News from April 2023


Special Envoy Fowler Travels to Davis, California

U.S. Department of State Special Envoy for Global Food Security Dr. Cary Fowler will travel April 23-26 to University California Davis to visit the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture and the Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Turkmenistan Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov Before Their Meeting

Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s a pleasure to be here with Foreign Minister Meredov.


Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Turkmenistan Foreign Minister Meredov

The below is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel:




Assistant Secretary Stewart Travels to New Mexico

From April 24-27, 2023, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance, Mallory Stewart, will travel to Albuquerque, New Mexico.


Assistant Secretary Noyes Travels to Chile and Costa Rica

Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Julieta Valls Noyes will travel to Chile on April 24 – 25 and Costa Rica on April 26 – 27.


DOS-PA offers new grant application process starting April 25

Supporting and Bolstering Independent Media in Sub-Saharan Africa grant opened on April 25.


Special Envoy Fowler Travels to Davis, California

U.S. Department of State Special Envoy for Global Food Security Dr. Cary Fowler will travel April 23-26 to University California Davis to visit the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture and the Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience.


Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Guatemalan Foreign Minister Búcaro

The following is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel:


Sanctioning Three Nicaraguan Judges Involved in Depriving Nicaraguans of Their Basic Right to Citizenship

The United States is taking further action to hold accountable perpetrators of the Nicaraguan regime’s repressive actions.


Assistant Secretary of State Lee Satterfield to Deliver Remarks Today at the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities’ National Capitol Forum

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced today that Assistant Secretary of State Lee Satterfield will deliver remarks to the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities’ (HACU) National Capitol Forum today in Washington D.C.


Remarks by Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman

Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you, Michelle, for kicking us off and thank you to all of the journalists for joining us here.


Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman at the University of Buenos Aires

Buenas tardes! Thank you, Ambassador Stanley, for your introduction and for serving as an energetic and wise guide through Buenos Aires today and every day.



U.S. Delegation to the 2023 UN/ECOSOC Youth Forum

The annual Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum will be held at UN Headquarters in New York from April 25-27.


Building a Future Ukraine in Partnership with the Private Sector

Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland said in her keynote address at the U.S.-Ukraine Partnership Forum on Thursday that “support for Ukraine is an investment in our own security and our own prosperity and the world that we and our children want to live in.”


Secretary Antony J. Blinken And German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock Before Their Meeting

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 and the Russian


Ambassador Hussain’s Travel to Israel and the West Bank

Release: U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain traveled to Israel and the West Bank on April 13-18 to meet with government and civil society leaders as well as representatives of faith communities during the convergence of Ramadan, Passover, and Easter.


Politically Motivated Conviction of Vladimir Kara-Murza

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.