Informal Communication

Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Dakar, Senegal

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

MODERATOR:  (In French.)

FOREIGN MINISTER TALL SALL:  (In French.)

MODERATOR:  (In French.)

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Merci.  (In French.)

I’ve been told about the Senegalese concept of teraanga.  We spoke about that last night.  And as I understand it, roughly translated it’s hospitality based on

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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Rome, Italy

Fiera Roma

MODERATOR:  (Via interpreter) Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Rome for this very important ministerial conference.  I will hand over right away to Minister Di Maio and Secretary of State Blinken for their opening remarks, and then we’ll take some questions from you.

FOREIGN MINISTER DI MAIO:  (Via interpreter) Thank you, and good afternoon, everyone.  Thank you very much for h

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Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

On behalf of the Government of the United States and the American people, I send my congratulations to the citizens of Belgium on your national day.

The United States and Belgium share a deep and longstanding friendship, which continues to thrive based on close people-to-people ties and shared values of freedom and democracy. Belgium’s scientific contributions to counter the global COVID-19 pandemic have supported our shared goals of health and economic

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