News from 2023


U.S.-EU: Consultations between U.S. Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland and European External Action Service Secretary General Stefano Sannino

Release: On 22 June 2023, United States Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland and External Action Service Secretary General Stefano Sannino met for the fifth high-level meeting of the U.S.-EU Dialogue on China and the fourth meeting of the U.S.-EU High-Level Consultations on the Indo-Pacific.


2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Azerbaijan

The Government of Azerbaijan does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so.


2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Netherlands

The Government of the Netherlands fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking.


2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Switzerland

The Government of Switzerland does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Chuck Todd of NBC Meet The Press

Release: QUESTION: And joining me now is the Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. Secretary Blinken, welcome back to Meet the Press.


2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: France

The Government of France fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Chuck Todd of NBC Meet The Press

News Release: QUESTION: And joining me now is the Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. Secretary Blinken, welcome back to Meet the Press.


2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Iceland

The Government of Iceland fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking.


Detention of Kosovo Police

We call on President Vucic and the Serbian government to immediately and unconditionally release the three Kosovo police detained on June 14.


Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Kerry’s Travel to Rome, Vatican City, Brussels, and Paris

Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Rome, Vatican City, Brussels, and Paris between June 19 and June 26.


Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Liz Allen Travels to France

Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Liz Allen will visit Paris June 20-21 in support of the Department’s historic efforts to bring the World’s Fair back to the United States for the first time in almost 40 years.


The United States and United Kingdom: A Historic Friendship and Enduring Alliance

“Prime Minister Churchill and Roosevelt met here a little over 70 years ago, and they asserted that the strength of the partnership between Great Britain and the United States was the strength of the free world.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken with George Stephanopoulos of ABC Good Morning America

Secretary Blinken joins us now from London. Good morning, Mr. Secretary.


Designation of Ramiz Merko, Mayor of Struga, North Macedonia, for Significant Corruption

The United States is designating the mayor of the municipality of Struga, North Macedonia, Ramiz Merko, as generally ineligible for entry into the United States, due to his involvement in significant corruption.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken And UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly at a Joint Press Availability

So the Foreign Secretary is going to make some remarks, followed by Secretary Blinken.


2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Türkiye

The Government of Türkiye does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so.


2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Italy

The Government of Italy does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so.


2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Poland

The Government of Poland does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so.


2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Slovakia

The Government of the Slovak Republic, or Slovakia, does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so.


2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Belarus

The Government of Belarus does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, even considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its anti-trafficking capacity; therefore Belarus remained on Tier 3.