Informal Communication

Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Washington, D.C.

Benjamin Franklin Room

SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, everyone.

Every day, thousands of American diplomats and development experts dedicate themselves to advancing the interests and representing the values of the American people.

Their service often comes with risk – both for our Foreign and Civil Service officers, and also at times for the loved ones who accompany them to posts around the world.

And

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Regions: Russia

Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation

Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Kyiv, Ukraine

America House

MS KVIEN:  So it is my absolute pleasure and honor to welcome Secretary of State Tony Blinken to Kyiv today, and I’m really happy that he has taken the time to meet with all of us.  As many of you know – especially our local staff, I would say, who have been doing this a long time – Secretary Blinken knows Ukraine very well.  He’s visited many times in his years with the White House, the State Departme

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Regions: Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom

Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Human Rights and Democracy

Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Brussels, Belgium

U.S. Chief of Mission Residence

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Well, good afternoon, everyone.  I am very, very glad for this chance to meet with Foreign Minister Kuleba.  We’ve – this is our first opportunity to meet in person.  We’ve spoken on the phone on several occasions.  In fact, President Biden has spoken with President Zelenskyy as well.  And I just wanted to reiterate what I’ve said to the foreign minister, and e

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Topics: Human Rights and Democracy

Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

U.S. Chief of Mission Residence

Prague, Czech Republic

QUESTION: You have condemned the conduct of the elections in Belarus and you’ve also condemned the violence from security forces that has followed those elections. But what does this mean for the future of U.S.-Belarus relations, in particular relating to two things: deliveries of U.S. oil to Belarus and the dispatching the U.S. ambassador to Minsk?

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