-
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 ...
Roles: Everyone: All Users
Regions: France , Germany , Iran , Italy , Syria , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam
Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health
-
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC December 3, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Hello, everybody. (Applause.) Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very, very much. Welcome. Welcome to the Ben Franklin Room of the State Department. Welcome to this very celebratory evening. It’s a special evening for all of us. Whether you come from afar or you live in Washington, tonight is special and it is wonderful for me to be able to be here hosting Saturday Night Live for the fourth time. (Laughte...
Roles: Everyone: All Users
Regions: Iran , United Kingdom , Vietnam
Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy
-
Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC October 24, 2016 On behalf of President Obama and the American people, I am pleased to congratulate all Austrians as you celebrate your national day on October 26. The relationship between the United States and Austria is rooted in the interests and ideals we share, including our support for democracy, our respect for human rights, and our joint commitment to building a world that is peaceful, prosperous, and guided by the rule of law. My gove...
Roles: Everyone: All Users
Regions: Austria , Iran , United States
Topics: Human Rights and Democracy
-
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 ...
Roles: Everyone: All Users
Regions: Australia , Brunei , China, France , Laos , Philippines
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Global Health, The Ocean and Polar Affairs
-
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Vienna International Center Vienna, Austria July 22, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: So I should start right now? I apologize, I gather I was already asked – (laughter) – and there’s nothing like a nice gap between announce and appearance, but good afternoon to everybody here. And I want to express my personal gratitude for the opportunity to be able to share a few thoughts with everybody. I am really honored to be here. I’m delighted to be here. And I...
Roles: Everyone: All Users
Regions: Austria , Canada , Greenland , Iran , Norway , Pakistan , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health
-
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 ...
Roles: Everyone: All Users
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
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 Ambassador Alexa L. Wesner Bristol Hotel Vienna, Austria May 18, 2016 AMBASSADOR WESNER: So on behalf of all three missions here, Secretary Kerry, welcome back to Vienna. Thank you for taking the time this morning to be with us. It means a lot to us. It also – I mean, I am especially grateful that you’re here today. Perhaps you could dispel a myth. (Laughter.) There have been some rumors floating around that we’ve been leading our colleagues in Swi...
Roles: Everyone: All Users
Regions: Armenia , Austria , Iran , Libya , Saudi Arabia , Switzerland , United Kingdom
Topics: Energy
-
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...
Roles: Everyone: All Users
Regions: Australia , Austria , Canada , France , Iran , Iraq , Libya , Russia , Spain , Syria , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
-
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...
Roles: Everyone: All Users
Regions: Austria , China, France , Italy , Libya , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
-
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC April 4, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning, everybody. I’m very happy to welcome my friend Sebastian Kurz, the Foreign Minister of Austria, to Washington – his first trip since I’ve been Secretary, though we have seen each other many, many times because of the extraordinary hospitality of the Austrian Government hosting the talks that we had on Iran and on Syria. Very important – two communiques came out of Vienna ...
Roles: Everyone: All Users
Regions: Austria , Iran
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements
-
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Vienna, Austria January 16, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good evening, everybody. Thank you very much for your patience. And I apologize for the fact that I can’t stay to take questions, which I would like to do. But we are operating under some very tight constraints on the rest period the law allows for our pilots, because of some of the delays. So as a result, I need to get to the airport and get on the plane. But I will make a statement before doing so, and I hope...
Roles: Everyone: All Users
Regions: Austria , China, France , Iran , Oman , Russia , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
-
Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Vienna, Austria November 14, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: (In French.) I’ll just say what I said, the last part, in English. I want to make sure that it is absolutely crystal clear that the United States stands with France and the rest of the world in our resolve to eliminate the scourge of violent extremist groups from the face of the Earth. And make no mistake: that resolve has only grown stronger in the wake of this unspeakable brutality. And I think Se...
Roles: Everyone: All Users
Regions: Austria , China, Egypt , France , Iran , Iraq , Italy , Jordan , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
-
Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC October 23, 2015 On behalf of President Obama and the citizens of the United States, I warmly congratulate the people of Austria as you celebrate your national day this October 26. Decades ago, through the Marshall Plan, the United States and Austria worked together to help create a free and prosperous Europe. Between then and now, we have shared an ongoing commitment to human rights and to promoting security and economic growth on that contin...
Roles: Everyone: All Users
Regions: Austria , Iran , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Human Rights and Democracy
-
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Imperial Hotel Vienna, Austria October 23, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: So let me start by saying that I am convinced, having been part of this process since the day I became Secretary, that today’s meeting was constructive and productive and succeeded in surfacing some ideas which I’m not going to share today but which I hope have a possibility of ultimately changing the dynamic. I’m very grateful to my counterparts and friends from Turkey, Saudi Arabia,...
Roles: Everyone: All Users
Regions: Austria , France , Iran , Israel , Italy , Jordan , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation
-
Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Palace Hotel New York City October 2, 2015 QUESTION: Secretary Kerry, thank you very much for sitting down with the BBC. SECRETARY KERRY: Very happy to sit with you, thank you. QUESTION: And based on the latest updates you have on Russia’s military operation in Syria and the reports that now they have targeted ISIS, they – next to confirmation or not – unconfirmed reports that Iran is boosting its presence in Syria, do you – is it your anal...
Roles: Everyone: All Users
Regions: Iran , Israel , Lebanon , Russia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen
Topics: Energy
-
Photos from the Trip» Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Vienna, Austria, to participate in the EU-coordinated P5+1 nuclear negotiations with Iran. austria Remarks 07/14/15 Interview With Terry Moran of ABC ; Secretary of State John Kerry; Vienna, Austria 07/14/15 Interview With Rich Edson of Fox ; Secretary of State John Kerry; Vienna, Austria 07/14/15 Interview With Andrea Mitchell of NBC ; Secretary of State John Kerry; Vienna, Austri...
Roles: Everyone: All Users
Regions: Austria , Iran
-
Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Vienna, Austria November 24, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody, and thank you so much for your patience. We appreciate it very much. We know that this is a long process and there’s a great deal of waiting, and you have waited with great patience. I want to begin by thanking the Austrian Government, particularly, who have hosted us here in Vienna for these negotiations. We’ve had many visits now and they have been equally gracious...
Roles: Everyone: All Users
Regions: Afghanistan, Austria , China, France , Iran , Israel , Russia , United Kingdom , United States
-
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Imperial Hotel Vienna, Austria November 22, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: So let me just say to everybody, first of all, I’m delighted to welcome Foreign Minister Steinmeier, appreciate enormously his cooperation and help – Germany’s help – on so many things. And most recently, with respect to Ebola, we’ve been doing a great deal, and we’re grateful for your help on that. We’ve been, obviously, having difficult talks here – co...
Roles: Everyone: All Users
Regions: Austria , Iran , United Kingdom
-
Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Vienna, Austria July 15, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning, everyone. I want to first thank the extraordinary team of diplomats and experts who have been on the ground here for weeks and who have been working tirelessly, actually, for many months in these negotiations. And I’m talking about both our American team as well as our colleagues from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, China, and Iran, and particularly I would like to thank Baron...
Roles: Everyone: All Users
Regions: Austria , China, Egypt , France , Iran , Israel , Italy , Libya , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy
-
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Vienna, Austria July 14, 2014 AMBASSADOR MACMANUS: (In progress) working the last several days, and have probably seen more of the Secretary than the three ambassadors up here. (Laughter.) So if anything, this is a great honor for us to be with you, Mr. Secretary, and of course with this combined staff of S staff coming from Washington with you and the Vienna missions staff. If there’s a great opportunity – I learned – I’m an old staff guy. T...
Roles: Everyone: All Users
Regions: Austria , Egypt , Iran , Russia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Energy
-
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Palais Coburg Vienna, Austria July 13, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good morning everybody. I am delighted to be here in Vienna and look forward to my to meeting with my colleagues in the 3+1 in order to discuss where we are in the negotiations, get caught up. And obviously, we have some very significant gaps still, so we need to see if we can make some progress, and I really look forward to a very substantive and important set of meetings and dialogues. And we obvio...
Roles: Everyone: All Users
Regions: Austria , Iran
-
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Palais Coburg Vienna, Austria July 13, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: All right. Well, thank you all for dropping by. Obviously, the United Kingdom and the United States share what is known as a special relationship, and it really is. And we cooperate on so many different things. But today, obviously, we’re here to talk about the challenge of Iran’s nuclear program. And I’m delighted to have a chance to share thoughts with William, who’s already had s...
Roles: Everyone: All Users
Regions: Afghanistan, Austria , Iran , United Kingdom , United States
-
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC November 16, 2010 SECRETARY CLINTON: I am delighted to welcome my colleague, the foreign minister of Austria, here to the State Department – he just told me – for the first time. And I am especially pleased that we’ve had this opportunity to reaffirm the bonds of friendship between our two countries, and I’ve already had an excellent working relationship with him. U.S.-Austria relations are strong. They&...
Roles: Everyone: All Users
Regions: Afghanistan, Austria , Iran , Sudan , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Treaties and International Agreements
-
Speech Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Adlon Hotel Berlin, Germany November 8, 2009 (Applause.) SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, I like Henry, too. (Laughter.) SECRETARY CLINTON: And I am especially honored to have been introduced by him today, and to be with all of you for this extraordinary occasion. There are so many in this room, and then so many others who have been mentioned, who deserve all of the appreciation and admiration we can bestow upon them. But I have the great and high honor today to ...
Roles: Everyone: All Users
Regions: Afghanistan, Estonia , Germany , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
-
Remarks With Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik Secretary Condoleezza Rice Vienna, Austria May 31, 2007 MODERATOR: Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to today's press briefing at the meeting of the Women's Empowerment Network. The Austrian Minister of International and European Affairs Ursula Plassnik and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will inform you about the meeting, after which we'll have the possibility to briefly ask questions. Foreign Minister, may I ask you? FOREIGN MINISTER PLASSNIK: Th...
Roles: Everyone: All Users
Regions: Austria , Iran , Israel , Korea, North , Kuwait , United States
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Global Women's Issues, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation