Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev Before Their Meeting

Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev Before Their MeetingSECRETARY BLINKEN:  Well, good afternoon, everyone.  I want to thank President Aliyev, Prime Minister Pashinyan for being here today.  We believe that Armenia and Azerbaijan have a genuinely historic opportunity to secure an enduring peace after more than 30 years of conflict.  The parties themselves have renewed their focus on a peace process, including through direct conversation […]

Secretary Blinken’s Call with Palestinian President Abbas

Secretary Blinken’s Call with Palestinian President AbbasThe following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to reaffirm the U.S. commitment to a negotiated two-state solution and opposition to policies that endanger its viability. The Secretary underscored the urgent need for Israelis and Palestinians to take steps that restore calm and our strong opposition to unilateral measures that […]

Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa And Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin Remarks to the Press

Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev Before Their MeetingSECRETARY BLINKEN:  I think, as you know, the DPRK once again launched a ballistic missile – this one apparently falling in the exclusive economic zone of Japan.  That’s happened before in recent months, but this is yet again a provocative act by North Korea in violation of multiple UN Security Council resolutions.  We call on others […]

Secretary Antony J. Blinken With German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba At the Munich Security Conference

Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev Before Their MeetingMODERATOR:  Good afternoon everyone.  Please join me in welcoming three foreign ministers to talk about visions for Ukraine, the most important vision of which is peace.  Annalena Baerbock – (applause) – Antony Blinken – (applause) – and of course, Mr. Kuleba – (applause) – wonderful to have you. When we’re thinking about Ukraine, I think […]

Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with E3 Counterparts on Iran at Munich Security Conference

Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with E3 Counterparts on Iran at Munich Security ConferenceThe following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, and UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.  They underscored their concern about Iran’s nuclear escalation and its lack of cooperation with the International […]