Informal Communication

Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Jakarta, Indonesia

Fairmont

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Good afternoon, everyone.  So good to see you all.  Hello, hello.

So it is, as I’ve said earlier today, very, very good to be back in Jakarta.  I’m grateful to President Jokowi, to Foreign Minister Retno, to the Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Makarim, and the government and the people of Indonesia for welcoming us so warmly today.

I’m in Jakar

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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Kuwait City, Kuwait

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FOREIGN MINISTER AL-SABAH:  (Via interpreter)  To start, I would like to welcome my friend, Mr. State Secretary Antony Blinken, in his visit, first visit to Kuwait, while I am a minister of – foreign affairs minister.  We were honored today in the morning to meet his highness the amir of the country, Sheikh Jaber (inaudible) Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, and also his highness the prime – the c

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