Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Rena Bitter will travel February 19-27 to Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi, and Doha.  The Assistant Secretary will engage with embassy and consulate colleagues in all four cities.  In India, home to the second largest U.S. consular operation in the world, she will visit facilities in Chennai and Mumbai […]

Secretary Antony J. Blinken’s visit to Brasilia, Brazil on February 20, 2024, underscores the United States’ commitment to supporting Brazil’s goals during its Presidency of the Group of 20 (G20).  Secretary Blinken will meet with Brazilian President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva in advance of the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting in Rio de Janeiro.  The Secretary will reaffirm our mutual […]

The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and Austria on the occasion of the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding: Begin Text  On February 20, United States Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Lee Satterfield and Austrian Ambassador Petra Schneebauer signed the […]

This week, the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, awarded a $13.8 million cooperative agreement (CA) to Arizona State University (ASU) under the International Technology Security and Innovation (ITSI) Fund, created by the CHIPS Act of 2022.  This new initiative will bolster the assembly, testing, and packaging (ATP) capabilities in ITSI […]

MODERATOR:  (In progress) for Germany.  Welcome.  (Applause.) Antony Blinken, Secretary of State of the U.S.  (Applause.)  Nice to have you. And Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs, Republic of India.  Minister.  (Applause.) I hope that based on the topic of the session that you will not all agree with each other and we can have […]

The United States strongly condemns the worsening violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) caused by the actions of the Rwanda-backed, U.S.- and UN-sanctioned M23 armed group, including its recent incursions into the town of Sake.  This escalation has increased the risk to millions of people already exposed to human rights abuses including […]

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 […]

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Today, we celebrate 75 years of diplomatic relations between the United States and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.  On February 18, 1949, Wells Stabler presented his credentials as the first American Chargé d’Affaires ad interim to Jordan.  Since then, our countries have been partners, allies, and close friends.  Our relationship has been a testament to a shared […]

Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose W. Fernandez will travel to Atlanta, Georgia February 20-21, 2024, to showcase the State Department’s work on the clean energy transition and supply chain resilience in the United States, and to see firsthand the impact that diplomacy has in promoting economic security and prosperity for […]