Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell met in Washington, D.C. with representatives from the ASEAN Committee of Washington on March 8 to discuss our ongoing efforts to implement the U.S.-ASEAN Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and advance the Mekong-U.S. Partnership.  Both sides discussed upcoming U.S.-ASEAN senior-level engagements, furthering cooperation on technology, and how to support the ASEAN […]

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Welcome to the inaugural U.S. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day.  Today, the State Department, the White House, and federal buildings across our nation’s capital are displaying the yellow and black U.S. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Flag for the first time.  A flag that reads: “Bring them home.”  That’s the mission we commit ourselves […]

Designating Entities Linked to Russia’s Malign Activities in Africa
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Deputy Secretary of State Kurt M. Campbell met today with Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Burak Akcapar in Washington.  Deputy Secretary Campbell and Deputy Foreign Minister Akcapar discussed ways to further enhance U.S.-Türkiye strategic cooperation on regional and global priorities.  The two focused on economic cooperation in Central Asia, peace in the South Caucasus, and other […]

On March 7-8, the United States and Japan held the second annual U.S.-Japan Strategic Dialogue on Democratic Resilience in Washington, D.C. The U.S. and Japanese delegations were led by Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya and Deputy Minister and Director General of the Foreign Policy Bureau of the […]

MODERATOR:  Good morning, everyone.  Thank you for being here today.  Prime Minister Kristersson, accompanied by Foreign Minister Billström, will now deposit Sweden’s instrument of accession to the North Atlantic Treaty, with Secretary of State Blinken representing the United States of America as the depositary of the treaty.  (The instrument was deposited.) SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Welcome.  (Applause.)  Well, good […]

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Last month, Zimbabwean officials abruptly detained and deported USAID officials and contractors, who were conducting an assessment of the development and governance context in Zimbabwe. Members of the assessment team were subject to aggressive handling, prolonged interrogation and intimidation, unsafe and forced nighttime transportation, overnight detention and confinement, and forced removal from the country. As […]

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Matthew Miller: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Haitian Prime Minister Dr. Ariel Henry on March 7 to discuss the ongoing political, security, and humanitarian crisis in Haiti. For more than a year, the United States has encouraged Prime Minister Henry and other key stakeholders in Haiti […]