I extend best wishes to the people of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as you commemorate your National Day on September 23. The United States greatly values the enduring relationship we have had with Saudi Arabia over the past eight decades. On my visit to the Kingdom in June, I saw firsthand the progress we […]

On Friday, September 22, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosted an event on the margins of the 78th UN General Assembly to generate support for the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission to Haiti.  Participants discussed outcomes of the Kenyan-led technical assessment trip to Haiti in August, resource requirements for the MSS mission, and the […]

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Brian, thank you very much.  And good morning, everyone, and good morning, colleagues.  Prime Minister, welcome.  It’s very good to have everyone around this table in this moment, and I think it is a critical moment. We all know that the situation in Haiti is dire: more than 2,000 killings in the first six […]

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Matthew Miller: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with representatives from Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) member states, Mauritania, and the ECOWAS Commission to discuss the complex political crisis in Niger.  He thanked ECOWAS for leading efforts to bring about a solution that preserves constitutional order […]

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Matthew Miller: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko, and Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo held a trilateral meeting today in New York during the UN General Assembly High-Level Week. The three officials discussed ways to support economic resiliency and deepen trilateral cooperation […]

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Hello, everyone.  I am very, very pleased to be here for what is now the second trilateral ministerial meeting between Japan, the Philippines, and the United States.  This follows on the meeting held with President Marcos, Prime Minister Kishida, and Vice President Harris in Jakarta. We are very pleased and proud today to […]

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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The following is the joint readout released by the Secretary of State of the United States and the Foreign Ministers of the Governments of Australia, India, and Japan.  The Quad is a diplomatic network of four democracies committed to supporting a free and open, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific that is inclusive and resilient. Begin text: […]

Under the I2U2 group’s focus area of space, the governments of India, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States, all signatories of the Artemis Accords, announced a new joint space venture on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Primarily using the space-based observation data and capabilities of the […]

Today, the Department of State is taking steps to impose visa restrictions on Bangladeshi individuals responsible for, or complicit in, undermining the democratic election process in Bangladesh.  These individuals include members of law enforcement, the ruling party, and the political opposition.  The United States is committed to supporting free and fair elections in Bangladesh that […]