SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Good afternoon, everyone.  It’s good to see you all, and I’m especially pleased to see my friend, the foreign minister of Brazil.  We were together just recently with President Lula’s visit.  So a great opportunity to follow up on what we thought was a very successful visit of President Lula to Washington, to the […]

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  It’s great to be with you, as always.  And I’m just so pleased to be able to spend time with the foreign minister.  Indonesia had a very successful leadership of the G20 last year.  Now we’re in the process of the active handover to our friends in India, but it’s a strong agenda that […]

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Hello.  Good afternoon, everyone.  It’s a great pleasure as always to meet with my friend and colleague, the Dutch foreign minister.  And we are taking this opportunity to follow up on the very good visit the prime minister made to Washington some weeks ago with President Biden; also, of course, to continue the important […]

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price:  Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira today on the margins of a G20 ministerial in New Delhi, India.  Secretary Blinken thanked Foreign Minister Vieira for Brazil’s support on the February 23 Ukraine resolution at the UN General Assembly. Secretary Blinken reaffirmed the United States’ support for Brazil ahead of its G20 […]

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and External Affairs Minister Jaishankar met in New Delhi today to discuss strengthening the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership. They spoke about shared efforts to elevate and expand strategic technology and defense industrial cooperation, promote food, energy and global health security, clean energy […]

QUESTION:  Mr. Secretary, thank you very much for being here.  I want to start by asking you about the current state of relations between the countries of Central Asia and the United States.  Has anything changed in U.S. foreign policy toward the countries of the region in light of current developments in the international arena, especially […]

The White House released its National Cybersecurity Strategy today to establish an affirmative vision for a secure cyberspace that creates opportunities to achieve our collective aspirations. In this decisive decade, the United States will advance cyberspace as a tool to achieve our goals in a way that reflects our values: economic security and prosperity; responsive […]

The United States, as chair of the Summit of the Americas process, convened Summit governments on March 1 on the margin of the Our Ocean Conference in Panama to exchange experiences and discuss ideas to support green shipping and strengthen coastal ecosystems. Participants discussed implementing commitments on Our Sustainable Green Future made in Los Angeles […]

The United States congratulates the people of Nigeria, President-elect Tinubu, and all political leaders following the declaration by Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the results of the February 25 presidential election.  This competitive election represents a new period for Nigerian politics and democracy.  Each of the top three candidates was the leading vote-getter […]