Special Representative for Global Partnerships (GP) Dorothy McAuliffe traveled to Costa Rica and Colombia from June 5-8, 2023, co-leading a Partnership Opportunity Delegation (POD). PODs are a GP initiative that facilitate partnerships between the public and private sectors of the United States and selected countries to leverage innovation and resources to advance U.S. foreign policy […]

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 […]

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  It’s always a pleasure to be with my friend, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.  And this moment, of course, is of great consequence with what’s happening literally every moment in Ukraine on the battlefield, but in many ways as important as what we’re doing here in London, and that is a reconstruction conference in support […]

QUESTION:  Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with China’s President Xi Jinping today, capping the first visit by a top U.S. diplomat to Beijing in five years. SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Keeping those lines of communication open and in effect reopening them is in and of itself very, very important.  Direct engagement – sustained communications at senior […]

The United States welcomes and congratulates Qatar and the United Arab Emirates on their resumption of diplomatic representation and reopening embassies.  This is another important step forward among our Gulf Cooperation Council partners to promote regional stability and mutual cooperation.  The United States is fully committed to working with the GCC and other regional partners […]

The United States regrets the transition government of Mali’s decision to revoke its consent for MINUSMA.  We are concerned about the effects this decision will have on the security and humanitarian crises impacting the Malian people.  We will continue to work with our partners in West Africa to help them tackle the urgent security and […]

“Prime Minister Churchill and Roosevelt met here a little over 70 years ago, and they asserted that the strength of the partnership between Great Britain and the United States was the strength of the free world.  I still think there’s truth to that assertion.” — President Biden, June 8, 2023 The United States and the […]

QUESTION:  Thank you for making time after an extremely long and intense past two days of talks.  Your message has consistently been that you are here to open up lines of communication to avoid a military clash, but you just said China did not agree to open that military-to-military line of talks.  Did Xi Jinping just […]

Today, we recognize the courage and resilience of millions of refugees who have been forced to flee persecution, the generosity of the communities that host them, and the global response of humanitarian partners that support them. The United States has welcomed more than 3.5 million refugees for permanent resettlement since 1975 as part of a […]

The United States is designating the mayor of the municipality of Struga, North Macedonia, Ramiz Merko, as generally ineligible for entry into the United States, due to his involvement in significant corruption.  While serving as Struga’s mayor, Merko misappropriated funds and interfered with judicial and other public processes, damaging the public’s faith in North Macedonia’s […]