Secretary for Foreign Affairs Enrique A. Manalo, Secretary of National Defense Gilberto C. Teodoro, Jr., Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III (referred to collectively as “the Secretaries”) convened the fourth Philippines-United States 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue in Manila on July 30, 2024 – the first to be held […]

MODERATOR:  Good afternoon.  Thank you so much for joining this background call on the elections in Venezuela.  Just to go over the ground rules, this briefing will be embargoed until the conclusion of the call.  It is on background with senior administration officials, so any reference must be to senior administration officials.  After we have […]

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will participate in a conversation with Singapore Ambassador-at-Large Chan Heng Chee, in partnership with the National University of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at 4:30 a.m. ET/4:30 p.m. SGT on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. While on his 18th trip to the Indo-Pacific region as Secretary of […]

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Matthew Miller: Today, in conjunction with the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, the United States hosted high-level government representatives from Australia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the United Kingdom in St. Michaels, MD, to discuss quantum information science and technology (QIST).  The U.S. delegation […]

PRESIDENT MARCOS:  Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and of course to our – to our visitors from the United States, Secretary Tony Blinken and Secretary Lloyd Austin, for the 2+2 meetings that we are going to be conducting.  Welcome back to the Philippines.  And I am always very happy that these communication lines are very open […]

Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a UN Cybercrime Convention Concluding Negotiating Session at the United Nations
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The U.S. Department of State Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) will host the Industry Advisory Group (IAG) Annual Meeting from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 18, 2024.  The meeting will be hybrid and open to the public from 1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., including a networking session starting at 4:30 p.m., […]

Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Richard Verma met Foreign Minister Maneesh Gobin in Washington, D.C. to discuss the expanding cooperation between Mauritius and the United States on shared priorities.  The Deputy Secretary commended Mauritius for its efforts to combat trafficking in persons and increase protections for migrant workers.  They also reviewed ongoing maritime security […]