returned from Geneva, where I met with two key partners and ...
Regions: Afghanistan, China, France , Iran , Iraq , Russia , Syria , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC April 28, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: (Applause.) Arnie, thank you very, very much. Good morning, everybody. How are you doing? We’ve never been better off than with all of these part-time employees. (Laughter.) He wants to work here; he does work here. Ladies and gentlemen, this is not a diplomat, this is a diplo-mutt. (Laughter.) And he’s great. He’s a lot of fun. He’s met a lot of prime ministers and foreign ministers, and they&rs...
Regions: Canada , China, France , Iran , Korea, North , Syria , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen
Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State LBJ Presidential Library at the University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX April 27, 2016 MR BARNES: Thank you very much, President Fenves. It’s my pleasure this evening to introduce our Secretary of State, my friend Secretary John Kerry. As he prepares to speak tonight, I’m reminded of the many years of dedication and service that he has brought to our country. Before graduating from Yale University, Secretary Kerry voluntarily enlisted in the United Stat...
Regions: Afghanistan, China, Cuba , Czech Republic , Egypt , France , Iran , Iraq , Ireland , Korea, North , Libya , Nigeria , Qatar , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Rice University Houston, Texas April 26, 2016 MR LEEBRON: Good evening, and welcome to this wonderful venue at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. We are thrilled to be hosting such a remarkable event tonight and thankful to Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy for making it possible. We are very grateful to Secretary Kerry for choosing the Baker Institute for his address this evening, and we welcome him warmly to Rice University. ...
Regions: Afghanistan, Antarctica, China, France , Germany , Iran , Iraq , Mexico , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Tunisia , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs, Treaties and International Agreements
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State New York City April 22, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Mr. Secretary General, Monsieur le President de la France , Your Excellencies, friends and partners in this significant endeavor: It’s an enormous privilege to be here on Earth Day to join in signing this historic agreement. I was a young organizer and speaker, not so long back from Vietnam, on the first Earth Day in 1970. And I was a young senator and advocate in Rio in 1992 when we held the first Ear...
Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs
Interview John Kerry Secretary of State MSNBC Studios New York City April 5, 2016 QUESTION: All right. Joining us now for the start of the Red Sox season -- QUESTION: I mean, he’s good luck, isn’t he? QUESTION: Yes, he is good luck -- QUESTION: Okay. QUESTION: -- if you’re sitting next to him. QUESTION: Yeah, game six. QUESTION: Game six at about 11:00 at night, chances are things are going to go really well. QUESTION: Yeah. The Sox are going to win the World Series. SECRETARY KERRY: L...
Regions: China, France , Iran , Japan , Korea, South , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC March 31, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Could I ask everybody – ladies, gentlemen – shhh. I know the foreign ministers are unruly, but the energy ministers really, I mean – (laughter). Ladies and gentlemen, excellencies, colleagues, honored guests, a very warm good evening to all of you here. We’re really delighted to have you over here at the State Department. We gather tonight in a suite of rooms – here in the Jefferson Room, i...
Regions: China, France , Germany , Iran , Russia , Syria , United Kingdom
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Treaties and International Agreements