The below is attributable to Spokesperson Matthew Miller: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen on the margins of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Ministerial in Riyadh and commended progress made in forging lasting peace in northern Ethiopia through implementation of the November 2 Cessation […]

FOREIGN MINISTER AL SAUD: (Via translation) At the beginning, it is a great pleasure to welcome you to Riyadh, the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  And I am confident that our meetings will be crowned with success by building on what we have achieved together in our alliance against ISIS and continuing our […]

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Well, welcome, colleagues.  So greatly appreciate that we’re meeting here today, and especially appreciate our friend (inaudible) together. So we’re joined here today by many esteemed colleagues and counterparts from across West Africa and some of our closest diplomatic and security cooperation partners to have, I think, an important, timely, serious conversation about […]

From June 7-8, 2023, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Lee Satterfield will travel to New York, New York, to deliver remarks at World Monument’s Fund Summer Soirée event honoring the Fund’s 2023 Watch Award recipients and participate in a variety of engagements with private sector executives in support of the Department’s […]

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Matthew Miller: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah.  The Secretary expressed appreciation for Saudi Arabia’s leadership in hosting the D-ISIS Ministerial and stressed our joint continued efforts to fight terrorism.  The two affirmed their shared […]

Today, the State Department is announcing a reward offer of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Swedish national Maximilian Rivkin for conspiring to participate in or attempting to participate in transnational organized crime.  Specifically, Rivkin was administrator and influencer of an encrypted communication service used by criminals worldwide.  His communications […]

ASSISTANT SECRETARY LEAF:  (In progress) Secretary of State Antony Blinken.  I just – we were talking about – so you have a range of figures representing sort of all of the domains, all the sectors in which women are really making their mark, from motocross, from racecar driving to the arts, media, and the nonprofit sector.  […]

The following is attributable to Spokesperson Matthew Miller: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Senegalese President Macky Sall today.  Secretary Blinken and President Sall discussed the political situation and recent unrest in Senegal.  Secretary Blinken expressed his condolences for those killed and injured during the recent violence.  The Secretary reiterated the United States’ […]

The following is attributable to Spokesperson Matthew Miller: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan today in Riyadh to discuss a range of bilateral, regional, and global issues.  Secretary Blinken and the Foreign Minister resolved to continue to work together to counter terrorism, to support efforts to bring […]

The U.S. Departments of State and Justice held the second meeting of the Counterterrorism Law Enforcement Forum (CTLEF), co-hosted by the Government of Norway, in Oslo on June 6-7.  The CTLEF, which focuses on countering the global threat of racially or ethnically motivated violent extremism (REMVE), brought together law enforcement, prosecutors, and other criminal justice […]