On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of Portugal on the Day of Portugal, Camões, and the Portuguese Communities. This year’s Portugal Day holds special significance as we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution and how ordinary people inspired the world by standing up against autocracy to forge a vibrant […]

Special Representative for Ukraine’s Economic Recovery Penny Pritzker will travel to Berlin, Germany to serve as Head of Delegation to the Ukraine Recovery Conference June 11 – 12. In Berlin, Special Representative Pritzker will also represent the United States as Co-Chair in the Multi-agency Donor Coordination Platform (MDCP), launch the Business Advisory Council, and meet […]

U.S. Special Advisor on International Disability Rights Sara Minkara will travel to New York from June 11-13 to attend the 17th Session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at the UN.  Special Advisor Minkara will lead the U.S. delegation, facilitating bilateral and multilateral engagements […]

Today, U.S. Special Envoy and Coordinator for the Global Engagement Center James P. Rubin and Polish Foreign Minister’s Plenipotentiary for Countering International Disinformation Tomasz Chłoń signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to strengthen cooperation between the United States and Poland on countering foreign state information manipulation. This MOU signifies the sense of urgency both the […]

Today, the United States and Poland jointly launched a new Ukraine Communications Group (UCG) based in Warsaw to support Ukraine against Russia’s aggression in the information space. The UCG will bring together like-minded partner governments to coordinate messaging, promote accurate reporting of Russia’s full-scale invasion, amplify Ukrainian voices, and expose Kremlin information manipulation. Representatives from […]

The United States is taking action today against four individuals, four entities, and two vessels that have enabled the illicit transportation of commodities on behalf of financial networks supporting terrorism, including for the network of U.S. designated Houthi financial facilitator, Sa’id al-Jamal.  We are sanctioning shipping and financial facilitators, including two vessel captains, several vessel […]

There is a lot of pro-Putin bias in the Western world. We aim to dispel this “macho” propaganda and reveal true colors of his regime: murder, intimidation, industrialized kleptocracy and well-funded russian fascism propaganda machines. We were born in Russia, we have lost friends to this murderer… we see how he “zombifies” most and intimidates […]

Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya will travel to Dakar, Senegal, and Conakry, Guinea from June 9-14 to engage on democracy, justice and human rights, and regional civilian security priorities. In Dakar, Under Secretary Zeya will meet with senior government officials and civil society leaders and underscore U.S. […]

QUESTION:  Also here this morning, somebody who helped with that speech, Secretary of State Antony Blinken.  And he joins me now.  Mr. Secretary, thank you very much for being here. SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Good to be with you. QUESTION:  Late last evening, I walked down to Omaha Beach myself, and I saw there at one of the memorials […]