Secretary Blinken to Host Visit by People’s Republic of China (PRC) Director of the CCP Central Foreign Affairs Commission and Foreign Minister Wang Yi

The Department of State is announcing additional action today under the visa restriction policy that prohibits visa issuance to those who are responsible for, or complicit in, undermining democracy in Georgia.  Today’s action will affect approximately twenty individuals, including individuals serving as government ministers and in Parliament, law enforcement and security officials, and private citizens. […]

The Electric Aviation Revolution: Charting a Course Toward a Sustainable Future The aviation industry, once synonymous with innovation, faces an existential challenge: balancing growing demand for air travel with mounting pressure to reduce its environmental impact. Electric aviation, a nascent but rapidly developing sector, promises to reshape the industry by offering sustainable, efficient, and cost-effective […]

Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing is a serious global problem that threatens the health and stability of ocean ecosystems and fisheries, food security, and economic growth, while undermining law-abiding fishers and communities that depend on them in the United States and around the world. IUU fishing can take many forms, ranging from the small-scale […]

Over the next ten years, the commercial aviation industry is poised to undergo a transformative shift from traditional hydrocarbon-based propulsion toward electric propulsion. This change to electric commercial aviation is being driven by several key factors: environmental concerns related to greenhouse gas emissions, technological advancements in battery energy storage, rising interest in the use of […]

FOREIGN MINISTER FIDAN:  (Via interpreter) Distinguished members of the press, today we are hosting the U.S. Secretary of State, my counterpart, Secretary Antony Blinken, in Ankara.  And I’m very pleased to host him.  He has been received last by our president today, and as of this meeting we have been having intense deliberations.  Of course […]

Representatives from the U.S. Department of State, including Jennifer Bachus, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy; and Allison Peters, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; as well as Jaisha Wray, Assistant Administrator for the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration, will […]