We join the international community in condemning the sentencing of Reverend Dr. Hkalam Samson and call for his immediate and unconditional release.  On April 7, the Myitkyina Prison in Burma’s Kachin State sentenced Dr. Samson to six years in prison on military-led, manufactured charges of terrorism, unlawful association, and inciting opposition to the regime in […]

Senior Official to the Secretary of State in the Office of Global Women’s Issues Katrina Fotovat will visit Belfast from April 16–19.   Senior Official Fotovat will engage with a wide range of stakeholders including government officials, civil society, women entrepreneurs, and youth on women’s economic security; and Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) issues.  Her trip […]

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Good afternoon, everyone.  It’s great to be here with my friend and colleague, Foreign Secretary Cleverly.  We have been consulting very closely on the situation in Sudan.  We’ve also been in close touch with partners in the Arab world, in Africa, in international organizations.  There is a shared deep concern about the fighting, […]

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Good afternoon.  Well, it’s not as if the foreign minister and I haven’t been spending enough time together over the last day but really value this opportunity to compare notes directly on many of the issues that we were just discussing with our G7 colleagues, to include, of course, the situation in Ukraine […]

On Yom HaShoah we remember and honor the six million Jews and the millions of others the Nazis murdered including Roma, LGBTQI+ persons, Slavs, and persons with disabilities.  We honor them not only as they died, but as they lived, fought, and loved.  We mark their lives in their richness and complexity as we mourn […]

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 […]

The United States condemns the sentencing of Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years in prison for speaking out against the Russian government’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Mr. Kara-Murza is yet another target of the Russian government’s escalating campaign of repression.  We renew our call for Mr. Kara-Murza’s release, as well as the release of the more than 400 political prisoners in Russia. We reaffirm our solidarity with Mr. Kara-Murza and all brave advocates of […]

The following is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna on the margins of the G-7 Ministerial meeting.  The Secretary and the Foreign Minister discussed shared concerns over the People’s Republic of China, and the shared objectives of peace, stability, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific […]

The below is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Vietnamese General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in Hanoi. Secretary Blinken highlighted the positive trajectory of the U.S.-Vietnam partnership, including Vietnam’s participation in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. The Secretary reiterated President Biden’s desire […]

I welcomed the opportunity April 15 to consult with Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud, Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan, Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates, about the dangerous fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, which threatens the security and safety of Sudanese […]