MAYOR DICKENS:  The city of Atlanta is grateful and excited to be able to welcome the Secretary of State here to our beautiful city.  Atlanta is indeed an international city, one with global reach, the cradle of the Civil Rights Movement, and the home to the world’s busiest airport.  But we’re also home to a lot […]

  SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Class of 2023, congratulations!  You made it.  You got out. (Applause.) I want to say a special thanks right from the start to Zaria Redhead.  Wasn’t she extraordinary?  (Applause.) But each of you – each of you – has survived one of the most rigorous academic programs on the planet.  You’ve endured […]

The U.S. Department of State, Office of the Special Envoy for Global Food Security, is organizing a breakout session during the AIM for Climate Summit that will discuss the role of developing climate-resilient seeds and improving soil health and fertility in determining the future success and sustainability of food systems. The presentation brings together leaders […]

Special Representative Desirée Cormier Smith will travel to South Africa from May 9-13 to engage government and civil society representatives and seek opportunities for partnership going forward. This is her first visit to the region in this role. While in South Africa, Special Representative Cormier Smith will discuss shared challenges related to racial inequities and […]

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  It really is a pleasure for me to be here at the Centers for Disease Control to spend some time with our colleagues with whom we have an extraordinary partnership between the CDC and the State Department.   But I’d be remiss if I didn’t start first by saying that we send our deepest […]

Happy Buddha Purnima. We send our best wishes to Buddhists around the world as they commemorate Vesak. Vesak marks the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha. The occasion provides the chance for us all to reflect on his teachings and renew our commitment to universal values such as compassion, tolerance, and human dignity. On […]

The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the occasion of the start of direct talks between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Begin Text The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the […]

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ayman Safadi to discuss advancing an inclusive political solution to the Syrian conflict following the May 1 Amman meeting. Secretary Blinken made clear that the United States will not normalize relations with the Assad regime and does […]

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Well, good morning, everyone. President Rubin – Eric – thank you for making this event happen.  To you, to the American Foreign Service Association, the DACOR Bacon House Foundation, the Senior Living Foundation: we are so grateful for everything that you do to support our diplomats. As Eric said, I’m also very gratified that […]