PRIME MINISTER RECEAN: (Via interpreter) Greetings, everyone.  I would like to greet the media as well and thank you for having joined us here today.  The Secretary of State Blinken is greeting you here as well again in Chisinau, Moldova, and we’d like to thank you very much for – for this visit, considering the aggression […]

Under Secretary Fernandez will travel to Michigan May 28 to 30 to participate in the Mackinac Policy Conference, the premier Midwest policy and economic gathering of government and industry leaders to discuss current policy challenges and opportunities in the critical minerals, batteries, and electric vehicle sectors, and their associated supply chains as well as meet with […]

Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy Nathaniel C. Fick will travel to Helsinki, Finland and Tallinn, Estonia from May 28 to 31, 2024. In Finland, Ambassador Fick will meet with Finnish government officials to discuss deepening cooperation on cyber, digital, and technology issues. He will also meet with private sector representatives to discuss promoting secure and trustworthy information and communications technologies (ICTs) globally. In Estonia, Ambassador Fick will […]

Ambassador Steve Lang, U.S. Coordinator for International Information and Communications Policy, and Special Envoy Eileen Donahoe, Coordinator for Digital Freedom, are in Geneva, Switzerland, leading a U.S. interagency delegation for the WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event and AI for Good Global Summit May 27-31.  For over twenty years, the outcomes of the World Summit on the […]

MODERATOR:  Okay.  Good morning, everyone, and welcome to our background call on Cuba.  Today’s call is on background, attributable to senior administration officials.  For your information only and not for reporting, joining us today are [Senior Administration Official One], [Senior Administration Official Two], and [Senior Administration Official Three].  We will start with brief opening remarks […]

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke by phone today with Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.  Secretary Blinken and General Burhan discussed the need to urgently end the conflict in Sudan and enable unhindered humanitarian access, including cross border and cross line, to alleviate the suffering of the Sudanese people.  The Secretary […]

Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell will host Japanese Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Okano Masataka and Republic of Korea (ROK) First Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Hong Kyun for a trilateral dialogue in historic little Washington Virginia on May 31. This dialogue, a key deliverable from the historic 2023 Camp David Summit, will […]

U.S. Department of State China Coordinator and Deputy Assistant Secretary for China and Taiwan Mark B. Lambert met virtually with People’s Republic of China (PRC) Director-General for Boundary and Ocean Affairs Hong Liang on May 23.  The two sides discussed the current situation in the South China Sea and East China Sea, as well as […]