Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
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Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Raquel Krahenbuhl of TV Globo Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Rio de Janeiro, Brazil JW Marriott Hotel QUESTION: Secretary Blinken, thank you so much for the interview. SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s great to be with you. Thank you. QUESTION: Why don’t I start asking about a very important topic for both of our countries? Democracy was one of the main topics between your meeting with President Lula. And what do you think that the two countries can learn with each other in t Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Brazil , Russia , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy Secretary Antony J. Blinken at “Hostage Diplomacy as an International Security Threat: Strengthening Our Collective Action, Deterrence, and Response” Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani At a Joint Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Doha, Qatar Diwan Annex PRIME MINISTER AL THANI: (Via interpreter) In the name of God the merciful, the compassionate, peace be upon you. I am pleased to welcome His Excellency Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Doha. We have had several meetings in the past weeks, so whether in Doha, Washington, and today we meet again in Doha. First, I would like to inform the media that we have received a reply from Hamas with regar Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: France , Gaza Strip , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Jordan , Qatar , Syria , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the American Corner in Lekki Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken At an Event on Food Security and Economic Growth At the AfricaRice Headquarters Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Abidjan, Côte D’Ivoire SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you very much. Well, good afternoon, everyone. And for me, it was both a pleasure and fascinating to be here, both with my colleague from the African Development Bank and also from AfricaRice, just to see the extraordinary work that’s being done to get to a place where, as President Biden has said, Africa feeds itself – and actually, more than itself, a place where Africa feeds the wor Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Côte d’Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara After Their Meeting Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire PRESIDENT OUATTARA: (Via interpreter) Ladies and gentlemen, this is an honor for me to welcome Mr. Blinken, Secretary of State – that is the minister of state, minister of foreign affairs from U.S.A. side – in this occasion of his visit. So we had a pleasant meeting. We have been good and happy to confirm exceptional partnership between U.S.A. and Côte d’Ivoire. And I mentioned the fact that we do apprec Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Cabo Verde , Niger , Nigeria , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Global Health Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a U.S. National Space Council Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition 2023 Tribute Celebration Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Ritz-Carlton Hotel MODERATOR: So on behalf of the broad, diverse USGLC Coalition, business and NGO leaders, military, faith leaders, mayors and farmers from all 50 states, we are honored to pay tribute to Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken with the USGLC’s Global Leadership Award for truly making our world a better, safer place. Please welcome Secretary Blinken to the stage. (Applause.) MS SCHRAYER: Ple Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , China, France , Israel , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu Before Their Meeting HomeThe Secretary of State Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Moldova , Romania , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan Before Their Meeting Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium NATO Headquarters SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, it’s a pleasure to be with my friend and colleague, Foreign Minister Fidan. We had very, very good consultations and conversations when I was in Ankara just a couple weeks ago. I’m very much looking forward today to pursuing those. We obviously have the crisis in Gaza that we are all working to contend with. We have questions here at NATO as we track toward Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: United Kingdom Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Amna Nawaz of PBS NewsHour Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State San Francisco, California PBS NewsHour QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, welcome back to the NewsHour. Thanks for joining us. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good to be with you. Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin, and Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko Before Their Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai at the APEC Ministerial Meeting Opening Plenary Session Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New Delhi, India Leela Palace SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. So we just had a very productive 2+2 session with Secretary of Defense Austin and our Indian counterparts. This builds on the important visit that Prime Minister Modi made to the United States followed by President Biden’s visit here for the G20. And we continue – India and the United States – to deepen our partnership, to deepen our collaboration on everything Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , India , Israel , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Yusaku Ishii of NHK Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Tokyo, Japan The Okura QUESTION: Okay, so thank you so much for sharing your time with us today. Let me start with this question. As you have repeatedly mentioned, Israel has the right to defend itself. But at the same time, that does not mean they can do anything – that’s what we all understand. And I believe that is one of the reasons why you have visit the Middle East twice a month, and talked with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Israel , Japan , Korea, South , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Tokyo, Japan The Okura SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening, everyone. We just concluded a pretty packed two days – coming at a very intense time for our countries and for the world. I want to begin by thanking Foreign Minister Kamikawa for the very warm hospitality here in Tokyo, and to her and Prime Minister Kishida for Japan’s leadership during this historic year for the G7. The G7 has strengthened its role as the steering co Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, and Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi At a Joint Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Amman, Jordan St. Regis Hotel DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SAFADI: Good evening to you all. I’ll start in Arabic and then I’ll switch to English if you don’t mind. So — (Via interpreter) In the name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Gracious, I welcome Their Excellencies Sameh, Tony and the other colleagues, the foreign ministers of United Arab Emirates and Qatar and Saudi Arabia, and the secretary general of the Palestinian Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Gaza Strip , Israel , Jordan , Qatar , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken Video Remarks to the AGOA Forum Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Johannesburg, South Africa SECRETARY BLINKEN: Hello, everyone. I want to start by thanking President Ramaphosa for bringing together so many government, private sector, and civil society leaders at this important forum. Last year, I traveled to South Africa to lay out the United States strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa. At its core, it’s about partnership – what the United States can do with African nations, not for African nations. Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: South Africa , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Launch of the 2023 U.S. Strategy and National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Dr. Geeta Rao Gupta, Ambassador-at-Large Office of Global Women’s Issues Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room AMBASSADOR RAO GUPTA: Good afternoon, and welcome to the Department of State. My name is Geeta Rao Gupta and I serve as ambassador-at-large for global women’s issues here in the State Department. It is my honor an Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, Colombia , Iran , Israel , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Jose W. Fernandez, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Ramin Toloui, Assistant SecretaryBureau of Economic and Business Affairs Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Secretary of State Antony Blinken; Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose Fernandez; Special Representative for Commercial and Business Af Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Jordan , Kenya , Poland , Russia , Rwanda , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Opening Ceremony for A New Innovation Building at the Foreign Service Institute Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Arlington, Virginia Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Armenia , Azerbaijan , Canada , China Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Press Briefing Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. About an hour ago, two American citizens held by Hamas since October 7th were released. These two Americans are now safely in the hands of Israeli authorities in Israel. We expect a team from the U.S. embassy to see them very shortly. Over the coming hours, they’ll receive any support and assistance they need, and of course we’re very anxious to be able to reunite the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Iran , Israel , Qatar , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken During a Conversation at The University of Texas at Austin Moderated by Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Austin, Texas The University of Texas at Austin MR EDGAR: All right. Welcome, everyone. Please, if you haven’t already, take your seats, and we’ll begin the program shortly. My name is Paul Edgar, and I am the interim executive director of the Clements Center for National Security. On behalf of the Clements Center and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, welcome to a conversation on the state of foreign aff Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Argentina, Canada , China, Colombia , Mexico , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Western Hemisphere Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Portrait Unveiling of the 67th Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. Welcome. Welcome back to the State Department for so many of you. Welcome to the Ben Franklin Room, newly refurbished. A lot went into this. And I think maybe a word about Ben Franklin before we get to today’s event. As you all know, he was America’s first diplomat, ambassador to France, negotiated our first treaty, charted the Gulf Stream, pioneered el Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, France , Japan , Philippines , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Dinner for the Second U.S.-Pacific Islands Forum Summit Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRITENBRINK: Good evening, everyone. Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the State Department and to the Benjamin Franklin Room. Esteemed guests and friends from across the Pacific, it is my honor to welcome you tonight to our dinner program and to introduce our co-hosts, the Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfi Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Cook Islands , France , Palau , Russia , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils: Global Solutions for Food Security Event Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York Rockefeller Foundation SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Thank you very, very much. So we’re, what, about halfway through High-Level Week, I think – (laughter) – which is known at the department basically as speed-dating for diplomats. And we have lots of events, lots of meetings, lots of gatherings. But I have to tell you I was really looking forward to this particular meeting, this particular gathering, Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health Secretary Antony J. Blinken At United Nations Security Council Ministerial Meeting on Ukraine Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York United Nations Headquarters SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you very much. Mr. Prime Minister, thank you for focusing the Security Council on this critically important issue. And Mr. Secretary-General, thank you for the moral clarity that you’ve shown in dealing with Russia’s war against Ukraine. We’re grateful to have been able to welcome President Zelenskyy to this council table, and we thank him. We thank him Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Belarus , Iran , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the USAID Democracy Delivers Event Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York Ford Foundation SECRETARY BLINKEN: Administrator Power, Sam, my friend, thank you – thank you very much, but thank you especially for truly remarkable leadership at USAID. I see that every day, and I see that around the world whenever I go to one of our missions around the world; where the rubber really meets the road is in the work of USAID, and it’s extraordinary, and it’s making a profound difference in lives a Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Moldova , Tanzania , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) “The Power and Purpose of American Diplomacy in a New Era” Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Good morning, everyone. AUDIENCE: Good morning. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Dean Steinberg, Jim, thank you for the honor of joining the SAIS community to help inaugurate this truly magnificent new home. Jim has contributed so much over his remarkable career, but his most lasting contribution is the generation of thinkers, the generation of d Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Armenia , Australia , Canada , China, Ethiopia , France , India , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Japan , Korea, North , Lebanon , New Zealand , Russia , Sweden , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), 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 Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Press Briefing Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning. Good morning. QUESTION: Good morning. QUESTION: Well, barely morning. (Laughter.) SECRETARY BLINKEN: Speak for yourself, Matt. Very good to see everyone here. Actually, I kind of hoped more of you might be on vacation by now but – (laughter) – I see we have a pretty full house Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, China, Iran , Japan , Korea, North , Korea, South , Moldova , Niger , Romania , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Raquel Krähenbühl of GloboNews Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. QUESTION: Okay. So I’m going to start by asking you a little bit about the Brazil role in this global crisis of food insecurity because the Brazilian president has a position of neutrality in the war. Lula has already spoken to President Zelenskyy, President Vladimir Putin. And do you believe this puts him in a good place to perhaps mediate a talk with – and try to convince Russia to go back to the grain agreement Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Brazil , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Amelia Adams of 60 Minutes Australia Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brisbane, Australia Government House Queensland QUESTION: Well, you’ve just wrapped up two days of intense talks. What’s been the tone of the discussions here? SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s hard to overstate how, first of all, much genuine friendship there is among the four of us – among the Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, among the Foreign Minister Penny Wong and myself and Lloyd Austin. So it starts Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Australia , China, Japan , Russia , Taiwan , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Global Health 40th Anniversary of the Embassy Beirut Bombing Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Today, we remember the victims of a heinous terrorist attack at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut forty years ago, killing 63 people. We stand with the families, friends, and colleagues of those whose lives were cut short. Despite Hizballah’s efforts to use terror to drive a wedge between the United States and the Lebanese people, our close cooperation has only deepened in the 40 years since this reprehensible attack. The United States maintains its re Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: United States Topics: Countering Terrorism Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Karuizawa, Japan The Prince Karuizawa SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. Let me – let me start with the situation in Sudan. For the past 36 hours, we and our partners have been focused on how to stop the widespread fighting in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. Indiscriminate military operations have resulted in significant civilian deaths and injuries, and are recklessly endangering the Su Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Brazil , China, France , Iran , Japan , Russia , Sudan , Taiwan , Ukraine , United Kingdom Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo, and Philippine Senior Undersecretary and Officer in Charge of the Department of National Defense Carlito Galvez at a Joint Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Dean Acheson Auditorium SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. Secretary Manalo, Secretary Galvez, it has been an honor to host you at the State Department for the third ever – and first since 2016 – U.S.-Philippines 2+2 Ministerial alongside Secretary of Defense Austin. Today’s meeting builds on the momentum of the high-level U.S. visits to the Philippines just over the past year, including by Vice Presiden Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Japan , Philippines , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: 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 Secretary Antony J. Blinken And EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium European Council Building HIGH REPRESENTATIVE BORRELL: Good morning. Good morning. I’m very happy to welcome you, Secretary Blinken, in Brussels. We just had a very good bilateral meeting marking our great transatlantic cooperation. Now we will co-chair the EU-U.S. Energy Council, and later we will see each other also at the NATO Ministerial. Allow me some words about our bilateral discussion. Certainly Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ethiopia , France , Israel , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Virtual Panel Session on “A Just and Lasting Peace in Ukraine” Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, everyone. Thank you all so much for joining. It’s very good to be with friends and partners from around the world as we prepare to open the second Summit for Democracy. In his first year in office, President Biden launched the summit to look at the future of democracy, which we see is at an inflection point. Worldwide, we see autocrats violating human right Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Argentina, Belarus , France , Iran , Israel , Italy , Japan , Liberia , Malawi , Poland , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Zambia Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Blinken With Colombian Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva at the U.S.-Colombia High-Level Dialogue Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Burns Auditorium ASSISTANT SECRETARY NICHOLS: Good morning. Buenos días. I would like to welcome all of you, especially our guests from Colombia. Bienvenidos a todos. This is the 10th year we mark the – this High-Level Dialogue, and we are honored to host this year. The High-Level Dialogues present remarkable opportunities to engage at a deeper level on our shared interests. The dialogue continu Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, Bangladesh , Brazil , Canada , China, Colombia , Mexico , United States , Venezuela Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken Opening Remarks Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations On the FY24 Department of State Budget Request Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Dirksen Senate Office Building SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, thank you very much, Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member Risch, committee members. Very good to be with you today as always, and thanks for the opportunity to speak to the administration’s proposed FY24 budget for the State Department and the Agency for International Development. We meet at an inflection point and I think that’s reflected actually in what both Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs Secretary Antony J. Blinken Opening Remarks Before the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, on the FY24 Department of State Budget Request Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Dirksen Senate Office Building SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you very, very much. Chairman Coons, Ranking Member Graham, very good to be with you. Chair Murray, Vice Chair Collins, to all the committee members here today, thank you for this opportunity to speak with you about our proposed FY24 budget for the State Department and USAID. And I think as you’ve both laid out in different ways, we are meeting at Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa University SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good evening, everyone. It is great to be back in Africa, but also to make my first appearance to Ethiopia as Secretary of State. 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QUESTION: Secretary Blinken, thank you so much for the interview.
SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s great to be with you. Thank you.
QUESTION: Why don’t I start asking about a very important topic for both of our countries? Democracy was one of the main topics between your meeting with President Lula. And what do you think that the two countries can learn with each other in t
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Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani At a Joint Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Doha, Qatar Diwan Annex PRIME MINISTER AL THANI: (Via interpreter) In the name of God the merciful, the compassionate, peace be upon you. I am pleased to welcome His Excellency Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Doha. We have had several meetings in the past weeks, so whether in Doha, Washington, and today we meet again in Doha. First, I would like to inform the media that we have received a reply from Hamas with regar Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: France , Gaza Strip , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Jordan , Qatar , Syria , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the American Corner in Lekki Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken At an Event on Food Security and Economic Growth At the AfricaRice Headquarters Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Abidjan, Côte D’Ivoire SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you very much. Well, good afternoon, everyone. And for me, it was both a pleasure and fascinating to be here, both with my colleague from the African Development Bank and also from AfricaRice, just to see the extraordinary work that’s being done to get to a place where, as President Biden has said, Africa feeds itself – and actually, more than itself, a place where Africa feeds the wor Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Côte d’Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara After Their Meeting Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire PRESIDENT OUATTARA: (Via interpreter) Ladies and gentlemen, this is an honor for me to welcome Mr. Blinken, Secretary of State – that is the minister of state, minister of foreign affairs from U.S.A. side – in this occasion of his visit. So we had a pleasant meeting. We have been good and happy to confirm exceptional partnership between U.S.A. and Côte d’Ivoire. And I mentioned the fact that we do apprec Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Cabo Verde , Niger , Nigeria , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Global Health Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a U.S. National Space Council Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition 2023 Tribute Celebration Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Ritz-Carlton Hotel MODERATOR: So on behalf of the broad, diverse USGLC Coalition, business and NGO leaders, military, faith leaders, mayors and farmers from all 50 states, we are honored to pay tribute to Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken with the USGLC’s Global Leadership Award for truly making our world a better, safer place. Please welcome Secretary Blinken to the stage. (Applause.) MS SCHRAYER: Ple Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , China, France , Israel , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu Before Their Meeting HomeThe Secretary of State Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Moldova , Romania , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan Before Their Meeting Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium NATO Headquarters SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, it’s a pleasure to be with my friend and colleague, Foreign Minister Fidan. We had very, very good consultations and conversations when I was in Ankara just a couple weeks ago. I’m very much looking forward today to pursuing those. We obviously have the crisis in Gaza that we are all working to contend with. We have questions here at NATO as we track toward Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: United Kingdom Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Amna Nawaz of PBS NewsHour Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State San Francisco, California PBS NewsHour QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, welcome back to the NewsHour. Thanks for joining us. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good to be with you. Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin, and Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko Before Their Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai at the APEC Ministerial Meeting Opening Plenary Session Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New Delhi, India Leela Palace SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. So we just had a very productive 2+2 session with Secretary of Defense Austin and our Indian counterparts. This builds on the important visit that Prime Minister Modi made to the United States followed by President Biden’s visit here for the G20. And we continue – India and the United States – to deepen our partnership, to deepen our collaboration on everything Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , India , Israel , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Yusaku Ishii of NHK Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Tokyo, Japan The Okura QUESTION: Okay, so thank you so much for sharing your time with us today. Let me start with this question. As you have repeatedly mentioned, Israel has the right to defend itself. But at the same time, that does not mean they can do anything – that’s what we all understand. And I believe that is one of the reasons why you have visit the Middle East twice a month, and talked with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Israel , Japan , Korea, South , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Tokyo, Japan The Okura SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening, everyone. We just concluded a pretty packed two days – coming at a very intense time for our countries and for the world. I want to begin by thanking Foreign Minister Kamikawa for the very warm hospitality here in Tokyo, and to her and Prime Minister Kishida for Japan’s leadership during this historic year for the G7. The G7 has strengthened its role as the steering co Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, and Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi At a Joint Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Amman, Jordan St. Regis Hotel DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SAFADI: Good evening to you all. I’ll start in Arabic and then I’ll switch to English if you don’t mind. So — (Via interpreter) In the name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Gracious, I welcome Their Excellencies Sameh, Tony and the other colleagues, the foreign ministers of United Arab Emirates and Qatar and Saudi Arabia, and the secretary general of the Palestinian Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Gaza Strip , Israel , Jordan , Qatar , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken Video Remarks to the AGOA Forum Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Johannesburg, South Africa SECRETARY BLINKEN: Hello, everyone. I want to start by thanking President Ramaphosa for bringing together so many government, private sector, and civil society leaders at this important forum. Last year, I traveled to South Africa to lay out the United States strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa. At its core, it’s about partnership – what the United States can do with African nations, not for African nations. Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: South Africa , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Launch of the 2023 U.S. Strategy and National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Dr. Geeta Rao Gupta, Ambassador-at-Large Office of Global Women’s Issues Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room AMBASSADOR RAO GUPTA: Good afternoon, and welcome to the Department of State. My name is Geeta Rao Gupta and I serve as ambassador-at-large for global women’s issues here in the State Department. It is my honor an Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, Colombia , Iran , Israel , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Jose W. Fernandez, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Ramin Toloui, Assistant SecretaryBureau of Economic and Business Affairs Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Secretary of State Antony Blinken; Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose Fernandez; Special Representative for Commercial and Business Af Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Jordan , Kenya , Poland , Russia , Rwanda , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Opening Ceremony for A New Innovation Building at the Foreign Service Institute Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Arlington, Virginia Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Armenia , Azerbaijan , Canada , China Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Press Briefing Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. About an hour ago, two American citizens held by Hamas since October 7th were released. These two Americans are now safely in the hands of Israeli authorities in Israel. We expect a team from the U.S. embassy to see them very shortly. Over the coming hours, they’ll receive any support and assistance they need, and of course we’re very anxious to be able to reunite the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Iran , Israel , Qatar , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken During a Conversation at The University of Texas at Austin Moderated by Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Austin, Texas The University of Texas at Austin MR EDGAR: All right. Welcome, everyone. Please, if you haven’t already, take your seats, and we’ll begin the program shortly. My name is Paul Edgar, and I am the interim executive director of the Clements Center for National Security. On behalf of the Clements Center and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, welcome to a conversation on the state of foreign aff Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Argentina, Canada , China, Colombia , Mexico , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Western Hemisphere Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Portrait Unveiling of the 67th Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. Welcome. Welcome back to the State Department for so many of you. Welcome to the Ben Franklin Room, newly refurbished. A lot went into this. And I think maybe a word about Ben Franklin before we get to today’s event. As you all know, he was America’s first diplomat, ambassador to France, negotiated our first treaty, charted the Gulf Stream, pioneered el Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, France , Japan , Philippines , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Dinner for the Second U.S.-Pacific Islands Forum Summit Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRITENBRINK: Good evening, everyone. Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the State Department and to the Benjamin Franklin Room. Esteemed guests and friends from across the Pacific, it is my honor to welcome you tonight to our dinner program and to introduce our co-hosts, the Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfi Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Cook Islands , France , Palau , Russia , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils: Global Solutions for Food Security Event Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York Rockefeller Foundation SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Thank you very, very much. So we’re, what, about halfway through High-Level Week, I think – (laughter) – which is known at the department basically as speed-dating for diplomats. And we have lots of events, lots of meetings, lots of gatherings. But I have to tell you I was really looking forward to this particular meeting, this particular gathering, Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health Secretary Antony J. Blinken At United Nations Security Council Ministerial Meeting on Ukraine Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York United Nations Headquarters SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you very much. Mr. Prime Minister, thank you for focusing the Security Council on this critically important issue. And Mr. Secretary-General, thank you for the moral clarity that you’ve shown in dealing with Russia’s war against Ukraine. We’re grateful to have been able to welcome President Zelenskyy to this council table, and we thank him. We thank him Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Belarus , Iran , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the USAID Democracy Delivers Event Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York Ford Foundation SECRETARY BLINKEN: Administrator Power, Sam, my friend, thank you – thank you very much, but thank you especially for truly remarkable leadership at USAID. I see that every day, and I see that around the world whenever I go to one of our missions around the world; where the rubber really meets the road is in the work of USAID, and it’s extraordinary, and it’s making a profound difference in lives a Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Moldova , Tanzania , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) “The Power and Purpose of American Diplomacy in a New Era” Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Good morning, everyone. AUDIENCE: Good morning. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Dean Steinberg, Jim, thank you for the honor of joining the SAIS community to help inaugurate this truly magnificent new home. Jim has contributed so much over his remarkable career, but his most lasting contribution is the generation of thinkers, the generation of d Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Armenia , Australia , Canada , China, Ethiopia , France , India , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Japan , Korea, North , Lebanon , New Zealand , Russia , Sweden , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), 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 Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Press Briefing Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning. Good morning. QUESTION: Good morning. QUESTION: Well, barely morning. (Laughter.) SECRETARY BLINKEN: Speak for yourself, Matt. Very good to see everyone here. Actually, I kind of hoped more of you might be on vacation by now but – (laughter) – I see we have a pretty full house Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, China, Iran , Japan , Korea, North , Korea, South , Moldova , Niger , Romania , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Raquel Krähenbühl of GloboNews Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. QUESTION: Okay. So I’m going to start by asking you a little bit about the Brazil role in this global crisis of food insecurity because the Brazilian president has a position of neutrality in the war. Lula has already spoken to President Zelenskyy, President Vladimir Putin. And do you believe this puts him in a good place to perhaps mediate a talk with – and try to convince Russia to go back to the grain agreement Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Brazil , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Amelia Adams of 60 Minutes Australia Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brisbane, Australia Government House Queensland QUESTION: Well, you’ve just wrapped up two days of intense talks. What’s been the tone of the discussions here? SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s hard to overstate how, first of all, much genuine friendship there is among the four of us – among the Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, among the Foreign Minister Penny Wong and myself and Lloyd Austin. So it starts Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Australia , China, Japan , Russia , Taiwan , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Global Health 40th Anniversary of the Embassy Beirut Bombing Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Today, we remember the victims of a heinous terrorist attack at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut forty years ago, killing 63 people. We stand with the families, friends, and colleagues of those whose lives were cut short. Despite Hizballah’s efforts to use terror to drive a wedge between the United States and the Lebanese people, our close cooperation has only deepened in the 40 years since this reprehensible attack. The United States maintains its re Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: United States Topics: Countering Terrorism Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Karuizawa, Japan The Prince Karuizawa SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. Let me – let me start with the situation in Sudan. For the past 36 hours, we and our partners have been focused on how to stop the widespread fighting in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. Indiscriminate military operations have resulted in significant civilian deaths and injuries, and are recklessly endangering the Su Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Brazil , China, France , Iran , Japan , Russia , Sudan , Taiwan , Ukraine , United Kingdom Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo, and Philippine Senior Undersecretary and Officer in Charge of the Department of National Defense Carlito Galvez at a Joint Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Dean Acheson Auditorium SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. Secretary Manalo, Secretary Galvez, it has been an honor to host you at the State Department for the third ever – and first since 2016 – U.S.-Philippines 2+2 Ministerial alongside Secretary of Defense Austin. Today’s meeting builds on the momentum of the high-level U.S. visits to the Philippines just over the past year, including by Vice Presiden Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Japan , Philippines , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: 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 Secretary Antony J. Blinken And EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium European Council Building HIGH REPRESENTATIVE BORRELL: Good morning. Good morning. I’m very happy to welcome you, Secretary Blinken, in Brussels. We just had a very good bilateral meeting marking our great transatlantic cooperation. Now we will co-chair the EU-U.S. Energy Council, and later we will see each other also at the NATO Ministerial. Allow me some words about our bilateral discussion. Certainly Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ethiopia , France , Israel , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Virtual Panel Session on “A Just and Lasting Peace in Ukraine” Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, everyone. Thank you all so much for joining. It’s very good to be with friends and partners from around the world as we prepare to open the second Summit for Democracy. In his first year in office, President Biden launched the summit to look at the future of democracy, which we see is at an inflection point. Worldwide, we see autocrats violating human right Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Argentina, Belarus , France , Iran , Israel , Italy , Japan , Liberia , Malawi , Poland , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Zambia Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Blinken With Colombian Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva at the U.S.-Colombia High-Level Dialogue Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Burns Auditorium ASSISTANT SECRETARY NICHOLS: Good morning. Buenos días. I would like to welcome all of you, especially our guests from Colombia. Bienvenidos a todos. This is the 10th year we mark the – this High-Level Dialogue, and we are honored to host this year. The High-Level Dialogues present remarkable opportunities to engage at a deeper level on our shared interests. The dialogue continu Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, Bangladesh , Brazil , Canada , China, Colombia , Mexico , United States , Venezuela Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken Opening Remarks Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations On the FY24 Department of State Budget Request Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Dirksen Senate Office Building SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, thank you very much, Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member Risch, committee members. Very good to be with you today as always, and thanks for the opportunity to speak to the administration’s proposed FY24 budget for the State Department and the Agency for International Development. We meet at an inflection point and I think that’s reflected actually in what both Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs Secretary Antony J. Blinken Opening Remarks Before the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, on the FY24 Department of State Budget Request Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Dirksen Senate Office Building SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you very, very much. Chairman Coons, Ranking Member Graham, very good to be with you. Chair Murray, Vice Chair Collins, to all the committee members here today, thank you for this opportunity to speak with you about our proposed FY24 budget for the State Department and USAID. And I think as you’ve both laid out in different ways, we are meeting at Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa University SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good evening, everyone. It is great to be back in Africa, but also to make my first appearance to Ethiopia as Secretary of State. 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PRIME MINISTER AL THANI: (Via interpreter) In the name of God the merciful, the compassionate, peace be upon you. I am pleased to welcome His Excellency Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Doha. We have had several meetings in the past weeks, so whether in Doha, Washington, and today we meet again in Doha.
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Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken At an Event on Food Security and Economic Growth At the AfricaRice Headquarters Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Abidjan, Côte D’Ivoire SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you very much. Well, good afternoon, everyone. And for me, it was both a pleasure and fascinating to be here, both with my colleague from the African Development Bank and also from AfricaRice, just to see the extraordinary work that’s being done to get to a place where, as President Biden has said, Africa feeds itself – and actually, more than itself, a place where Africa feeds the wor Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Côte d’Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara After Their Meeting Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire PRESIDENT OUATTARA: (Via interpreter) Ladies and gentlemen, this is an honor for me to welcome Mr. Blinken, Secretary of State – that is the minister of state, minister of foreign affairs from U.S.A. side – in this occasion of his visit. So we had a pleasant meeting. We have been good and happy to confirm exceptional partnership between U.S.A. and Côte d’Ivoire. And I mentioned the fact that we do apprec Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Cabo Verde , Niger , Nigeria , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Global Health Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a U.S. National Space Council Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition 2023 Tribute Celebration Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Ritz-Carlton Hotel MODERATOR: So on behalf of the broad, diverse USGLC Coalition, business and NGO leaders, military, faith leaders, mayors and farmers from all 50 states, we are honored to pay tribute to Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken with the USGLC’s Global Leadership Award for truly making our world a better, safer place. Please welcome Secretary Blinken to the stage. (Applause.) MS SCHRAYER: Ple Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , China, France , Israel , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu Before Their Meeting HomeThe Secretary of State Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Moldova , Romania , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan Before Their Meeting Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium NATO Headquarters SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, it’s a pleasure to be with my friend and colleague, Foreign Minister Fidan. We had very, very good consultations and conversations when I was in Ankara just a couple weeks ago. I’m very much looking forward today to pursuing those. We obviously have the crisis in Gaza that we are all working to contend with. We have questions here at NATO as we track toward Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: United Kingdom Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Amna Nawaz of PBS NewsHour Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State San Francisco, California PBS NewsHour QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, welcome back to the NewsHour. Thanks for joining us. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good to be with you. Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin, and Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko Before Their Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai at the APEC Ministerial Meeting Opening Plenary Session Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New Delhi, India Leela Palace SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. So we just had a very productive 2+2 session with Secretary of Defense Austin and our Indian counterparts. This builds on the important visit that Prime Minister Modi made to the United States followed by President Biden’s visit here for the G20. And we continue – India and the United States – to deepen our partnership, to deepen our collaboration on everything Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , India , Israel , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Yusaku Ishii of NHK Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Tokyo, Japan The Okura QUESTION: Okay, so thank you so much for sharing your time with us today. Let me start with this question. As you have repeatedly mentioned, Israel has the right to defend itself. But at the same time, that does not mean they can do anything – that’s what we all understand. And I believe that is one of the reasons why you have visit the Middle East twice a month, and talked with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Israel , Japan , Korea, South , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Tokyo, Japan The Okura SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening, everyone. We just concluded a pretty packed two days – coming at a very intense time for our countries and for the world. I want to begin by thanking Foreign Minister Kamikawa for the very warm hospitality here in Tokyo, and to her and Prime Minister Kishida for Japan’s leadership during this historic year for the G7. The G7 has strengthened its role as the steering co Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, and Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi At a Joint Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Amman, Jordan St. Regis Hotel DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SAFADI: Good evening to you all. I’ll start in Arabic and then I’ll switch to English if you don’t mind. So — (Via interpreter) In the name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Gracious, I welcome Their Excellencies Sameh, Tony and the other colleagues, the foreign ministers of United Arab Emirates and Qatar and Saudi Arabia, and the secretary general of the Palestinian Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Gaza Strip , Israel , Jordan , Qatar , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken Video Remarks to the AGOA Forum Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Johannesburg, South Africa SECRETARY BLINKEN: Hello, everyone. I want to start by thanking President Ramaphosa for bringing together so many government, private sector, and civil society leaders at this important forum. Last year, I traveled to South Africa to lay out the United States strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa. At its core, it’s about partnership – what the United States can do with African nations, not for African nations. Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: South Africa , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Launch of the 2023 U.S. Strategy and National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Dr. Geeta Rao Gupta, Ambassador-at-Large Office of Global Women’s Issues Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room AMBASSADOR RAO GUPTA: Good afternoon, and welcome to the Department of State. My name is Geeta Rao Gupta and I serve as ambassador-at-large for global women’s issues here in the State Department. It is my honor an Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, Colombia , Iran , Israel , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Jose W. Fernandez, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Ramin Toloui, Assistant SecretaryBureau of Economic and Business Affairs Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Secretary of State Antony Blinken; Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose Fernandez; Special Representative for Commercial and Business Af Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Jordan , Kenya , Poland , Russia , Rwanda , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Opening Ceremony for A New Innovation Building at the Foreign Service Institute Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Arlington, Virginia Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Armenia , Azerbaijan , Canada , China Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Press Briefing Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. About an hour ago, two American citizens held by Hamas since October 7th were released. These two Americans are now safely in the hands of Israeli authorities in Israel. We expect a team from the U.S. embassy to see them very shortly. Over the coming hours, they’ll receive any support and assistance they need, and of course we’re very anxious to be able to reunite the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Iran , Israel , Qatar , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken During a Conversation at The University of Texas at Austin Moderated by Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Austin, Texas The University of Texas at Austin MR EDGAR: All right. Welcome, everyone. Please, if you haven’t already, take your seats, and we’ll begin the program shortly. My name is Paul Edgar, and I am the interim executive director of the Clements Center for National Security. On behalf of the Clements Center and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, welcome to a conversation on the state of foreign aff Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Argentina, Canada , China, Colombia , Mexico , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Western Hemisphere Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Portrait Unveiling of the 67th Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. Welcome. Welcome back to the State Department for so many of you. Welcome to the Ben Franklin Room, newly refurbished. A lot went into this. And I think maybe a word about Ben Franklin before we get to today’s event. As you all know, he was America’s first diplomat, ambassador to France, negotiated our first treaty, charted the Gulf Stream, pioneered el Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, France , Japan , Philippines , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Dinner for the Second U.S.-Pacific Islands Forum Summit Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRITENBRINK: Good evening, everyone. Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the State Department and to the Benjamin Franklin Room. Esteemed guests and friends from across the Pacific, it is my honor to welcome you tonight to our dinner program and to introduce our co-hosts, the Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfi Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Cook Islands , France , Palau , Russia , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils: Global Solutions for Food Security Event Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York Rockefeller Foundation SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Thank you very, very much. So we’re, what, about halfway through High-Level Week, I think – (laughter) – which is known at the department basically as speed-dating for diplomats. And we have lots of events, lots of meetings, lots of gatherings. But I have to tell you I was really looking forward to this particular meeting, this particular gathering, Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health Secretary Antony J. Blinken At United Nations Security Council Ministerial Meeting on Ukraine Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York United Nations Headquarters SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you very much. Mr. Prime Minister, thank you for focusing the Security Council on this critically important issue. And Mr. Secretary-General, thank you for the moral clarity that you’ve shown in dealing with Russia’s war against Ukraine. We’re grateful to have been able to welcome President Zelenskyy to this council table, and we thank him. We thank him Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Belarus , Iran , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the USAID Democracy Delivers Event Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York Ford Foundation SECRETARY BLINKEN: Administrator Power, Sam, my friend, thank you – thank you very much, but thank you especially for truly remarkable leadership at USAID. I see that every day, and I see that around the world whenever I go to one of our missions around the world; where the rubber really meets the road is in the work of USAID, and it’s extraordinary, and it’s making a profound difference in lives a Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Moldova , Tanzania , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) “The Power and Purpose of American Diplomacy in a New Era” Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Good morning, everyone. AUDIENCE: Good morning. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Dean Steinberg, Jim, thank you for the honor of joining the SAIS community to help inaugurate this truly magnificent new home. Jim has contributed so much over his remarkable career, but his most lasting contribution is the generation of thinkers, the generation of d Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Armenia , Australia , Canada , China, Ethiopia , France , India , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Japan , Korea, North , Lebanon , New Zealand , Russia , Sweden , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), 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 Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Press Briefing Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning. Good morning. QUESTION: Good morning. QUESTION: Well, barely morning. (Laughter.) SECRETARY BLINKEN: Speak for yourself, Matt. Very good to see everyone here. Actually, I kind of hoped more of you might be on vacation by now but – (laughter) – I see we have a pretty full house Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, China, Iran , Japan , Korea, North , Korea, South , Moldova , Niger , Romania , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Raquel Krähenbühl of GloboNews Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. QUESTION: Okay. So I’m going to start by asking you a little bit about the Brazil role in this global crisis of food insecurity because the Brazilian president has a position of neutrality in the war. Lula has already spoken to President Zelenskyy, President Vladimir Putin. And do you believe this puts him in a good place to perhaps mediate a talk with – and try to convince Russia to go back to the grain agreement Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Brazil , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Amelia Adams of 60 Minutes Australia Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brisbane, Australia Government House Queensland QUESTION: Well, you’ve just wrapped up two days of intense talks. What’s been the tone of the discussions here? SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s hard to overstate how, first of all, much genuine friendship there is among the four of us – among the Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, among the Foreign Minister Penny Wong and myself and Lloyd Austin. So it starts Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Australia , China, Japan , Russia , Taiwan , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Global Health 40th Anniversary of the Embassy Beirut Bombing Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Today, we remember the victims of a heinous terrorist attack at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut forty years ago, killing 63 people. We stand with the families, friends, and colleagues of those whose lives were cut short. Despite Hizballah’s efforts to use terror to drive a wedge between the United States and the Lebanese people, our close cooperation has only deepened in the 40 years since this reprehensible attack. The United States maintains its re Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: United States Topics: Countering Terrorism Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Karuizawa, Japan The Prince Karuizawa SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. Let me – let me start with the situation in Sudan. For the past 36 hours, we and our partners have been focused on how to stop the widespread fighting in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. Indiscriminate military operations have resulted in significant civilian deaths and injuries, and are recklessly endangering the Su Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Brazil , China, France , Iran , Japan , Russia , Sudan , Taiwan , Ukraine , United Kingdom Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo, and Philippine Senior Undersecretary and Officer in Charge of the Department of National Defense Carlito Galvez at a Joint Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Dean Acheson Auditorium SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. Secretary Manalo, Secretary Galvez, it has been an honor to host you at the State Department for the third ever – and first since 2016 – U.S.-Philippines 2+2 Ministerial alongside Secretary of Defense Austin. Today’s meeting builds on the momentum of the high-level U.S. visits to the Philippines just over the past year, including by Vice Presiden Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Japan , Philippines , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: 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 Secretary Antony J. Blinken And EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium European Council Building HIGH REPRESENTATIVE BORRELL: Good morning. Good morning. I’m very happy to welcome you, Secretary Blinken, in Brussels. We just had a very good bilateral meeting marking our great transatlantic cooperation. Now we will co-chair the EU-U.S. Energy Council, and later we will see each other also at the NATO Ministerial. Allow me some words about our bilateral discussion. Certainly Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ethiopia , France , Israel , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Virtual Panel Session on “A Just and Lasting Peace in Ukraine” Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, everyone. Thank you all so much for joining. It’s very good to be with friends and partners from around the world as we prepare to open the second Summit for Democracy. In his first year in office, President Biden launched the summit to look at the future of democracy, which we see is at an inflection point. Worldwide, we see autocrats violating human right Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Argentina, Belarus , France , Iran , Israel , Italy , Japan , Liberia , Malawi , Poland , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Zambia Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Blinken With Colombian Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva at the U.S.-Colombia High-Level Dialogue Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Burns Auditorium ASSISTANT SECRETARY NICHOLS: Good morning. Buenos días. I would like to welcome all of you, especially our guests from Colombia. Bienvenidos a todos. This is the 10th year we mark the – this High-Level Dialogue, and we are honored to host this year. The High-Level Dialogues present remarkable opportunities to engage at a deeper level on our shared interests. The dialogue continu Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, Bangladesh , Brazil , Canada , China, Colombia , Mexico , United States , Venezuela Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken Opening Remarks Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations On the FY24 Department of State Budget Request Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Dirksen Senate Office Building SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, thank you very much, Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member Risch, committee members. Very good to be with you today as always, and thanks for the opportunity to speak to the administration’s proposed FY24 budget for the State Department and the Agency for International Development. We meet at an inflection point and I think that’s reflected actually in what both Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs Secretary Antony J. Blinken Opening Remarks Before the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, on the FY24 Department of State Budget Request Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Dirksen Senate Office Building SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you very, very much. Chairman Coons, Ranking Member Graham, very good to be with you. Chair Murray, Vice Chair Collins, to all the committee members here today, thank you for this opportunity to speak with you about our proposed FY24 budget for the State Department and USAID. And I think as you’ve both laid out in different ways, we are meeting at Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa University SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good evening, everyone. It is great to be back in Africa, but also to make my first appearance to Ethiopia as Secretary of State. I’m here in Ethiopia – and then on to Niger – to reaffirm the pledge that President Biden made at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit late last year. As he put it, the United States is “all in on Africa, and all in with Africa.” That mea Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ethiopia , Iran , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Zambia Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. 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SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you very much. Well, good afternoon, everyone. And for me, it was both a pleasure and fascinating to be here, both with my colleague from the African Development Bank and also from AfricaRice, just to see the extraordinary work that’s being done to get to a place where, as President Biden has said, Africa feeds itself – and actually, more than itself, a place where Africa feeds the wor
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Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
PRESIDENT OUATTARA: (Via interpreter) Ladies and gentlemen, this is an honor for me to welcome Mr. Blinken, Secretary of State – that is the minister of state, minister of foreign affairs from U.S.A. side – in this occasion of his visit.
So we had a pleasant meeting. We have been good and happy to confirm exceptional partnership between U.S.A. and Côte d’Ivoire. And I mentioned the fact that we do apprec
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Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a U.S. National Space Council Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition 2023 Tribute Celebration Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Ritz-Carlton Hotel MODERATOR: So on behalf of the broad, diverse USGLC Coalition, business and NGO leaders, military, faith leaders, mayors and farmers from all 50 states, we are honored to pay tribute to Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken with the USGLC’s Global Leadership Award for truly making our world a better, safer place. Please welcome Secretary Blinken to the stage. (Applause.) MS SCHRAYER: Ple Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , China, France , Israel , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu Before Their Meeting HomeThe Secretary of State Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Moldova , Romania , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan Before Their Meeting Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium NATO Headquarters SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, it’s a pleasure to be with my friend and colleague, Foreign Minister Fidan. We had very, very good consultations and conversations when I was in Ankara just a couple weeks ago. I’m very much looking forward today to pursuing those. We obviously have the crisis in Gaza that we are all working to contend with. We have questions here at NATO as we track toward Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: United Kingdom Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Amna Nawaz of PBS NewsHour Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State San Francisco, California PBS NewsHour QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, welcome back to the NewsHour. Thanks for joining us. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good to be with you. Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin, and Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko Before Their Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai at the APEC Ministerial Meeting Opening Plenary Session Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New Delhi, India Leela Palace SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. So we just had a very productive 2+2 session with Secretary of Defense Austin and our Indian counterparts. This builds on the important visit that Prime Minister Modi made to the United States followed by President Biden’s visit here for the G20. And we continue – India and the United States – to deepen our partnership, to deepen our collaboration on everything Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , India , Israel , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Yusaku Ishii of NHK Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Tokyo, Japan The Okura QUESTION: Okay, so thank you so much for sharing your time with us today. Let me start with this question. As you have repeatedly mentioned, Israel has the right to defend itself. But at the same time, that does not mean they can do anything – that’s what we all understand. And I believe that is one of the reasons why you have visit the Middle East twice a month, and talked with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Israel , Japan , Korea, South , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Tokyo, Japan The Okura SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening, everyone. We just concluded a pretty packed two days – coming at a very intense time for our countries and for the world. I want to begin by thanking Foreign Minister Kamikawa for the very warm hospitality here in Tokyo, and to her and Prime Minister Kishida for Japan’s leadership during this historic year for the G7. The G7 has strengthened its role as the steering co Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, and Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi At a Joint Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Amman, Jordan St. Regis Hotel DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SAFADI: Good evening to you all. I’ll start in Arabic and then I’ll switch to English if you don’t mind. So — (Via interpreter) In the name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Gracious, I welcome Their Excellencies Sameh, Tony and the other colleagues, the foreign ministers of United Arab Emirates and Qatar and Saudi Arabia, and the secretary general of the Palestinian Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Gaza Strip , Israel , Jordan , Qatar , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken Video Remarks to the AGOA Forum Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Johannesburg, South Africa SECRETARY BLINKEN: Hello, everyone. I want to start by thanking President Ramaphosa for bringing together so many government, private sector, and civil society leaders at this important forum. Last year, I traveled to South Africa to lay out the United States strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa. At its core, it’s about partnership – what the United States can do with African nations, not for African nations. Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: South Africa , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Launch of the 2023 U.S. Strategy and National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Dr. Geeta Rao Gupta, Ambassador-at-Large Office of Global Women’s Issues Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room AMBASSADOR RAO GUPTA: Good afternoon, and welcome to the Department of State. My name is Geeta Rao Gupta and I serve as ambassador-at-large for global women’s issues here in the State Department. It is my honor an Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, Colombia , Iran , Israel , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Jose W. Fernandez, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Ramin Toloui, Assistant SecretaryBureau of Economic and Business Affairs Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Secretary of State Antony Blinken; Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose Fernandez; Special Representative for Commercial and Business Af Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Jordan , Kenya , Poland , Russia , Rwanda , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Opening Ceremony for A New Innovation Building at the Foreign Service Institute Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Arlington, Virginia Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Armenia , Azerbaijan , Canada , China Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Press Briefing Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. About an hour ago, two American citizens held by Hamas since October 7th were released. These two Americans are now safely in the hands of Israeli authorities in Israel. We expect a team from the U.S. embassy to see them very shortly. Over the coming hours, they’ll receive any support and assistance they need, and of course we’re very anxious to be able to reunite the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Iran , Israel , Qatar , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken During a Conversation at The University of Texas at Austin Moderated by Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Austin, Texas The University of Texas at Austin MR EDGAR: All right. Welcome, everyone. Please, if you haven’t already, take your seats, and we’ll begin the program shortly. My name is Paul Edgar, and I am the interim executive director of the Clements Center for National Security. On behalf of the Clements Center and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, welcome to a conversation on the state of foreign aff Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Argentina, Canada , China, Colombia , Mexico , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Western Hemisphere Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Portrait Unveiling of the 67th Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. Welcome. Welcome back to the State Department for so many of you. Welcome to the Ben Franklin Room, newly refurbished. A lot went into this. And I think maybe a word about Ben Franklin before we get to today’s event. As you all know, he was America’s first diplomat, ambassador to France, negotiated our first treaty, charted the Gulf Stream, pioneered el Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, France , Japan , Philippines , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Dinner for the Second U.S.-Pacific Islands Forum Summit Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRITENBRINK: Good evening, everyone. Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the State Department and to the Benjamin Franklin Room. Esteemed guests and friends from across the Pacific, it is my honor to welcome you tonight to our dinner program and to introduce our co-hosts, the Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfi Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Cook Islands , France , Palau , Russia , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils: Global Solutions for Food Security Event Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York Rockefeller Foundation SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Thank you very, very much. So we’re, what, about halfway through High-Level Week, I think – (laughter) – which is known at the department basically as speed-dating for diplomats. And we have lots of events, lots of meetings, lots of gatherings. But I have to tell you I was really looking forward to this particular meeting, this particular gathering, Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health Secretary Antony J. Blinken At United Nations Security Council Ministerial Meeting on Ukraine Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York United Nations Headquarters SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you very much. Mr. Prime Minister, thank you for focusing the Security Council on this critically important issue. And Mr. Secretary-General, thank you for the moral clarity that you’ve shown in dealing with Russia’s war against Ukraine. We’re grateful to have been able to welcome President Zelenskyy to this council table, and we thank him. We thank him Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Belarus , Iran , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the USAID Democracy Delivers Event Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York Ford Foundation SECRETARY BLINKEN: Administrator Power, Sam, my friend, thank you – thank you very much, but thank you especially for truly remarkable leadership at USAID. I see that every day, and I see that around the world whenever I go to one of our missions around the world; where the rubber really meets the road is in the work of USAID, and it’s extraordinary, and it’s making a profound difference in lives a Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Moldova , Tanzania , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) “The Power and Purpose of American Diplomacy in a New Era” Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Good morning, everyone. AUDIENCE: Good morning. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Dean Steinberg, Jim, thank you for the honor of joining the SAIS community to help inaugurate this truly magnificent new home. Jim has contributed so much over his remarkable career, but his most lasting contribution is the generation of thinkers, the generation of d Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Armenia , Australia , Canada , China, Ethiopia , France , India , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Japan , Korea, North , Lebanon , New Zealand , Russia , Sweden , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), 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 Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Press Briefing Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning. Good morning. QUESTION: Good morning. QUESTION: Well, barely morning. (Laughter.) SECRETARY BLINKEN: Speak for yourself, Matt. Very good to see everyone here. Actually, I kind of hoped more of you might be on vacation by now but – (laughter) – I see we have a pretty full house Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, China, Iran , Japan , Korea, North , Korea, South , Moldova , Niger , Romania , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Raquel Krähenbühl of GloboNews Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. QUESTION: Okay. So I’m going to start by asking you a little bit about the Brazil role in this global crisis of food insecurity because the Brazilian president has a position of neutrality in the war. Lula has already spoken to President Zelenskyy, President Vladimir Putin. And do you believe this puts him in a good place to perhaps mediate a talk with – and try to convince Russia to go back to the grain agreement Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Brazil , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Amelia Adams of 60 Minutes Australia Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brisbane, Australia Government House Queensland QUESTION: Well, you’ve just wrapped up two days of intense talks. What’s been the tone of the discussions here? SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s hard to overstate how, first of all, much genuine friendship there is among the four of us – among the Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, among the Foreign Minister Penny Wong and myself and Lloyd Austin. So it starts Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Australia , China, Japan , Russia , Taiwan , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Global Health 40th Anniversary of the Embassy Beirut Bombing Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Today, we remember the victims of a heinous terrorist attack at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut forty years ago, killing 63 people. We stand with the families, friends, and colleagues of those whose lives were cut short. Despite Hizballah’s efforts to use terror to drive a wedge between the United States and the Lebanese people, our close cooperation has only deepened in the 40 years since this reprehensible attack. The United States maintains its re Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: United States Topics: Countering Terrorism Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Karuizawa, Japan The Prince Karuizawa SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. Let me – let me start with the situation in Sudan. For the past 36 hours, we and our partners have been focused on how to stop the widespread fighting in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. Indiscriminate military operations have resulted in significant civilian deaths and injuries, and are recklessly endangering the Su Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Brazil , China, France , Iran , Japan , Russia , Sudan , Taiwan , Ukraine , United Kingdom Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo, and Philippine Senior Undersecretary and Officer in Charge of the Department of National Defense Carlito Galvez at a Joint Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Dean Acheson Auditorium SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. Secretary Manalo, Secretary Galvez, it has been an honor to host you at the State Department for the third ever – and first since 2016 – U.S.-Philippines 2+2 Ministerial alongside Secretary of Defense Austin. Today’s meeting builds on the momentum of the high-level U.S. visits to the Philippines just over the past year, including by Vice Presiden Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Japan , Philippines , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: 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 Secretary Antony J. Blinken And EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium European Council Building HIGH REPRESENTATIVE BORRELL: Good morning. Good morning. I’m very happy to welcome you, Secretary Blinken, in Brussels. We just had a very good bilateral meeting marking our great transatlantic cooperation. Now we will co-chair the EU-U.S. Energy Council, and later we will see each other also at the NATO Ministerial. Allow me some words about our bilateral discussion. Certainly Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ethiopia , France , Israel , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Virtual Panel Session on “A Just and Lasting Peace in Ukraine” Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, everyone. Thank you all so much for joining. It’s very good to be with friends and partners from around the world as we prepare to open the second Summit for Democracy. In his first year in office, President Biden launched the summit to look at the future of democracy, which we see is at an inflection point. Worldwide, we see autocrats violating human right Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Argentina, Belarus , France , Iran , Israel , Italy , Japan , Liberia , Malawi , Poland , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Zambia Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Blinken With Colombian Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva at the U.S.-Colombia High-Level Dialogue Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Burns Auditorium ASSISTANT SECRETARY NICHOLS: Good morning. Buenos días. I would like to welcome all of you, especially our guests from Colombia. Bienvenidos a todos. This is the 10th year we mark the – this High-Level Dialogue, and we are honored to host this year. The High-Level Dialogues present remarkable opportunities to engage at a deeper level on our shared interests. The dialogue continu Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, Bangladesh , Brazil , Canada , China, Colombia , Mexico , United States , Venezuela Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken Opening Remarks Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations On the FY24 Department of State Budget Request Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Dirksen Senate Office Building SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, thank you very much, Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member Risch, committee members. Very good to be with you today as always, and thanks for the opportunity to speak to the administration’s proposed FY24 budget for the State Department and the Agency for International Development. We meet at an inflection point and I think that’s reflected actually in what both Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs Secretary Antony J. Blinken Opening Remarks Before the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, on the FY24 Department of State Budget Request Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Dirksen Senate Office Building SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you very, very much. Chairman Coons, Ranking Member Graham, very good to be with you. Chair Murray, Vice Chair Collins, to all the committee members here today, thank you for this opportunity to speak with you about our proposed FY24 budget for the State Department and USAID. And I think as you’ve both laid out in different ways, we are meeting at Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa University SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good evening, everyone. It is great to be back in Africa, but also to make my first appearance to Ethiopia as Secretary of State. 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Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition 2023 Tribute Celebration Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Ritz-Carlton Hotel MODERATOR: So on behalf of the broad, diverse USGLC Coalition, business and NGO leaders, military, faith leaders, mayors and farmers from all 50 states, we are honored to pay tribute to Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken with the USGLC’s Global Leadership Award for truly making our world a better, safer place. Please welcome Secretary Blinken to the stage. (Applause.) MS SCHRAYER: Ple Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , China, France , Israel , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu Before Their Meeting HomeThe Secretary of State Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Moldova , Romania , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan Before Their Meeting Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium NATO Headquarters SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, it’s a pleasure to be with my friend and colleague, Foreign Minister Fidan. We had very, very good consultations and conversations when I was in Ankara just a couple weeks ago. I’m very much looking forward today to pursuing those. We obviously have the crisis in Gaza that we are all working to contend with. We have questions here at NATO as we track toward Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: United Kingdom Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Amna Nawaz of PBS NewsHour Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State San Francisco, California PBS NewsHour QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, welcome back to the NewsHour. Thanks for joining us. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good to be with you. Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin, and Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko Before Their Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai at the APEC Ministerial Meeting Opening Plenary Session Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New Delhi, India Leela Palace SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. So we just had a very productive 2+2 session with Secretary of Defense Austin and our Indian counterparts. This builds on the important visit that Prime Minister Modi made to the United States followed by President Biden’s visit here for the G20. And we continue – India and the United States – to deepen our partnership, to deepen our collaboration on everything Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , India , Israel , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Yusaku Ishii of NHK Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Tokyo, Japan The Okura QUESTION: Okay, so thank you so much for sharing your time with us today. Let me start with this question. As you have repeatedly mentioned, Israel has the right to defend itself. But at the same time, that does not mean they can do anything – that’s what we all understand. And I believe that is one of the reasons why you have visit the Middle East twice a month, and talked with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Israel , Japan , Korea, South , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Tokyo, Japan The Okura SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening, everyone. We just concluded a pretty packed two days – coming at a very intense time for our countries and for the world. I want to begin by thanking Foreign Minister Kamikawa for the very warm hospitality here in Tokyo, and to her and Prime Minister Kishida for Japan’s leadership during this historic year for the G7. The G7 has strengthened its role as the steering co Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, and Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi At a Joint Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Amman, Jordan St. Regis Hotel DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SAFADI: Good evening to you all. I’ll start in Arabic and then I’ll switch to English if you don’t mind. So — (Via interpreter) In the name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Gracious, I welcome Their Excellencies Sameh, Tony and the other colleagues, the foreign ministers of United Arab Emirates and Qatar and Saudi Arabia, and the secretary general of the Palestinian Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Gaza Strip , Israel , Jordan , Qatar , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken Video Remarks to the AGOA Forum Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Johannesburg, South Africa SECRETARY BLINKEN: Hello, everyone. I want to start by thanking President Ramaphosa for bringing together so many government, private sector, and civil society leaders at this important forum. Last year, I traveled to South Africa to lay out the United States strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa. At its core, it’s about partnership – what the United States can do with African nations, not for African nations. Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: South Africa , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Launch of the 2023 U.S. Strategy and National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Dr. Geeta Rao Gupta, Ambassador-at-Large Office of Global Women’s Issues Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room AMBASSADOR RAO GUPTA: Good afternoon, and welcome to the Department of State. My name is Geeta Rao Gupta and I serve as ambassador-at-large for global women’s issues here in the State Department. It is my honor an Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, Colombia , Iran , Israel , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Jose W. Fernandez, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Ramin Toloui, Assistant SecretaryBureau of Economic and Business Affairs Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Secretary of State Antony Blinken; Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose Fernandez; Special Representative for Commercial and Business Af Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Jordan , Kenya , Poland , Russia , Rwanda , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Opening Ceremony for A New Innovation Building at the Foreign Service Institute Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Arlington, Virginia Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Armenia , Azerbaijan , Canada , China Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Press Briefing Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. About an hour ago, two American citizens held by Hamas since October 7th were released. These two Americans are now safely in the hands of Israeli authorities in Israel. We expect a team from the U.S. embassy to see them very shortly. Over the coming hours, they’ll receive any support and assistance they need, and of course we’re very anxious to be able to reunite the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Iran , Israel , Qatar , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken During a Conversation at The University of Texas at Austin Moderated by Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Austin, Texas The University of Texas at Austin MR EDGAR: All right. Welcome, everyone. Please, if you haven’t already, take your seats, and we’ll begin the program shortly. My name is Paul Edgar, and I am the interim executive director of the Clements Center for National Security. On behalf of the Clements Center and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, welcome to a conversation on the state of foreign aff Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Argentina, Canada , China, Colombia , Mexico , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Western Hemisphere Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Portrait Unveiling of the 67th Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. Welcome. Welcome back to the State Department for so many of you. Welcome to the Ben Franklin Room, newly refurbished. A lot went into this. And I think maybe a word about Ben Franklin before we get to today’s event. As you all know, he was America’s first diplomat, ambassador to France, negotiated our first treaty, charted the Gulf Stream, pioneered el Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, France , Japan , Philippines , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Dinner for the Second U.S.-Pacific Islands Forum Summit Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRITENBRINK: Good evening, everyone. Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the State Department and to the Benjamin Franklin Room. Esteemed guests and friends from across the Pacific, it is my honor to welcome you tonight to our dinner program and to introduce our co-hosts, the Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfi Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Cook Islands , France , Palau , Russia , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils: Global Solutions for Food Security Event Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York Rockefeller Foundation SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Thank you very, very much. So we’re, what, about halfway through High-Level Week, I think – (laughter) – which is known at the department basically as speed-dating for diplomats. And we have lots of events, lots of meetings, lots of gatherings. But I have to tell you I was really looking forward to this particular meeting, this particular gathering, Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health Secretary Antony J. Blinken At United Nations Security Council Ministerial Meeting on Ukraine Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York United Nations Headquarters SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you very much. Mr. Prime Minister, thank you for focusing the Security Council on this critically important issue. And Mr. Secretary-General, thank you for the moral clarity that you’ve shown in dealing with Russia’s war against Ukraine. We’re grateful to have been able to welcome President Zelenskyy to this council table, and we thank him. We thank him Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Belarus , Iran , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the USAID Democracy Delivers Event Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York Ford Foundation SECRETARY BLINKEN: Administrator Power, Sam, my friend, thank you – thank you very much, but thank you especially for truly remarkable leadership at USAID. I see that every day, and I see that around the world whenever I go to one of our missions around the world; where the rubber really meets the road is in the work of USAID, and it’s extraordinary, and it’s making a profound difference in lives a Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Moldova , Tanzania , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) “The Power and Purpose of American Diplomacy in a New Era” Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Good morning, everyone. AUDIENCE: Good morning. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Dean Steinberg, Jim, thank you for the honor of joining the SAIS community to help inaugurate this truly magnificent new home. Jim has contributed so much over his remarkable career, but his most lasting contribution is the generation of thinkers, the generation of d Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Armenia , Australia , Canada , China, Ethiopia , France , India , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Japan , Korea, North , Lebanon , New Zealand , Russia , Sweden , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), 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 Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Press Briefing Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning. Good morning. QUESTION: Good morning. QUESTION: Well, barely morning. (Laughter.) SECRETARY BLINKEN: Speak for yourself, Matt. Very good to see everyone here. Actually, I kind of hoped more of you might be on vacation by now but – (laughter) – I see we have a pretty full house Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, China, Iran , Japan , Korea, North , Korea, South , Moldova , Niger , Romania , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Raquel Krähenbühl of GloboNews Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. QUESTION: Okay. So I’m going to start by asking you a little bit about the Brazil role in this global crisis of food insecurity because the Brazilian president has a position of neutrality in the war. Lula has already spoken to President Zelenskyy, President Vladimir Putin. And do you believe this puts him in a good place to perhaps mediate a talk with – and try to convince Russia to go back to the grain agreement Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Brazil , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Amelia Adams of 60 Minutes Australia Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brisbane, Australia Government House Queensland QUESTION: Well, you’ve just wrapped up two days of intense talks. What’s been the tone of the discussions here? SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s hard to overstate how, first of all, much genuine friendship there is among the four of us – among the Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, among the Foreign Minister Penny Wong and myself and Lloyd Austin. So it starts Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Australia , China, Japan , Russia , Taiwan , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Global Health 40th Anniversary of the Embassy Beirut Bombing Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Today, we remember the victims of a heinous terrorist attack at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut forty years ago, killing 63 people. We stand with the families, friends, and colleagues of those whose lives were cut short. Despite Hizballah’s efforts to use terror to drive a wedge between the United States and the Lebanese people, our close cooperation has only deepened in the 40 years since this reprehensible attack. The United States maintains its re Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: United States Topics: Countering Terrorism Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Karuizawa, Japan The Prince Karuizawa SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. Let me – let me start with the situation in Sudan. For the past 36 hours, we and our partners have been focused on how to stop the widespread fighting in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. Indiscriminate military operations have resulted in significant civilian deaths and injuries, and are recklessly endangering the Su Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Brazil , China, France , Iran , Japan , Russia , Sudan , Taiwan , Ukraine , United Kingdom Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo, and Philippine Senior Undersecretary and Officer in Charge of the Department of National Defense Carlito Galvez at a Joint Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Dean Acheson Auditorium SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. Secretary Manalo, Secretary Galvez, it has been an honor to host you at the State Department for the third ever – and first since 2016 – U.S.-Philippines 2+2 Ministerial alongside Secretary of Defense Austin. Today’s meeting builds on the momentum of the high-level U.S. visits to the Philippines just over the past year, including by Vice Presiden Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Japan , Philippines , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: 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 Secretary Antony J. Blinken And EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium European Council Building HIGH REPRESENTATIVE BORRELL: Good morning. Good morning. I’m very happy to welcome you, Secretary Blinken, in Brussels. We just had a very good bilateral meeting marking our great transatlantic cooperation. Now we will co-chair the EU-U.S. Energy Council, and later we will see each other also at the NATO Ministerial. Allow me some words about our bilateral discussion. Certainly Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ethiopia , France , Israel , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Virtual Panel Session on “A Just and Lasting Peace in Ukraine” Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, everyone. Thank you all so much for joining. It’s very good to be with friends and partners from around the world as we prepare to open the second Summit for Democracy. In his first year in office, President Biden launched the summit to look at the future of democracy, which we see is at an inflection point. Worldwide, we see autocrats violating human right Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Argentina, Belarus , France , Iran , Israel , Italy , Japan , Liberia , Malawi , Poland , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Zambia Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Blinken With Colombian Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva at the U.S.-Colombia High-Level Dialogue Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Burns Auditorium ASSISTANT SECRETARY NICHOLS: Good morning. Buenos días. I would like to welcome all of you, especially our guests from Colombia. Bienvenidos a todos. This is the 10th year we mark the – this High-Level Dialogue, and we are honored to host this year. The High-Level Dialogues present remarkable opportunities to engage at a deeper level on our shared interests. The dialogue continu Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, Bangladesh , Brazil , Canada , China, Colombia , Mexico , United States , Venezuela Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken Opening Remarks Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations On the FY24 Department of State Budget Request Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Dirksen Senate Office Building SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, thank you very much, Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member Risch, committee members. Very good to be with you today as always, and thanks for the opportunity to speak to the administration’s proposed FY24 budget for the State Department and the Agency for International Development. We meet at an inflection point and I think that’s reflected actually in what both Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs Secretary Antony J. Blinken Opening Remarks Before the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, on the FY24 Department of State Budget Request Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Dirksen Senate Office Building SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you very, very much. Chairman Coons, Ranking Member Graham, very good to be with you. Chair Murray, Vice Chair Collins, to all the committee members here today, thank you for this opportunity to speak with you about our proposed FY24 budget for the State Department and USAID. And I think as you’ve both laid out in different ways, we are meeting at Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa University SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good evening, everyone. It is great to be back in Africa, but also to make my first appearance to Ethiopia as Secretary of State. 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MODERATOR: So on behalf of the broad, diverse USGLC Coalition, business and NGO leaders, military, faith leaders, mayors and farmers from all 50 states, we are honored to pay tribute to Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken with the USGLC’s Global Leadership Award for truly making our world a better, safer place. Please welcome Secretary Blinken to the stage. (Applause.)
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HomeThe Secretary of State Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Moldova , Romania , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan Before Their Meeting Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium NATO Headquarters SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, it’s a pleasure to be with my friend and colleague, Foreign Minister Fidan. We had very, very good consultations and conversations when I was in Ankara just a couple weeks ago. I’m very much looking forward today to pursuing those. We obviously have the crisis in Gaza that we are all working to contend with. We have questions here at NATO as we track toward Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: United Kingdom Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Amna Nawaz of PBS NewsHour Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State San Francisco, California PBS NewsHour QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, welcome back to the NewsHour. Thanks for joining us. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good to be with you. Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin, and Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko Before Their Meeting Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai at the APEC Ministerial Meeting Opening Plenary Session Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New Delhi, India Leela Palace SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. So we just had a very productive 2+2 session with Secretary of Defense Austin and our Indian counterparts. This builds on the important visit that Prime Minister Modi made to the United States followed by President Biden’s visit here for the G20. And we continue – India and the United States – to deepen our partnership, to deepen our collaboration on everything Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , India , Israel , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Yusaku Ishii of NHK Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Tokyo, Japan The Okura QUESTION: Okay, so thank you so much for sharing your time with us today. Let me start with this question. As you have repeatedly mentioned, Israel has the right to defend itself. But at the same time, that does not mean they can do anything – that’s what we all understand. And I believe that is one of the reasons why you have visit the Middle East twice a month, and talked with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Israel , Japan , Korea, South , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Tokyo, Japan The Okura SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening, everyone. We just concluded a pretty packed two days – coming at a very intense time for our countries and for the world. I want to begin by thanking Foreign Minister Kamikawa for the very warm hospitality here in Tokyo, and to her and Prime Minister Kishida for Japan’s leadership during this historic year for the G7. The G7 has strengthened its role as the steering co Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, and Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi At a Joint Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Amman, Jordan St. Regis Hotel DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SAFADI: Good evening to you all. I’ll start in Arabic and then I’ll switch to English if you don’t mind. So — (Via interpreter) In the name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Gracious, I welcome Their Excellencies Sameh, Tony and the other colleagues, the foreign ministers of United Arab Emirates and Qatar and Saudi Arabia, and the secretary general of the Palestinian Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Gaza Strip , Israel , Jordan , Qatar , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken Video Remarks to the AGOA Forum Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Johannesburg, South Africa SECRETARY BLINKEN: Hello, everyone. I want to start by thanking President Ramaphosa for bringing together so many government, private sector, and civil society leaders at this important forum. Last year, I traveled to South Africa to lay out the United States strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa. At its core, it’s about partnership – what the United States can do with African nations, not for African nations. Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: South Africa , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Launch of the 2023 U.S. Strategy and National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Dr. Geeta Rao Gupta, Ambassador-at-Large Office of Global Women’s Issues Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room AMBASSADOR RAO GUPTA: Good afternoon, and welcome to the Department of State. My name is Geeta Rao Gupta and I serve as ambassador-at-large for global women’s issues here in the State Department. It is my honor an Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, Colombia , Iran , Israel , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Jose W. Fernandez, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Ramin Toloui, Assistant SecretaryBureau of Economic and Business Affairs Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Secretary of State Antony Blinken; Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose Fernandez; Special Representative for Commercial and Business Af Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Jordan , Kenya , Poland , Russia , Rwanda , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Opening Ceremony for A New Innovation Building at the Foreign Service Institute Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Arlington, Virginia Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Armenia , Azerbaijan , Canada , China Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Press Briefing Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. About an hour ago, two American citizens held by Hamas since October 7th were released. These two Americans are now safely in the hands of Israeli authorities in Israel. We expect a team from the U.S. embassy to see them very shortly. Over the coming hours, they’ll receive any support and assistance they need, and of course we’re very anxious to be able to reunite the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Iran , Israel , Qatar , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken During a Conversation at The University of Texas at Austin Moderated by Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Austin, Texas The University of Texas at Austin MR EDGAR: All right. Welcome, everyone. Please, if you haven’t already, take your seats, and we’ll begin the program shortly. My name is Paul Edgar, and I am the interim executive director of the Clements Center for National Security. On behalf of the Clements Center and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, welcome to a conversation on the state of foreign aff Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Argentina, Canada , China, Colombia , Mexico , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Western Hemisphere Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Portrait Unveiling of the 67th Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. Welcome. Welcome back to the State Department for so many of you. Welcome to the Ben Franklin Room, newly refurbished. A lot went into this. And I think maybe a word about Ben Franklin before we get to today’s event. As you all know, he was America’s first diplomat, ambassador to France, negotiated our first treaty, charted the Gulf Stream, pioneered el Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, France , Japan , Philippines , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Dinner for the Second U.S.-Pacific Islands Forum Summit Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRITENBRINK: Good evening, everyone. Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the State Department and to the Benjamin Franklin Room. Esteemed guests and friends from across the Pacific, it is my honor to welcome you tonight to our dinner program and to introduce our co-hosts, the Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfi Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Cook Islands , France , Palau , Russia , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils: Global Solutions for Food Security Event Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York Rockefeller Foundation SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Thank you very, very much. So we’re, what, about halfway through High-Level Week, I think – (laughter) – which is known at the department basically as speed-dating for diplomats. And we have lots of events, lots of meetings, lots of gatherings. But I have to tell you I was really looking forward to this particular meeting, this particular gathering, Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health Secretary Antony J. Blinken At United Nations Security Council Ministerial Meeting on Ukraine Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York United Nations Headquarters SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you very much. Mr. Prime Minister, thank you for focusing the Security Council on this critically important issue. And Mr. Secretary-General, thank you for the moral clarity that you’ve shown in dealing with Russia’s war against Ukraine. We’re grateful to have been able to welcome President Zelenskyy to this council table, and we thank him. We thank him Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Belarus , Iran , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the USAID Democracy Delivers Event Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York Ford Foundation SECRETARY BLINKEN: Administrator Power, Sam, my friend, thank you – thank you very much, but thank you especially for truly remarkable leadership at USAID. I see that every day, and I see that around the world whenever I go to one of our missions around the world; where the rubber really meets the road is in the work of USAID, and it’s extraordinary, and it’s making a profound difference in lives a Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Moldova , Tanzania , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) “The Power and Purpose of American Diplomacy in a New Era” Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Good morning, everyone. AUDIENCE: Good morning. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Dean Steinberg, Jim, thank you for the honor of joining the SAIS community to help inaugurate this truly magnificent new home. Jim has contributed so much over his remarkable career, but his most lasting contribution is the generation of thinkers, the generation of d Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Armenia , Australia , Canada , China, Ethiopia , France , India , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Japan , Korea, North , Lebanon , New Zealand , Russia , Sweden , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), 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 Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Press Briefing Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning. Good morning. QUESTION: Good morning. QUESTION: Well, barely morning. (Laughter.) SECRETARY BLINKEN: Speak for yourself, Matt. Very good to see everyone here. Actually, I kind of hoped more of you might be on vacation by now but – (laughter) – I see we have a pretty full house Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, China, Iran , Japan , Korea, North , Korea, South , Moldova , Niger , Romania , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Raquel Krähenbühl of GloboNews Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. QUESTION: Okay. So I’m going to start by asking you a little bit about the Brazil role in this global crisis of food insecurity because the Brazilian president has a position of neutrality in the war. Lula has already spoken to President Zelenskyy, President Vladimir Putin. And do you believe this puts him in a good place to perhaps mediate a talk with – and try to convince Russia to go back to the grain agreement Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Brazil , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Amelia Adams of 60 Minutes Australia Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brisbane, Australia Government House Queensland QUESTION: Well, you’ve just wrapped up two days of intense talks. What’s been the tone of the discussions here? SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s hard to overstate how, first of all, much genuine friendship there is among the four of us – among the Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, among the Foreign Minister Penny Wong and myself and Lloyd Austin. So it starts Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Australia , China, Japan , Russia , Taiwan , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Global Health 40th Anniversary of the Embassy Beirut Bombing Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Today, we remember the victims of a heinous terrorist attack at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut forty years ago, killing 63 people. We stand with the families, friends, and colleagues of those whose lives were cut short. Despite Hizballah’s efforts to use terror to drive a wedge between the United States and the Lebanese people, our close cooperation has only deepened in the 40 years since this reprehensible attack. The United States maintains its re Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: United States Topics: Countering Terrorism Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Karuizawa, Japan The Prince Karuizawa SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. Let me – let me start with the situation in Sudan. For the past 36 hours, we and our partners have been focused on how to stop the widespread fighting in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. Indiscriminate military operations have resulted in significant civilian deaths and injuries, and are recklessly endangering the Su Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Brazil , China, France , Iran , Japan , Russia , Sudan , Taiwan , Ukraine , United Kingdom Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo, and Philippine Senior Undersecretary and Officer in Charge of the Department of National Defense Carlito Galvez at a Joint Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Dean Acheson Auditorium SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. Secretary Manalo, Secretary Galvez, it has been an honor to host you at the State Department for the third ever – and first since 2016 – U.S.-Philippines 2+2 Ministerial alongside Secretary of Defense Austin. Today’s meeting builds on the momentum of the high-level U.S. visits to the Philippines just over the past year, including by Vice Presiden Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Japan , Philippines , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: 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 Secretary Antony J. Blinken And EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium European Council Building HIGH REPRESENTATIVE BORRELL: Good morning. Good morning. I’m very happy to welcome you, Secretary Blinken, in Brussels. We just had a very good bilateral meeting marking our great transatlantic cooperation. Now we will co-chair the EU-U.S. Energy Council, and later we will see each other also at the NATO Ministerial. Allow me some words about our bilateral discussion. Certainly Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ethiopia , France , Israel , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Virtual Panel Session on “A Just and Lasting Peace in Ukraine” Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, everyone. Thank you all so much for joining. It’s very good to be with friends and partners from around the world as we prepare to open the second Summit for Democracy. In his first year in office, President Biden launched the summit to look at the future of democracy, which we see is at an inflection point. Worldwide, we see autocrats violating human right Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Argentina, Belarus , France , Iran , Israel , Italy , Japan , Liberia , Malawi , Poland , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Zambia Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Blinken With Colombian Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva at the U.S.-Colombia High-Level Dialogue Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Burns Auditorium ASSISTANT SECRETARY NICHOLS: Good morning. Buenos días. I would like to welcome all of you, especially our guests from Colombia. Bienvenidos a todos. This is the 10th year we mark the – this High-Level Dialogue, and we are honored to host this year. The High-Level Dialogues present remarkable opportunities to engage at a deeper level on our shared interests. The dialogue continu Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, Bangladesh , Brazil , Canada , China, Colombia , Mexico , United States , Venezuela Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken Opening Remarks Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations On the FY24 Department of State Budget Request Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Dirksen Senate Office Building SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, thank you very much, Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member Risch, committee members. Very good to be with you today as always, and thanks for the opportunity to speak to the administration’s proposed FY24 budget for the State Department and the Agency for International Development. We meet at an inflection point and I think that’s reflected actually in what both Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs Secretary Antony J. Blinken Opening Remarks Before the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, on the FY24 Department of State Budget Request Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Dirksen Senate Office Building SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you very, very much. Chairman Coons, Ranking Member Graham, very good to be with you. Chair Murray, Vice Chair Collins, to all the committee members here today, thank you for this opportunity to speak with you about our proposed FY24 budget for the State Department and USAID. And I think as you’ve both laid out in different ways, we are meeting at Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa University SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good evening, everyone. It is great to be back in Africa, but also to make my first appearance to Ethiopia as Secretary of State. 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SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, it’s a pleasure to be with my friend and colleague, Foreign Minister Fidan. We had very, very good consultations and conversations when I was in Ankara just a couple weeks ago. I’m very much looking forward today to pursuing those. We obviously have the crisis in Gaza that we are all working to contend with. We have questions here at NATO as we track toward
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QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, welcome back to the NewsHour. Thanks for joining us.
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good to be with you.
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Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai at the APEC Ministerial Meeting Opening Plenary Session Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New Delhi, India Leela Palace SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. So we just had a very productive 2+2 session with Secretary of Defense Austin and our Indian counterparts. This builds on the important visit that Prime Minister Modi made to the United States followed by President Biden’s visit here for the G20. And we continue – India and the United States – to deepen our partnership, to deepen our collaboration on everything Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , India , Israel , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Yusaku Ishii of NHK Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Tokyo, Japan The Okura QUESTION: Okay, so thank you so much for sharing your time with us today. Let me start with this question. As you have repeatedly mentioned, Israel has the right to defend itself. But at the same time, that does not mean they can do anything – that’s what we all understand. And I believe that is one of the reasons why you have visit the Middle East twice a month, and talked with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Israel , Japan , Korea, South , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Tokyo, Japan The Okura SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening, everyone. We just concluded a pretty packed two days – coming at a very intense time for our countries and for the world. I want to begin by thanking Foreign Minister Kamikawa for the very warm hospitality here in Tokyo, and to her and Prime Minister Kishida for Japan’s leadership during this historic year for the G7. The G7 has strengthened its role as the steering co Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, and Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi At a Joint Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Amman, Jordan St. Regis Hotel DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SAFADI: Good evening to you all. I’ll start in Arabic and then I’ll switch to English if you don’t mind. So — (Via interpreter) In the name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Gracious, I welcome Their Excellencies Sameh, Tony and the other colleagues, the foreign ministers of United Arab Emirates and Qatar and Saudi Arabia, and the secretary general of the Palestinian Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Gaza Strip , Israel , Jordan , Qatar , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken Video Remarks to the AGOA Forum Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Johannesburg, South Africa SECRETARY BLINKEN: Hello, everyone. I want to start by thanking President Ramaphosa for bringing together so many government, private sector, and civil society leaders at this important forum. Last year, I traveled to South Africa to lay out the United States strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa. At its core, it’s about partnership – what the United States can do with African nations, not for African nations. Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: South Africa , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Launch of the 2023 U.S. Strategy and National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Dr. Geeta Rao Gupta, Ambassador-at-Large Office of Global Women’s Issues Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room AMBASSADOR RAO GUPTA: Good afternoon, and welcome to the Department of State. My name is Geeta Rao Gupta and I serve as ambassador-at-large for global women’s issues here in the State Department. It is my honor an Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, Colombia , Iran , Israel , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Jose W. Fernandez, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Ramin Toloui, Assistant SecretaryBureau of Economic and Business Affairs Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Secretary of State Antony Blinken; Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose Fernandez; Special Representative for Commercial and Business Af Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Jordan , Kenya , Poland , Russia , Rwanda , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Opening Ceremony for A New Innovation Building at the Foreign Service Institute Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Arlington, Virginia Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Armenia , Azerbaijan , Canada , China Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Press Briefing Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. About an hour ago, two American citizens held by Hamas since October 7th were released. These two Americans are now safely in the hands of Israeli authorities in Israel. We expect a team from the U.S. embassy to see them very shortly. Over the coming hours, they’ll receive any support and assistance they need, and of course we’re very anxious to be able to reunite the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Iran , Israel , Qatar , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken During a Conversation at The University of Texas at Austin Moderated by Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Austin, Texas The University of Texas at Austin MR EDGAR: All right. Welcome, everyone. Please, if you haven’t already, take your seats, and we’ll begin the program shortly. My name is Paul Edgar, and I am the interim executive director of the Clements Center for National Security. On behalf of the Clements Center and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, welcome to a conversation on the state of foreign aff Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Argentina, Canada , China, Colombia , Mexico , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Western Hemisphere Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Portrait Unveiling of the 67th Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. Welcome. Welcome back to the State Department for so many of you. Welcome to the Ben Franklin Room, newly refurbished. A lot went into this. And I think maybe a word about Ben Franklin before we get to today’s event. As you all know, he was America’s first diplomat, ambassador to France, negotiated our first treaty, charted the Gulf Stream, pioneered el Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, France , Japan , Philippines , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Dinner for the Second U.S.-Pacific Islands Forum Summit Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRITENBRINK: Good evening, everyone. Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the State Department and to the Benjamin Franklin Room. Esteemed guests and friends from across the Pacific, it is my honor to welcome you tonight to our dinner program and to introduce our co-hosts, the Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfi Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Cook Islands , France , Palau , Russia , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils: Global Solutions for Food Security Event Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York Rockefeller Foundation SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Thank you very, very much. So we’re, what, about halfway through High-Level Week, I think – (laughter) – which is known at the department basically as speed-dating for diplomats. And we have lots of events, lots of meetings, lots of gatherings. But I have to tell you I was really looking forward to this particular meeting, this particular gathering, Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health Secretary Antony J. Blinken At United Nations Security Council Ministerial Meeting on Ukraine Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York United Nations Headquarters SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you very much. Mr. Prime Minister, thank you for focusing the Security Council on this critically important issue. And Mr. Secretary-General, thank you for the moral clarity that you’ve shown in dealing with Russia’s war against Ukraine. We’re grateful to have been able to welcome President Zelenskyy to this council table, and we thank him. We thank him Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Belarus , Iran , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the USAID Democracy Delivers Event Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York Ford Foundation SECRETARY BLINKEN: Administrator Power, Sam, my friend, thank you – thank you very much, but thank you especially for truly remarkable leadership at USAID. I see that every day, and I see that around the world whenever I go to one of our missions around the world; where the rubber really meets the road is in the work of USAID, and it’s extraordinary, and it’s making a profound difference in lives a Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Moldova , Tanzania , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) “The Power and Purpose of American Diplomacy in a New Era” Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Good morning, everyone. AUDIENCE: Good morning. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Dean Steinberg, Jim, thank you for the honor of joining the SAIS community to help inaugurate this truly magnificent new home. Jim has contributed so much over his remarkable career, but his most lasting contribution is the generation of thinkers, the generation of d Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Armenia , Australia , Canada , China, Ethiopia , France , India , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Japan , Korea, North , Lebanon , New Zealand , Russia , Sweden , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), 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 Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Press Briefing Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning. Good morning. QUESTION: Good morning. QUESTION: Well, barely morning. (Laughter.) SECRETARY BLINKEN: Speak for yourself, Matt. Very good to see everyone here. Actually, I kind of hoped more of you might be on vacation by now but – (laughter) – I see we have a pretty full house Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, China, Iran , Japan , Korea, North , Korea, South , Moldova , Niger , Romania , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Raquel Krähenbühl of GloboNews Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. QUESTION: Okay. So I’m going to start by asking you a little bit about the Brazil role in this global crisis of food insecurity because the Brazilian president has a position of neutrality in the war. Lula has already spoken to President Zelenskyy, President Vladimir Putin. And do you believe this puts him in a good place to perhaps mediate a talk with – and try to convince Russia to go back to the grain agreement Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Brazil , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Amelia Adams of 60 Minutes Australia Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brisbane, Australia Government House Queensland QUESTION: Well, you’ve just wrapped up two days of intense talks. What’s been the tone of the discussions here? SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s hard to overstate how, first of all, much genuine friendship there is among the four of us – among the Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, among the Foreign Minister Penny Wong and myself and Lloyd Austin. So it starts Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Australia , China, Japan , Russia , Taiwan , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Global Health 40th Anniversary of the Embassy Beirut Bombing Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Today, we remember the victims of a heinous terrorist attack at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut forty years ago, killing 63 people. We stand with the families, friends, and colleagues of those whose lives were cut short. Despite Hizballah’s efforts to use terror to drive a wedge between the United States and the Lebanese people, our close cooperation has only deepened in the 40 years since this reprehensible attack. The United States maintains its re Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: United States Topics: Countering Terrorism Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Karuizawa, Japan The Prince Karuizawa SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. Let me – let me start with the situation in Sudan. For the past 36 hours, we and our partners have been focused on how to stop the widespread fighting in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. Indiscriminate military operations have resulted in significant civilian deaths and injuries, and are recklessly endangering the Su Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Brazil , China, France , Iran , Japan , Russia , Sudan , Taiwan , Ukraine , United Kingdom Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo, and Philippine Senior Undersecretary and Officer in Charge of the Department of National Defense Carlito Galvez at a Joint Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Dean Acheson Auditorium SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. Secretary Manalo, Secretary Galvez, it has been an honor to host you at the State Department for the third ever – and first since 2016 – U.S.-Philippines 2+2 Ministerial alongside Secretary of Defense Austin. Today’s meeting builds on the momentum of the high-level U.S. visits to the Philippines just over the past year, including by Vice Presiden Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Japan , Philippines , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: 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 Secretary Antony J. Blinken And EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium European Council Building HIGH REPRESENTATIVE BORRELL: Good morning. Good morning. I’m very happy to welcome you, Secretary Blinken, in Brussels. We just had a very good bilateral meeting marking our great transatlantic cooperation. Now we will co-chair the EU-U.S. Energy Council, and later we will see each other also at the NATO Ministerial. Allow me some words about our bilateral discussion. Certainly Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ethiopia , France , Israel , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Virtual Panel Session on “A Just and Lasting Peace in Ukraine” Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, everyone. Thank you all so much for joining. It’s very good to be with friends and partners from around the world as we prepare to open the second Summit for Democracy. In his first year in office, President Biden launched the summit to look at the future of democracy, which we see is at an inflection point. Worldwide, we see autocrats violating human right Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Argentina, Belarus , France , Iran , Israel , Italy , Japan , Liberia , Malawi , Poland , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Zambia Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Blinken With Colombian Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva at the U.S.-Colombia High-Level Dialogue Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Burns Auditorium ASSISTANT SECRETARY NICHOLS: Good morning. Buenos días. I would like to welcome all of you, especially our guests from Colombia. Bienvenidos a todos. This is the 10th year we mark the – this High-Level Dialogue, and we are honored to host this year. The High-Level Dialogues present remarkable opportunities to engage at a deeper level on our shared interests. The dialogue continu Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, Bangladesh , Brazil , Canada , China, Colombia , Mexico , United States , Venezuela Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken Opening Remarks Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations On the FY24 Department of State Budget Request Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Dirksen Senate Office Building SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, thank you very much, Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member Risch, committee members. Very good to be with you today as always, and thanks for the opportunity to speak to the administration’s proposed FY24 budget for the State Department and the Agency for International Development. We meet at an inflection point and I think that’s reflected actually in what both Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs Secretary Antony J. Blinken Opening Remarks Before the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, on the FY24 Department of State Budget Request Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Dirksen Senate Office Building SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you very, very much. Chairman Coons, Ranking Member Graham, very good to be with you. Chair Murray, Vice Chair Collins, to all the committee members here today, thank you for this opportunity to speak with you about our proposed FY24 budget for the State Department and USAID. And I think as you’ve both laid out in different ways, we are meeting at Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa University SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good evening, everyone. It is great to be back in Africa, but also to make my first appearance to Ethiopia as Secretary of State. I’m here in Ethiopia – and then on to Niger – to reaffirm the pledge that President Biden made at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit late last year. As he put it, the United States is “all in on Africa, and all in with Africa.” That mea Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ethiopia , Iran , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Zambia Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, and Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense Richard Marles at a Joint Press Availability Topics Anti-Corruption and Transparency Arms Control and Nonproliferation Climate and Environment Combating Drugs and Crime Coronavirus (COVID-19) Countering Terrorism Cyber Issues Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy Energy Global Health Global Women's Issues Human Rights and Democracy Human Trafficking Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Science, Technology, and Innovation SG Security The Ocean and Polar Affairs Treaties and International Agreements
Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New Delhi, India Leela Palace SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. So we just had a very productive 2+2 session with Secretary of Defense Austin and our Indian counterparts. This builds on the important visit that Prime Minister Modi made to the United States followed by President Biden’s visit here for the G20. And we continue – India and the United States – to deepen our partnership, to deepen our collaboration on everything Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Canada , India , Israel , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Yusaku Ishii of NHK Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Tokyo, Japan The Okura QUESTION: Okay, so thank you so much for sharing your time with us today. Let me start with this question. As you have repeatedly mentioned, Israel has the right to defend itself. But at the same time, that does not mean they can do anything – that’s what we all understand. And I believe that is one of the reasons why you have visit the Middle East twice a month, and talked with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Israel , Japan , Korea, South , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Tokyo, Japan The Okura SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening, everyone. We just concluded a pretty packed two days – coming at a very intense time for our countries and for the world. I want to begin by thanking Foreign Minister Kamikawa for the very warm hospitality here in Tokyo, and to her and Prime Minister Kishida for Japan’s leadership during this historic year for the G7. The G7 has strengthened its role as the steering co Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, and Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi At a Joint Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Amman, Jordan St. Regis Hotel DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SAFADI: Good evening to you all. I’ll start in Arabic and then I’ll switch to English if you don’t mind. So — (Via interpreter) In the name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Gracious, I welcome Their Excellencies Sameh, Tony and the other colleagues, the foreign ministers of United Arab Emirates and Qatar and Saudi Arabia, and the secretary general of the Palestinian Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Gaza Strip , Israel , Jordan , Qatar , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken Video Remarks to the AGOA Forum Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Johannesburg, South Africa SECRETARY BLINKEN: Hello, everyone. I want to start by thanking President Ramaphosa for bringing together so many government, private sector, and civil society leaders at this important forum. Last year, I traveled to South Africa to lay out the United States strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa. At its core, it’s about partnership – what the United States can do with African nations, not for African nations. Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: South Africa , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Launch of the 2023 U.S. Strategy and National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Dr. Geeta Rao Gupta, Ambassador-at-Large Office of Global Women’s Issues Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room AMBASSADOR RAO GUPTA: Good afternoon, and welcome to the Department of State. My name is Geeta Rao Gupta and I serve as ambassador-at-large for global women’s issues here in the State Department. It is my honor an Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, Colombia , Iran , Israel , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Jose W. Fernandez, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Ramin Toloui, Assistant SecretaryBureau of Economic and Business Affairs Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Secretary of State Antony Blinken; Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose Fernandez; Special Representative for Commercial and Business Af Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Jordan , Kenya , Poland , Russia , Rwanda , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Opening Ceremony for A New Innovation Building at the Foreign Service Institute Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Arlington, Virginia Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Armenia , Azerbaijan , Canada , China Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Press Briefing Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. About an hour ago, two American citizens held by Hamas since October 7th were released. These two Americans are now safely in the hands of Israeli authorities in Israel. We expect a team from the U.S. embassy to see them very shortly. Over the coming hours, they’ll receive any support and assistance they need, and of course we’re very anxious to be able to reunite the Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Iran , Israel , Qatar , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken During a Conversation at The University of Texas at Austin Moderated by Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Austin, Texas The University of Texas at Austin MR EDGAR: All right. Welcome, everyone. Please, if you haven’t already, take your seats, and we’ll begin the program shortly. My name is Paul Edgar, and I am the interim executive director of the Clements Center for National Security. On behalf of the Clements Center and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, welcome to a conversation on the state of foreign aff Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Argentina, Canada , China, Colombia , Mexico , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Western Hemisphere Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Portrait Unveiling of the 67th Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. Welcome. Welcome back to the State Department for so many of you. Welcome to the Ben Franklin Room, newly refurbished. A lot went into this. And I think maybe a word about Ben Franklin before we get to today’s event. As you all know, he was America’s first diplomat, ambassador to France, negotiated our first treaty, charted the Gulf Stream, pioneered el Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, France , Japan , Philippines , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Dinner for the Second U.S.-Pacific Islands Forum Summit Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRITENBRINK: Good evening, everyone. Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the State Department and to the Benjamin Franklin Room. Esteemed guests and friends from across the Pacific, it is my honor to welcome you tonight to our dinner program and to introduce our co-hosts, the Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfi Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Cook Islands , France , Palau , Russia , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils: Global Solutions for Food Security Event Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York Rockefeller Foundation SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Thank you very, very much. So we’re, what, about halfway through High-Level Week, I think – (laughter) – which is known at the department basically as speed-dating for diplomats. And we have lots of events, lots of meetings, lots of gatherings. But I have to tell you I was really looking forward to this particular meeting, this particular gathering, Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health Secretary Antony J. Blinken At United Nations Security Council Ministerial Meeting on Ukraine Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York United Nations Headquarters SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you very much. Mr. Prime Minister, thank you for focusing the Security Council on this critically important issue. And Mr. Secretary-General, thank you for the moral clarity that you’ve shown in dealing with Russia’s war against Ukraine. We’re grateful to have been able to welcome President Zelenskyy to this council table, and we thank him. We thank him Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Belarus , Iran , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the USAID Democracy Delivers Event Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State New York City, New York Ford Foundation SECRETARY BLINKEN: Administrator Power, Sam, my friend, thank you – thank you very much, but thank you especially for truly remarkable leadership at USAID. I see that every day, and I see that around the world whenever I go to one of our missions around the world; where the rubber really meets the road is in the work of USAID, and it’s extraordinary, and it’s making a profound difference in lives a Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Moldova , Tanzania , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) “The Power and Purpose of American Diplomacy in a New Era” Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Good morning, everyone. AUDIENCE: Good morning. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Dean Steinberg, Jim, thank you for the honor of joining the SAIS community to help inaugurate this truly magnificent new home. Jim has contributed so much over his remarkable career, but his most lasting contribution is the generation of thinkers, the generation of d Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Armenia , Australia , Canada , China, Ethiopia , France , India , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Japan , Korea, North , Lebanon , New Zealand , Russia , Sweden , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), 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 Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Press Briefing Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning. Good morning. QUESTION: Good morning. QUESTION: Well, barely morning. (Laughter.) SECRETARY BLINKEN: Speak for yourself, Matt. Very good to see everyone here. Actually, I kind of hoped more of you might be on vacation by now but – (laughter) – I see we have a pretty full house Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, China, Iran , Japan , Korea, North , Korea, South , Moldova , Niger , Romania , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Raquel Krähenbühl of GloboNews Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. QUESTION: Okay. So I’m going to start by asking you a little bit about the Brazil role in this global crisis of food insecurity because the Brazilian president has a position of neutrality in the war. Lula has already spoken to President Zelenskyy, President Vladimir Putin. And do you believe this puts him in a good place to perhaps mediate a talk with – and try to convince Russia to go back to the grain agreement Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Brazil , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Amelia Adams of 60 Minutes Australia Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brisbane, Australia Government House Queensland QUESTION: Well, you’ve just wrapped up two days of intense talks. What’s been the tone of the discussions here? SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s hard to overstate how, first of all, much genuine friendship there is among the four of us – among the Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, among the Foreign Minister Penny Wong and myself and Lloyd Austin. So it starts Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Australia , China, Japan , Russia , Taiwan , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Global Health 40th Anniversary of the Embassy Beirut Bombing Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Today, we remember the victims of a heinous terrorist attack at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut forty years ago, killing 63 people. We stand with the families, friends, and colleagues of those whose lives were cut short. Despite Hizballah’s efforts to use terror to drive a wedge between the United States and the Lebanese people, our close cooperation has only deepened in the 40 years since this reprehensible attack. The United States maintains its re Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: United States Topics: Countering Terrorism Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Karuizawa, Japan The Prince Karuizawa SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. Let me – let me start with the situation in Sudan. For the past 36 hours, we and our partners have been focused on how to stop the widespread fighting in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. Indiscriminate military operations have resulted in significant civilian deaths and injuries, and are recklessly endangering the Su Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Brazil , China, France , Iran , Japan , Russia , Sudan , Taiwan , Ukraine , United Kingdom Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo, and Philippine Senior Undersecretary and Officer in Charge of the Department of National Defense Carlito Galvez at a Joint Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Dean Acheson Auditorium SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. Secretary Manalo, Secretary Galvez, it has been an honor to host you at the State Department for the third ever – and first since 2016 – U.S.-Philippines 2+2 Ministerial alongside Secretary of Defense Austin. Today’s meeting builds on the momentum of the high-level U.S. visits to the Philippines just over the past year, including by Vice Presiden Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Japan , Philippines , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: 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 Secretary Antony J. Blinken And EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Remarks to the Press Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium European Council Building HIGH REPRESENTATIVE BORRELL: Good morning. Good morning. I’m very happy to welcome you, Secretary Blinken, in Brussels. We just had a very good bilateral meeting marking our great transatlantic cooperation. Now we will co-chair the EU-U.S. Energy Council, and later we will see each other also at the NATO Ministerial. Allow me some words about our bilateral discussion. Certainly Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ethiopia , France , Israel , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Virtual Panel Session on “A Just and Lasting Peace in Ukraine” Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, everyone. Thank you all so much for joining. It’s very good to be with friends and partners from around the world as we prepare to open the second Summit for Democracy. In his first year in office, President Biden launched the summit to look at the future of democracy, which we see is at an inflection point. Worldwide, we see autocrats violating human right Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Argentina, Belarus , France , Iran , Israel , Italy , Japan , Liberia , Malawi , Poland , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Zambia Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Blinken With Colombian Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva at the U.S.-Colombia High-Level Dialogue Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Burns Auditorium ASSISTANT SECRETARY NICHOLS: Good morning. Buenos días. I would like to welcome all of you, especially our guests from Colombia. Bienvenidos a todos. This is the 10th year we mark the – this High-Level Dialogue, and we are honored to host this year. The High-Level Dialogues present remarkable opportunities to engage at a deeper level on our shared interests. The dialogue continu Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, Bangladesh , Brazil , Canada , China, Colombia , Mexico , United States , Venezuela Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken Opening Remarks Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations On the FY24 Department of State Budget Request Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Dirksen Senate Office Building SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, thank you very much, Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member Risch, committee members. Very good to be with you today as always, and thanks for the opportunity to speak to the administration’s proposed FY24 budget for the State Department and the Agency for International Development. We meet at an inflection point and I think that’s reflected actually in what both Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs Secretary Antony J. Blinken Opening Remarks Before the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, on the FY24 Department of State Budget Request Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Dirksen Senate Office Building SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you very, very much. Chairman Coons, Ranking Member Graham, very good to be with you. Chair Murray, Vice Chair Collins, to all the committee members here today, thank you for this opportunity to speak with you about our proposed FY24 budget for the State Department and USAID. And I think as you’ve both laid out in different ways, we are meeting at Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa University SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good evening, everyone. It is great to be back in Africa, but also to make my first appearance to Ethiopia as Secretary of State. I’m here in Ethiopia – and then on to Niger – to reaffirm the pledge that President Biden made at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit late last year. As he put it, the United States is “all in on Africa, and all in with Africa.” That mea Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Ethiopia , Iran , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Zambia Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, and Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense Richard Marles at a Joint Press Availability Topics Anti-Corruption and Transparency Arms Control and Nonproliferation Climate and Environment Combating Drugs and Crime Coronavirus (COVID-19) Countering Terrorism Cyber Issues Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy Energy Global Health Global Women's Issues Human Rights and Democracy Human Trafficking Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Science, Technology, and Innovation SG Security The Ocean and Polar Affairs Treaties and International Agreements
New Delhi, India
Leela Palace
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. So we just had a very productive 2+2 session with Secretary of Defense Austin and our Indian counterparts. This builds on the important visit that Prime Minister Modi made to the United States followed by President Biden’s visit here for the G20. And we continue – India and the United States – to deepen our partnership, to deepen our collaboration on everything
Regions: Canada , India , Israel , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Tokyo, Japan
The Okura
QUESTION: Okay, so thank you so much for sharing your time with us today. Let me start with this question. As you have repeatedly mentioned, Israel has the right to defend itself. But at the same time, that does not mean they can do anything – that’s what we all understand. And I believe that is one of the reasons why you have visit the Middle East twice a month, and talked with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Regions: China, Israel , Japan , Korea, South , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening, everyone. We just concluded a pretty packed two days – coming at a very intense time for our countries and for the world.
I want to begin by thanking Foreign Minister Kamikawa for the very warm hospitality here in Tokyo, and to her and Prime Minister Kishida for Japan’s leadership during this historic year for the G7.
The G7 has strengthened its role as the steering co
Regions: China, Israel , Japan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Amman, Jordan
St. Regis Hotel
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SAFADI: Good evening to you all. I’ll start in Arabic and then I’ll switch to English if you don’t mind. So —
(Via interpreter) In the name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Gracious, I welcome Their Excellencies Sameh, Tony and the other colleagues, the foreign ministers of United Arab Emirates and Qatar and Saudi Arabia, and the secretary general of the Palestinian
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Johannesburg, South Africa
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Hello, everyone. I want to start by thanking President Ramaphosa for bringing together so many government, private sector, and civil society leaders at this important forum. Last year, I traveled to South Africa to lay out the United States strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa. At its core, it’s about partnership – what the United States can do with African nations, not for African nations.
Regions: South Africa , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy
Dr. Geeta Rao Gupta, Ambassador-at-Large Office of Global Women’s Issues
Benjamin Franklin Room
AMBASSADOR RAO GUPTA: Good afternoon, and welcome to the Department of State. My name is Geeta Rao Gupta and I serve as ambassador-at-large for global women’s issues here in the State Department. It is my honor an
Regions: Afghanistan, Colombia , Iran , Israel , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Jose W. Fernandez, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment
Ramin Toloui, Assistant SecretaryBureau of Economic and Business Affairs
MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Secretary of State Antony Blinken; Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose Fernandez; Special Representative for Commercial and Business Af
Regions: Jordan , Kenya , Poland , Russia , Rwanda , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Arlington, Virginia
Regions: Armenia , Azerbaijan , Canada , China
Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Press Briefing Room
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. About an hour ago, two American citizens held by Hamas since October 7th were released. These two Americans are now safely in the hands of Israeli authorities in Israel. We expect a team from the U.S. embassy to see them very shortly. Over the coming hours, they’ll receive any support and assistance they need, and of course we’re very anxious to be able to reunite the
Regions: Iran , Israel , Qatar , United Kingdom , United States
Austin, Texas
The University of Texas at Austin
MR EDGAR: All right. Welcome, everyone. Please, if you haven’t already, take your seats, and we’ll begin the program shortly. My name is Paul Edgar, and I am the interim executive director of the Clements Center for National Security. On behalf of the Clements Center and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, welcome to a conversation on the state of foreign aff
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Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. Welcome. Welcome back to the State Department for so many of you. Welcome to the Ben Franklin Room, newly refurbished. A lot went into this. And I think maybe a word about Ben Franklin before we get to today’s event.
As you all know, he was America’s first diplomat, ambassador to France, negotiated our first treaty, charted the Gulf Stream, pioneered el
Regions: China, France , Japan , Philippines , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Treaties and International Agreements
ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRITENBRINK: Good evening, everyone. Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the State Department and to the Benjamin Franklin Room. Esteemed guests and friends from across the Pacific, it is my honor to welcome you tonight to our dinner program and to introduce our co-hosts, the Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfi
Regions: Cook Islands , France , Palau , Russia , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Treaties and International Agreements
New York City, New York
Rockefeller Foundation
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Thank you very, very much. So we’re, what, about halfway through High-Level Week, I think – (laughter) – which is known at the department basically as speed-dating for diplomats. And we have lots of events, lots of meetings, lots of gatherings. But I have to tell you I was really looking forward to this particular meeting, this particular gathering,
Regions: Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health
United Nations Headquarters
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you very much. Mr. Prime Minister, thank you for focusing the Security Council on this critically important issue. And Mr. Secretary-General, thank you for the moral clarity that you’ve shown in dealing with Russia’s war against Ukraine.
We’re grateful to have been able to welcome President Zelenskyy to this council table, and we thank him. We thank him
Regions: Belarus , Iran , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Ford Foundation
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Administrator Power, Sam, my friend, thank you – thank you very much, but thank you especially for truly remarkable leadership at USAID. I see that every day, and I see that around the world whenever I go to one of our missions around the world; where the rubber really meets the road is in the work of USAID, and it’s extraordinary, and it’s making a profound difference in lives a
Regions: Moldova , Tanzania , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Good morning, everyone.
AUDIENCE: Good morning.
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Dean Steinberg, Jim, thank you for the honor of joining the SAIS community to help inaugurate this truly magnificent new home.
Jim has contributed so much over his remarkable career, but his most lasting contribution is the generation of thinkers, the generation of d
Regions: Armenia , Australia , Canada , China, Ethiopia , France , India , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Japan , Korea, North , Lebanon , New Zealand , Russia , Sweden , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen
Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), 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
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning. Good morning.
QUESTION: Good morning.
QUESTION: Well, barely morning. (Laughter.)
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Speak for yourself, Matt.
Very good to see everyone here. Actually, I kind of hoped more of you might be on vacation by now but – (laughter) – I see we have a pretty full house
Regions: Afghanistan, China, Iran , Japan , Korea, North , Korea, South , Moldova , Niger , Romania , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation
QUESTION: Okay. So I’m going to start by asking you a little bit about the Brazil role in this global crisis of food insecurity because the Brazilian president has a position of neutrality in the war. Lula has already spoken to President Zelenskyy, President Vladimir Putin. And do you believe this puts him in a good place to perhaps mediate a talk with – and try to convince Russia to go back to the grain agreement
Regions: Brazil , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom
Brisbane, Australia
Government House Queensland
QUESTION: Well, you’ve just wrapped up two days of intense talks. What’s been the tone of the discussions here?
SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s hard to overstate how, first of all, much genuine friendship there is among the four of us – among the Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, among the Foreign Minister Penny Wong and myself and Lloyd Austin. So it starts
Regions: Australia , China, Japan , Russia , Taiwan , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Global Health
Today, we remember the victims of a heinous terrorist attack at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut forty years ago, killing 63 people. We stand with the families, friends, and colleagues of those whose lives were cut short.
Despite Hizballah’s efforts to use terror to drive a wedge between the United States and the Lebanese people, our close cooperation has only deepened in the 40 years since this reprehensible attack.
The United States maintains its re
Regions: United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism
Karuizawa, Japan
The Prince Karuizawa
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. Let me – let me start with the situation in Sudan. For the past 36 hours, we and our partners have been focused on how to stop the widespread fighting in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. Indiscriminate military operations have resulted in significant civilian deaths and injuries, and are recklessly endangering the Su
Regions: Brazil , China, France , Iran , Japan , Russia , Sudan , Taiwan , Ukraine , United Kingdom
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Dean Acheson Auditorium
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. Secretary Manalo, Secretary Galvez, it has been an honor to host you at the State Department for the third ever – and first since 2016 – U.S.-Philippines 2+2 Ministerial alongside Secretary of Defense Austin. Today’s meeting builds on the momentum of the high-level U.S. visits to the Philippines just over the past year, including by Vice Presiden
Regions: China, Japan , Philippines , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: 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
European Council Building
HIGH REPRESENTATIVE BORRELL: Good morning. Good morning. I’m very happy to welcome you, Secretary Blinken, in Brussels. We just had a very good bilateral meeting marking our great transatlantic cooperation. Now we will co-chair the EU-U.S. Energy Council, and later we will see each other also at the NATO Ministerial.
Allow me some words about our bilateral discussion. Certainly
Regions: China, Ethiopia , France , Israel , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, everyone. Thank you all so much for joining. It’s very good to be with friends and partners from around the world as we prepare to open the second Summit for Democracy.
In his first year in office, President Biden launched the summit to look at the future of democracy, which we see is at an inflection point. Worldwide, we see autocrats violating human right
Regions: Argentina, Belarus , France , Iran , Israel , Italy , Japan , Liberia , Malawi , Poland , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Zambia
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements
Burns Auditorium
ASSISTANT SECRETARY NICHOLS: Good morning. Buenos días. I would like to welcome all of you, especially our guests from Colombia. Bienvenidos a todos. This is the 10th year we mark the – this High-Level Dialogue, and we are honored to host this year. The High-Level Dialogues present remarkable opportunities to engage at a deeper level on our shared interests. The dialogue continu
Regions: Afghanistan, Bangladesh , Brazil , Canada , China, Colombia , Mexico , United States , Venezuela
Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Dirksen Senate Office Building
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, thank you very much, Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member Risch, committee members. Very good to be with you today as always, and thanks for the opportunity to speak to the administration’s proposed FY24 budget for the State Department and the Agency for International Development.
We meet at an inflection point and I think that’s reflected actually in what both
Regions: China, Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you very, very much. Chairman Coons, Ranking Member Graham, very good to be with you. Chair Murray, Vice Chair Collins, to all the committee members here today, thank you for this opportunity to speak with you about our proposed FY24 budget for the State Department and USAID.
And I think as you’ve both laid out in different ways, we are meeting at
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Addis Ababa University
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good evening, everyone. It is great to be back in Africa, but also to make my first appearance to Ethiopia as Secretary of State.
I’m here in Ethiopia – and then on to Niger – to reaffirm the pledge that President Biden made at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit late last year. As he put it, the United States is “all in on Africa, and all in with Africa.” That mea
Regions: China, Ethiopia , Iran , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Zambia
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation