On September 19, 2023, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Richard R. Verma will chair the United States hosted event “In It Together: Action to Secure Cyberspace for All” on the margins of the 78th UN General Assembly, at the Lexington Hotel at 1:30 p.m.  The event will be moderated by Ambassador at Large […]

The Special Envoy and Coordinator for the Global Engagement Center James P. Rubin will travel from September 18 to September 21 to Chișinău, Moldova and Riga, Latvia. At each stop, Special Envoy Rubin will meet with host-nation government officials to solidify our partnership on counter disinformation initiatives. He will also meet with civil society representatives and […]

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Well, good afternoon, everyone.  Let me first say what an absolute pleasure it is to have my friend and colleague Annalena Baerbock here in Washington for what have proven to be, as always, very, very good consultations and conversations on an incredibly wide array of issues.  And I think that’s evidence of the fact […]

The United States welcomes the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia hosting discussions with the Houthi-led delegation in Riyadh.  This important step towards peace expands on a series of engagements between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis (Ansar Allah). The United States supports reinvigorating the Yemeni-Yemeni political process under United Nations auspices to bring an end to the […]

The U.S. Department of State hosted the inaugural plenary meeting of Subscribing States to the voluntary Code of Conduct of the Export Controls and Human Rights Initiative (ECHRI) in Washington, D.C. on September 14-15. ECHRI was launched at the first Summit for Democracy in 2021 as part of the Presidential Initiative for Democratic Renewal.  ECHRI is […]

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 […]

Today, at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Washington D.C., Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose W. Fernandez joined Ministers of Trade and Senior Officials of the Alliance for Development in Democracy (ADD) — Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, and Panama— together with the ADD Business Council and […]

On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of Mexico as you celebrate more than two hundred years of independence. As we mark the bicentennial of diplomatic relations between the United States and Mexico, we are reminded of our important and extraordinary relationship as neighbors, friends, and partners. Our enduring partnership […]

The Minerals Security Partnership (MSP) continues to expand as the demand for critical minerals, which are essential for clean energy and other technologies, is projected to grow significantly. Transparent, open, predictable, secure, and sustainable supply chains for critical minerals are vital to deploying these technologies at the speed and scale necessary to combat climate change […]

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Matthew Miller: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres ahead of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly. The Secretary and the Secretary-General discussed a wide array of issues, including the Black Sea Grain Initiative, Russia’s unprovoked war against Ukraine, […]