Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
Washington, D.C.
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
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Riga, Latvia
Atta Center
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. A short while ago, the NATO foreign ministers finished our final session. And I want to start by thanking our Latvian hosts for doing a wonderful job in bringing us all together, in hosting the alliance for two very productive days.
This meeting came at a critical time. In recent weeks, Russia has stepped up planning for potential military action in
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Rome, Italy
Fiera Roma
MODERATOR: (Via interpreter) Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Rome for this very important ministerial conference. I will hand over right away to Minister Di Maio and Secretary of State Blinken for their opening remarks, and then we’ll take some questions from you.
FOREIGN MINISTER DI MAIO: (Via interpreter) Thank you, and good afternoon, everyone. Thank you very much for h
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QUESTION: We begin now with Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Thanks so much for joining us, Mr. Secretary. We appreciate your time. So let’s just start right there. The U.S. just announced that it will share up to 60 million COVID vaccine doses with other countries soon. Today, President Biden indicated that India will get some of those.
How is the Biden administration going to prioritize which countries
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BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
NATO HEADQUARTERS
SECRETARY GENERAL STOLTENBERG: Secretary Blinken, dear Tony, welcome to NATO headquarters.
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you.
SECRETARY GENERAL STOLTENBERG: It’s really great to see you here. And you have decades of foreign policy experience and national security experience, and I know you have a strong personal commitment to NATO, to the transatla
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Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Regions: Afghanistan, China, Iran , Iraq , Russia , Syria , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements