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May 31, 2012 to June 7, 2012 Travels With Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Photos : Armenia  | Azerbaijan Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled to Denmark , Norway , Sweden , Armenia , Georgia , Azerbaijan , and Turkey from May 31-June 7. In Copenhagen, Denmark, Secretary Clinton held bilateral meetings with senior Danish officials. She also participated in the kick-off event for Green Partnerships for Growth, a bilateral initiative to promote green technology t...

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Regions: Afghanistan, Armenia , Azerbaijan , Georgia , Iran , Norway , Syria , Turkey , United Kingdom

Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

October 9, 2009 to October 15, 2009 Travels With Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Travel Diary Blog | Text the Secretary | Photos Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled to Zurich , London , Dublin , Belfast , Moscow and Kazan from October 9 to 15, 2009. In Zurich, Secretary Clinton attended the signing of two protocols between the governments of Turkey and Armenia. In London and Dublin, the Secretary engaged in a series of discussions on a wide range of bilateral, transatlantic...

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Regions: Ireland , Turkey , United Kingdom

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Met with Crown Prince Abdullah and visited the Vinnell Compound after a terrorist attack.

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Discussed cooperation against terrorism with President Musharraf and senior officials.

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Discussed cooperation against terrorism with Prime Minister Vajpayee and senior officials.

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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...

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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 Washington, DC January 6, 2017 QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, we’re in a moment of extraordinary transition. And as you know, many of America’s allies around the world are watching to see what’s going to happen next. What do you think U.S. foreign policy is going to look like for the next four years? SECRETARY KERRY: I can’t speculate. I – honestly, I can’t speculate. I know what I hope it will look like. I hope it will continue to be...

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Regions: Iran , Korea, North , Russia , Syria , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States

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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...

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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 Brussels, Belgium December 6, 2016 QUESTION: Good morning, Secretary Kerry. What do you expect from this meeting today? SECRETARY KERRY: I hope a very constructive conversation about the importance of NATO and our commitment to many enterprises that we’re working on together, ranging from Afghanistan to counterterrorism to the operations in the Aegean with respect to migrants, the frontline state reassurance program. There’s an enormous amount on the age...

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Regions: Afghanistan, Belgium

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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...

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Regions: China, France , Germany , Greece , Iran , Israel , Italy , Syria , United Kingdom , United States

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Premier House Wellington, New Zealand November 13, 2016 PRIME MINISTER KEY: Okay, good morning. So we had a great opportunity to welcome Secretary Kerry to New Zealand and to catch up with him after his brief but I’m sure important trip down to Antarctica. Let me just start by saying what we’ve been saying for a very long period of time, that the relationship with the United States is probably in the best shape it’s been for decades. I think a grea...

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Regions: Afghanistan, Antarctica, Australia , China, Iraq , Nauru , New Zealand , Peru , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State The George Hotel Christchurch, New Zealand November 10, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Can I just say before we sit down, I want to say what a pleasure it is for me to be in New Zealand, back in New Zealand for me, the first trip as Secretary but I’ve been here before and love it. And I really – I want to express the appreciation of President Obama and the American people for the tremendous cooperation with New Zealand on so many issues. First of all, New Zealand...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Hilton Chicago Hotel Chicago, Illinois October 26, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good evening, everybody. And thank you, very, very much to Ivo Daalder. Thank you, sir, Mr. Ambassador. And thanks to the Chicago Council for Global Affairs for inviting me here. And a profound thank you to Ambassador Lou Susman for his very generous introduction. And most importantly, Marge and Lou, thank you for many, many years of extraordinary friendship. I really value it. And I thin...

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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 ...

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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 Treaty Room Washington, DC October 25, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning, everybody. It’s my pleasure to welcome the Executive Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Dinh The Huynh here to Washington for his first visit with me here in Washington. And he will be going from here to New York and to Boston and having other meetings in the course of his stay here. But the executive secretary is a member of the Politburo in Vietnam, and as executive secretary...

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Regions: China, United States , Vietnam

Topics: Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Human Rights and Democracy, Treaties and International Agreements

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...

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Regions: Argentina, China, Cuba , France , Iran , Russia , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam

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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...

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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

Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Cartagena, Colombia September 26, 2016 QUESTION: Secretary of State John Kerry, welcome to Cartagena. SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you. QUESTION: Welcome to NTN24 and RCNTV. SECRETARY KERRY: My pleasure. Nice to be with you. QUESTION: Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Kerry. Mr. Secretary, United States has strongly supported the Colombian peace process since day one. What are the main reasons for this support? SECRETARY KERRY: Well, we’ve been deeply invested in Colombia...

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Regions: Colombia , Norway , United States

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Photos from the trip» Secretary of State John Kerry was in New York City in conjunction with the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly . While in New York, Secretary Kerry participated in a variety of meetings and side events highlighting U.S. leadership on multilateral issues. On the margins of the UN General Assembly, Secretary Kerry met with a number of his counterparts to discuss a range of bilateral and global issues. New York 09/23/16   Remarks With Israeli Prime Minister ...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Palace Hotel New York City September 23, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, colleagues, welcome and good afternoon. I’m delighted to have a chance to be able to catch up to everybody, and thank you all for being here. Our time is a little bit limited, as you know, and our agenda is, as always, fairly unlimited, pretty substantial, so I’m going to jump right in if I can. First of all, I want to thank Foreign Minister Anifah for co-hosting, and I particularly wan...

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Regions: China, Indonesia , Korea, North , Laos , United Kingdom , United States

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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Palace Hotel New York City, NY September 19, 2016 QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, thank you so much for joining us on your last UNGA. I just have to ask you about these explosions last night. I know the mayor discounted terrorism, but is it a little early for that, especially given the fact that these devices might have been similar to the Boston Marathon? SECRETARY KERRY: Well, I have to leave the judgment to the mayor and his team. They’re really an outstanding f...

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Regions: China, Colombia , Iran , Jordan , Norway , Russia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Waldorf Astoria New York City September 19, 2016 Can I just say before everybody goes, I want to, first of all, welcome President Essebsi to New York and I want to congratulate him. He’s already taking pride in, and justifiably, the investment code and the progress that is being made in Tunisia. And I simply want to reiterate that we are totally supportive of the courageous and visionary steps that the government is taking in Tunisia to push back against extre...

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Regions: Libya , Tunisia

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Photos from China» Photos from Bangladesh and India» Photos from Kenya, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and Switzerland» Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Nairobi, Kenya, on August 22 to meet with President Kenyatta to discuss regional security issues and counterterrorism cooperation, as well as bilateral issues. Secretary Kerry also met with Kenyan Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed and other regional foreign ministers to discuss key challenges in East Africa, including the prospects for re...

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Regions: Bangladesh , China, India , Kenya , Saudi Arabia , Sudan , Syria , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, Indian Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj, and Indian Minister of Commerce Nirmala Sitharaman Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan Building New Dehli, India August 30, 2016 MINISTER SWARAJ: Secretary of State Mr. John Kerry, Secretary of Commerce Ms. Penny Pritzker, my colleague Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, co-chairs of India-U.S. CEO Forum Mr. Cyrus Mistry and Mr. Dave Cote, distinguished (inaudible). I’m delighted to welcome ...

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Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Edward M. Kennedy Center Dhaka, Bangladesh August 29, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Marcia, thank you very, very much. Join me, everybody, in expressing our gratitude – all of us – for the tremendous job that Ambassador Marcia Bernicat is doing here in Bangladesh. She has really been terrific. (Applause.) And I was about to say thank you to her outstanding team, because we all know it is a team effort. And I’m going to have a chance to be able t...

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Regions: Bangladesh , China, Iraq , Syria , United Kingdom , United States

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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 ...

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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 Rosa Kempinski Hotel Nairobi, Kenya August 22, 2016 QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, first of all, it’s an honor to speak to you. Thank you for finding the time to speak to Eye Radio. For formality purpose, please introduce yourself to our listeners. SECRETARY KERRY: Well, thank you. I’m delighted to be with you. I’m John Kerry, the Secretary of State of the United States, and delighted to be in Nairobi. QUESTION: While giving the press briefing a short ...

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Topics: Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy

Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Rosa Kempinski Hotel Nairobi, Kenya August 22, 2016 FOREIGN MINISTER MOHAMED: I am delighted to welcome Secretary John Kerry back to Nairobi, and for a second visit in the last, I think, one year. The last time you were here was in May. SECRETARY KERRY: Yes. FOREIGN MINISTER MOHAMED: Yes, so thank you very, very much for coming back. I think it’s a pure reflection of where our relationship is, and which is growing and growing very, very, I think, in a very hea...

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Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC August 11, 2016 On behalf of President Obama and the American people, I offer my best wishes to the people of Chad as you celebrate your national day on August 11. On April 10, the Chadian people turned out in historic numbers to make your voices heard in the democratic process, and the United States commends all who participated. Our shared commitment to democracy is one of many ties that bind our nations together. We are also united in the f...

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Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State San Martin Palace Buenos Aires, Argentina August 4, 2016 FOREIGN MINISTER MALCORRA: (Via interpretation, in progress) …to this press conference to be followed by a working lunch, which some ministers will be joining to expand on some of the items on our agenda. We have essentially – we have – hello? (Interruption to interpretation.) (Via interpretation, in progress) …meeting between the teams of the foreign ministry and the State...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC August 3, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good morning, everybody, and welcome to the State Department. Last fall, we convened the first meeting of the C5+1 – we being the +1 – in Samarkand, which is an ancient crossroads of culture and commerce, where we discussed modern challenges of economic prosperity and global security and how to address them. And the six of us engaged in a very frank and important dialogue about h...

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Regions: Singapore , United Kingdom , United States

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Manila, Philippines July 27, 2016 FOREIGN SECRETARY YASAY: Good morning, Mr. Secretary. SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning to you. FOREIGN SECRETARY YASAY: Welcome to the Philippines, and good morning to everyone. Ambassador. Welcome to Manila. If I may call you John, as you promised, you can call me Perfecto, and -- SECRETARY KERRY: Oh, I call you Jun, Perfecto, what do you want me call you? You tell me. FOREIGN SECRETARY YASAY: (Laughter.) Perfecto is probably -- Jun w...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State National Convention Center Vientiane, Laos July 25, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, Minister Wang Yi, thank you very much. Thank you for your welcome and thank you for the relationship that you and I have developed over three and a half years now in which we’ve worked on many, many issues. I actually talked to Susan Rice about five minutes before she saw President Xi and we had a good discussion about the important issues on which we are working right now. I can a...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State National Convention Center Vientiane, Laos July 25, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Let me just say to my press what a pleasure it is to see Minister Yun Byung-se. The Republic of Korea and the United States obviously have very, very key issues right now, particularly the challenge of the D.P.R.K. and its irresponsible nuclear activities and its weaponization and its challenges to the stability of the region. So between that and the partnership that we have on other security ...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC July 21, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning, everybody. I’m delighted to welcome Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry of Egypt. As we all know, Egypt has been undergoing extraordinary challenges in these last years with the popular uprising that took place a number of years ago in Tahrir Square now famous – Egypt opted for change. The problem is there are terrorists who do not want to allow that change to take place, people who are c...

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Regions: Egypt , United Kingdom , United States

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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Regions: France , Luxembourg , Syria , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States

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Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC July 11, 2016 On behalf of President Obama and the American people, I offer my warmest wishes to the people of Montenegro as you celebrate your National Day. This year’s holiday is particularly significant, as you mark the signing of the NATO Accession Protocol. This achievement, coming just ten years after regaining your independence, exemplifies the tremendous progress Montenegro has made towards fulfilling its Euro-Atlantic aspiration...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Berlaymont Building Brussels, Belgium June 27, 2016 MODERATOR: Apologies to have kept you waiting. High Representative Federica Mogherini together with President Juncker just met with U.S. Secretary of State. The high rep and John Kerry are here now to make short statements to debrief you on the outcome of the meeting. High Representative, you have the floor. HIGH REPRESENTATIVE MOGHERINI: Thank you very much. John, it’s a pleasure to welcome you in Brussels i...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Grand Hotel La Minerve Rome, Italy June 26, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, buongiorno . Good morning to everybody. I’m delighted to be here with Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, and we have a lot to talk about today besides Brexit, though I will address Brexit in a moment. But we need to talk about Libya, where we are working extremely closely together; Syria; and our preparations for the NATO Warsaw summit. So there’s a great deal on the table, including ...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Secretary of the Treasury Jacob J. Lew, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang, and Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi Great Hall of the People Beijing, China June 7, 2016 MODERATOR: Distinguished guests, friends from the media, good afternoon. Welcome to the closing ceremony and press conference of the eighth S&ED. Today we have the pleasure of having with us the four special representatives. First let us invite special representative of President Xi, Vice Premier Wan...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Secretary of Treasury Jack Lew, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang, and Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi Diaoyutai State Guesthouse Beijing, China June 6, 2016 PRESIDENT XI: (Via interpreter) Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of the Treasury Jacob Lew, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen (inaudible), today, the eighth round of the China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue, and the seventh ...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Silver Spring, Maryland June 1, 2016 MS JOHNSON: Okay. Please join me in a round of applause for our U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. John Kerry. (Applause.) SECRETARY KERRY: How are you doing? Everybody good? AUDIENCE: Yes. SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning. MS JOHNSON: Yes, good morning. SECRETARY KERRY: I get to, like, wake you up here. Anyway -- MS JOHNSON: And I want to say we’re so pleased to have you here at Montgomery Blair High School. SECRETARY KERRY: Thank ...

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Regions: Chile, Greenland , United Kingdom , United States

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Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC May 20, 2016 On behalf of President Obama and the American people, I congratulate the people of Cameroon as you celebrate your national day on May 20. Since independence, Cameroon has earned a reputation as a peaceful and welcoming nation, and as a lynchpin of regional stability. The United States is proud to be a partner with you in your effort to build prosperity through improved infrastructure and a more diversified economy. We are also ple...

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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...

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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...

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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Embassy London, United Kingdom May 10, 2016 QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, welcome back to the program. SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you. Happy to be here. QUESTION: You have just announced that you are signing, have signed another attempt to gain a nationwide cessation of hostilities in Syria. How do you think that’s going to work any better than the previous one? SECRETARY KERRY: Well, we’re building on the experience of the previous one. I can’t sit ...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Mission Geneva, Switzerland May 2, 2016 AMBASSADOR HAMAMOTO: Secretary, it’s so great to have you back here in Geneva. After coming here numerous times over the last couple years, it’s now been about nine months since your last visit, and I will say we were starting to worry that we weren’t your favorite post anymore. (Laughter.) So thank you very much for coming back to Geneva to dispel that notion once and for all. We like being your favorit...

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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC April 28, 2016 QUESTION: It’s a great pleasure to meet you, sir. And thank you very much for giving us the opportunity. I will start with a direct question. The United States is leading the campaign to combat Daesh in the Middle East. What do you think the United States allies should be doing? SECRETARY KERRY: Well, our allies are doing a great deal. There are 66 nations involved in this effort against Daesh. But the countries in the Middle Ea...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Dilgusha Palace Kabul, Afghanistan April 9, 2016 MODERATOR: (In progress) (Via interpreter) and after that we will only allow two questions. We’ll only be responding to two questions. So (inaudible) to his Excellency, president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – your Excellency president. PRESIDENT GHANI: (Via interpreter) The entirely merciful, especially merciful, honorable John Kerry, Secretary of State, and respective delegation with you, most ...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State United States Embassy Kabul, Afghanistan April 9, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: He’s going to spare me of a long intro. We’re running about two hours plus behind, and probably some of you have spent some of that two hours hanging around here waiting, and I really appreciate it. Thank you very, very much. First of all, let me begin by saying a profound thank you to our ambassador, to Mike McKinley and to Fatima. We are so appreciative for both of you for your ser...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Kabul, Afghanistan April 9, 2016 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER ABDULLAH: (In Dari.) SECRETARY KERRY: It’s a privilege for me to be able to visit with Dr. Abdullah again. I’m delighted to be here with this team. We are very appreciative for the joint effort of President Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah to help at this critical moment for Afghanistan. What they are doing together is statesmanship at its best. Coming together requires a sacrifi...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Embassy Manama, Bahrain April 7, 2016 AMBASSADOR ROEBUCK: I’m just going to say a word quickly to introduce our guest of honor here today. We’re delighted to have Secretary of State John Kerry with us. I first met Secretary Kerry years ago as a control officer in Damascus, Syria, where he visited, did a great visit. And it was a delight to show him around then. He’s a great friend of the Foreign Service and of the embassies overseas. He’...

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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Manama, Bahrain April 7, 2016 QUESTION: Mr. Kerry, first of all, you must have heard the reports that Syrian regime troops and their allies are launching a major attack against the opposition south of Aleppo. Is – this is the end of the truce? SECRETARY KERRY: No, they’re launching an attack, to our understanding, against Nusrah. And under the cessation of hostiles, Nusrah and Daesh are both targets of everybody. So we will be talking directly with the...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Four Seasons Hotel Manama, Bahrain April 7, 2016 FOREIGN MINISTER AL-JUBEIR: (Via interpreter in progress) – group works, six group works in different issues, and with regard to the defense of the GCC countries against any attack and how to counterattack the – and how to deal with the challenges in the region whether in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Libya. And we reviewed the peace efforts and the Palestine issue. Also we reviewed the efforts to counter t...

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Photos from the Trip»   (Moscow ) Photos from the Trip» (Brussels) U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited Moscow, Russia, March 22-24 to meet with Russian officials. They discussed ongoing efforts of the International Syria Support Group to maintain the cessation of hostilities, provide aid and improve and expand humanitarian access, and facilitate a political transition in Syria, while also combating Daesh. The Secretary also discussed Ukraine and the need for full implementation o...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC March 30, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. I’m really pleased to welcome somebody I’ve had a chance to meet with a number of times elsewhere, but I’m happy to welcome the president of Azerbaijan, President Aliyev. We have a lot of mutual interests that we are currently working on. We’re very grateful to Azerbaijan’s contributions to peacekeeping, their efforts in Afghanistan. Obviously, Azerbai...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC March 30, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good evening, folks. The Foreign Minister of Egypt Sameh Shoukry has been one of my closest interlocutors over the last few years. We have worked extremely closely together on many issues. Let me first say in welcoming him here to Washington how relieved we all were that the Egyptian Air hijacking turned out to have all of the crew and all of the passengers unharmed, and we’re grateful for that, obviously. Egypt h...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC March 30, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon. I’m happy to welcome somebody I’ve known for a long, long time, the Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam Pham Binh Minh. And I want to congratulate him on his elevation, his promotion to deputy prime minister and also a member of the politburo. I’m very happy to have a chance to talk this afternoon about the major progress that we have been making in the relationship with Vietna...

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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State CBS Studio Washington, DC March 26, 2016 MR DICKERSON: We sat down earlier with Secretary of State John Kerry, who is just back from Brussels. We asked him how worried he was about another terror attack in Europe. SECRETARY KERRY: Well, I think everybody’s concerned, because for several years now foreign fighters have been returning from Syria or from other locations and implanting themselves in the communities, and this is the threat that we’ve all be...

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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium March 25, 2016 QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, thanks for doing this. I want to ask you, the State Department issued a warning for Europe saying, “Terrorist groups continue to plan near-term attacks in the region.” Is this the new normal in Europe? SECRETARY KERRY: No. It’s the aberration for the period of time that Daesh continues to menace the world. But I am confident we are going to destroy Daesh and we will eliminate this threat o...

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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium March 25, 2016 QUESTION: Secretary Kerry, thank you so much. SECRETARY KERRY: A pleasure. Thank you. QUESTION: Americans, of course we now know, are dead in these horrible terror attacks here in Brussels. Do you consider this an attack against America? SECRETARY KERRY: Whenever Americans are killed, of course. QUESTION: So you do consider it an attack on America? Do you think Americans were targeted? SECRETARY KERRY: I think it’s an attack ...

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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium March 25, 2016 QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, last time we met was in Paris for the terror there. Since then we’ve had San Bernardino, we’ve had Turkey, the Mideast, and now Brussels, and now the sad news today that at least two Americans have been killed and it’s all tied to ISIS. What do you say to those who say the Obama Administration’s policy of slow and steady regarding ISIS is just not enough? You might be regaining terri...

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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium March 25, 2016 QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, what can you tell us about the Americans who were killed in the attacks here on Monday? SECRETARY KERRY: I can’t tell you very much at all because we’re going through the sad process of family notification at this point in time. And so I can just confirm that a couple of Americans have died in this event. QUESTION: The Belgian prime minister after the attack said that the el-Bakraoui brothers wh...

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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Hotel Nacional Havana, Cuba March 22, 2016 QUESTION: Good morning. SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning. QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, these attacks in Brussels are sending shockwaves across the world. What can you tell Americans this morning? Are we safe? SECRETARY KERRY: Well, we’re constantly vigilant. We work as hard as humanly possible to make everybody safe. Regrettably, if one person decides they want to kill themselves and they want to blow themselves up around ...

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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Hotel Nacional Havana, Cuba March 22, 2016 QUESTION: We have to start with news of the day, not very good news – terrorism once again is rocking Europe. What do you know about the terrorist attacks and is the U.S. concerned of similar attacks in the homeland? SECRETARY KERRY: Well, we’re always – all of us – concerned about the potential of these attacks. Everybody knows that it is possible for somebody who’s willing to blow themselve...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC March 15, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. Thank you for being here with us. It’s my privilege today to welcome the Foreign Minister of Georgia, Mikheil Janelidze. I’m very happy to have him here. I have had the privilege of traveling several times to Georgia previously, and it’s very much my hope to be able to get there somewhere in the course of the next months. Before I say a few words about Georgia, wi...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Washington, DC March 10, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Please be seated, everybody. Good afternoon. Welcome – bonjour – welcome to the State Department. (In French.) We’re happy to have you here. We welcome all of the delegation, the first lady, prime minister, and we’re delighted to have everybody here. I want to begin by thanking the members of the U.S. Army Band and the U.S. Air Force Band for sharing their e...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Sartaj Aziz, Pakistani Advisor on Foreign Affairs Washington, DC February 29, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, welcome to the State Department. Welcome to the Ben Franklin Room. We’re delighted to have you all here for a very important dialogue in an important relationship. And Sartaj, thank you so much for coming here today to take part in the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue, and I’m grateful for the level of expertise that is represented here. We expect to...

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Testimony John Kerry Secretary of State Opening Remarks Before the House Appropriations Committee on Foreign Operations Washington, DC February 24, 2016 Well, thank you, Madam Chairman and Ranking Member Lowey and Mr. Chairman Rogers of the full committee, all the members, thank you very much. My apologies for being late. I had a phone call that came in that I had to take at the last minute, and I apologize for keeping any of you waiting. Look, I want to just start by saying we really appreciate your tr...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Ben Franklin Room Washington, DC February 23, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. I’m delighted to welcome Minister Wang Yi back to the State Department to the Ben Franklin Room and back to Washington. And we had a – this is about the third time that we have now met in the last weeks, and we’ve had occasion to have a lot of conversations about all of the topics of interest between our countries. As I have said many times, the United St...

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Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC February 22, 2016 I am gratified to see the final arrangements concluded today for a cessation of hostilities in Syria and call on all parties to accept and fully comply with its terms. If implemented and adhered to, this cessation will not only lead to a decline in violence, but also continue to expand the delivery of urgently needed humanitarian supplies to besieged areas and support a political transition to a government that is responsive ...

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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Munich, Germany February 13, 2016 QUESTION: Thank you so much for giving us the time today, Secretary of State John Kerry. I want to start by talking about the cessation of violence and the statement that you released yesterday with Lavrov about Syria. They’re talking about entering aid to the besieged areas and cessation of violence and not ceasefire. Can you please tell us the difference? SECRETARY KERRY: Well, a ceasefire implies the end of the conflict i...

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Photos from the trip» Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Rome, Italy, to lead the U.S. delegation to the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL Small Group Ministerial. Coalition partners reviewed progress to date and discussed ways to further intensify commitments across all lines of effort to degrade and defeat this terrorist group. Other nation countries represented included Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, European Union, France, Germany, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, New Z...

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Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Ministry of Foreign Affairs Beijing, China January 27, 2016 MODERATOR: (Via interpreter) Friends from the press, good afternoon. The foreign ministers of China and the United States have just had an in-depth and substantive discussion, and now, they are ready to meet the press. Now, Foreign Minister Wang will first make a statement. FOREIGN MINISTER WANG: (Via interpreter) Friends from the press, we’re sorry to have kept you waiting, and even if you...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Ministry of Foreign Affairs Beijing, China January 27, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, Mr. Minister, my friend, thank you very, very much. You and I have indeed met a great deal in the last three years. China and the United States have been able to find a level of new cooperation with respect to a number of issues. On Iran and the Iran nuclear agreement, China took on major responsibility. We worked very effectively as the P5+1. On counterterrorism, we’re engaged ...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Diaoyutai State Guest House Beijing, China January 27, 2016 STATE COUNCILOR YANG: (Via interpreter) (Inaudible) Secretary Kerry, welcome you as you pay a visit to China at the start of the new year. This really shows how much importance you attach to the China-U.S. relationship. China-U.S. relations made significant and positive progress in the past year. President Xi Jinping’s very successful state visit to the United States in particular further affirmed the...

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Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC January 25, 2016 On behalf of President Obama and all Americans, I am honored to congratulate the people of Australia as you celebrate Australia Day, 228 years after the First Fleet sailed into the beautiful and now world-renowned Sydney Harbor, and over 100 years after the flourishing colonies on your continent came together as one nation. Over 75 years after we first established diplomatic relations, the United States has no better friend an...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Government House Vientiane, Laos January 25, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, thank you, Mr. Prime Minister. I’m very happy to be back. I have been a here a number of times through the years and we appreciate very much the cooperation of Laos on a number of issues. I particularly thank you for the help on the accountability for the missing in action and the – addressing the issues of the impacts of the war. But what really defines our relationship today and w...

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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State World Economic Forum Davos, Switzerland January 21, 2016 QUESTION: We are joined right now by the U.S. Secretary of State. He’s had his finger on the pulse of a number of hot-button issues – from the easing of Iranian sanctions and the release of U.S. prisoners to ISIS’s growing terror network and now the potential fallout throughout the Middle East as oil prices keep plummeting. Secretary John Kerry joins us right now. SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you...

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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC January 18, 2016 QUESTION: Our Secretary of State John Kerry joins us live from the State Department, Foggy Bottom in Washington, D.C. Good morning to you, Mr. Secretary. SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning to you. QUESTION: Before we get started about the Iran deal, I wanted to ask you about these three American contractors who have gone missing in Iraq. What can you tell us? SECRETARY KERRY: Well, I can just tell you that we are in very direct contact w...

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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC January 18, 2016 QUESTION: And joining us now, the Secretary of State John Kerry. Mr. Secretary, thanks very much for joining us here in our Situation Room. I know you’ve spent a lot of time in another Situation Room in town as well. SECRETARY KERRY: Happy to be here. QUESTION: You have said the prisoner release, in your word, was accelerated by the nuclear talks, the nuclear deal. Were these prisoners pawns, part of that deal? SECRETARY KERRY...

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Op-Ed John Kerry Secretary of State The Boston Globe December 29, 2015 [ Spanish  | Arabic  | French ] One reason for the remarkable record of the New England Patriots is the team’s single-minded focus on the next game. Managing world affairs requires the same concentration on future challenges, for past accomplishments provide no guarantee of continued success. They can, however, lend confidence that, with the right preparation and effort, positive results will follow. As one year gives...

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Op-Ed John Kerry Secretary of State The Boston Globe December 29, 2015 Regarder vers l’avenir en s’appuyant sur les réussites de 2015 Le Secrétaire d’État, John Kerry Le passage à la nouvelle année accorde aux leaders internationaux l’occasion de s’appuyer sur plusieurs réussites majeures enregistrées en 2015. Parmi ces réussites, la plus importante est le récent accord mondial atteint à Paris pour &eacut...

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Op-Ed John Kerry Secretary of State The Boston Globe December 29, 2015 Artículo de opinión - Fin de Año – para el Boston Globe Por el Secretario de Estado, John Kerry En la medida que un año da paso al siguiente, los líderes internacionales tienen la oportunidad de sentar base sobre los variados e importantes logros alcanzados en 2015. De ellos, ninguno es más importante que el reciente acuerdo global en París para evitar los efectos más noci...

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Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State New York, NY December 18, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good evening, everybody. Thank you very much for coming. First of all, I want to express again my appreciation and the appreciation of all of the P5 members of the International Syria Support Group who worked through the day, and I appreciate Foreign Minister Lavrov’s engagement and his commitment to trying to get to a place that everybody could be comfortable. What we’ve achieved today is ...

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Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC December 17, 2015 Today in Morocco, Libyan political leaders came together after a year of UN-facilitated political dialogue to sign the Libyan Political Agreement that will establish a unified Libyan Government of National Accord. We salute these courageous Libyans who stand ready to rebuild a united Libya and who are determined to move the country forward. All Libyans have a role to play as the political transition continues. I urge all Liby...

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Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC December 15, 2015 On the one-year anniversary of the attack at the Army Public School in Peshawar, we remember the victims, including many children, who were killed in that outrageous attack.  We offer our deepest condolences to the families of the victims, and we underscore our condemnation of that cowardly act of mass murder.  Last summer, in Washington, I had the opportunity to meet some of the students who survived that tragic da...

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Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State The Kremlin Moscow, Russia December 15, 2015 FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV: (Via interpreter) Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Today, we had a big negotiating day with John Kerry and his delegation finalizing their working visit to Moscow. We started with negotiations at Russian foreign ministry and we continued here in the Kremlin during the meeting with President Putin. Negotiations in the morning and in the evening were concrete, specific. We were focusin...

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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Paris, France December 12, 2015 (Begin clip.) PRESIDENT OBAMA: I believe this moment can be a turning point for the world. We’ve shown that the world has both the will and the ability to take on this challenge. (End clip.) QUESTION: That was President Obama last night, on the climate change deal struck in Paris yesterday. The agreement aims to keep the increase in global temperatures well below 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century. It also aims t...

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Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC December 10, 2015 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was forged in the aftermath of World War II to protect freedom and prevent future atrocities. As we commemorate it today, we recall President Franklin Roosevelt’s 1941 Four Freedoms address, which inspired the Universal Declaration, and which the United Nations selected as this year’s theme for International Human Rights Day. The “four freedoms” – of spee...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Willard Hotel Washington, DC December 5, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you all very, very much. Thank you, Bruce, for a very generous introduction. And thank you, ladies and gentlemen; I apologize that we are starting a few moments late. I’m delighted to be here, distinguished members of Congress. Steny and Nita I know are here, and Jolie Ruben, my former colleague and longtime friend, and I think Bogie Ya’alon is out there somewhere. And Bogie, good to se...

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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC November 23, 2015 QUESTION: Secretary of State John Kerry is with us exclusively from Abu Dhabi. Mr. Secretary, good morning, and let me ask you about the security situation here in the United States. Administration officials have said there’s no specific credible threat. On the other hand, officials in Paris likely would have said the same thing the day before those attacks. How confident are you in assuring the American public that there isn...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC November 19, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning, everybody. It’s my pleasure to welcome Sheikh Khalid al-Khalifa, the foreign minister of Bahrain. And I’m very happy to have had a chance this morning to have a thorough, in-depth discussion on all of the issues of concern in the region and the issues that we worked on bilaterally. Needless to say, we focused significantly on the challenge of the regional conflict, the people in ...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC November 18, 2015 FOREIGN MINISTER CHIKOTI: It was so liberating, our 40th independence – you know Brazil is -- SECRETARY KERRY: I know, I know. FOREIGN MINISTER CHIKOTI: -- the first country that recognized Angola. SECRETARY KERRY: I do know. FOREIGN MINISTER CHIKOTI: So we had a very long conversation there. SECRETARY KERRY: My great pleasure to welcome my friend, the foreign minister of Angola, Georges Chikoti, and to celebrate wi...

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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Chief of Mission's Residence Paris, France November 17, 2015 QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, thank you for taking the time. SECRETARY KERRY: Happy to be with you. QUESTION: President Vladimir Putin of Russia this morning said that it was a terrorist attack that took down this Russian jet over the Sinai Peninsula. They are vowing retribution. Has the U.S. come to the same conclusion? SECRETARY KERRY: We concur that there was an explosion that brought it down, but we haven...

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Regions: France , Iraq , Russia , Syria , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Chief of Mission's Residence Paris, France November 17, 2015 QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, welcome to the program. SECRETARY KERRY: Delighted to be with you. QUESTION: Can you first confirm for us news of one of the terrorists suspected in this attack, Abdelhamid Abboud? There are reports that the United States, France, and other allies wanted to target him, sought to kill him in Syria; he is apparently a top-level Belgian citizen ISIS member. SECRETARY KERRY: Well, I ...

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Regions: France , Iran , Iraq , Libya , Russia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Countering Terrorism