Informal Communication

Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

New York, New York

United Nations Headquarters

AMBASSADOR THOMAS-GREENFIELD:  Good morning, everyone.  Let me thank you, every one of you, for joining us today to open up a dialogue about a wide range of shared issues, particularly on climate, conflict, prosperity, and on food security.  We also want to talk to you about how we can strengthen our partnership here at the UN.

I recently had a series of meetings that I call listening t

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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Stockholm, Sweden

CMR

QUESTION:  Mr. Secretary, it’s a great pleasure to have you with us.

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Thanks for having me.

QUESTION:  So you sat down with Mr. Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, in Stockholm.  What was your message to him?

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  The message was simple and straightforward, and we had a very direct conversation – not polemical, serious.  And serious because we

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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Washington, D.C.

Dean Acheson Auditorium

MS FOTOVAT:  Good morning.  My name is Kat Fotovat, and I am the senior official for the Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues here at the State Department.  It is my pleasure to welcome both our in-person and virtual audience to the 15th Annual Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Awards.

We are delighted to join you today on International Women’s Day.  Since 2

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