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Secretary Antony J. Blinken And EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Remarks to the Press

By State Newswire Report | Apr 7, 2023

HIGH REPRESENTATIVE BORRELL: Good morning. Good morning. I’m very happy to welcome you, Secretary Blinken, in Brussels.

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Assistant Secretary Pyatt’s Travel to Belgium and France

By State Newswire Report | Apr 7, 2023

The Department of State’s Bureau of Energy Resources Assistant Secretary Geoffrey R. Pyatt will join the U.S. delegation traveling to Brussels on April 4 to participate in the U.S.-EU Energy Council and hold other bilateral meetings on energy security, support to Ukraine, and the clean energy transition.

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Assistant Secretary Geoffrey Pyatt’s Remarks at the Center for the Study of Democracy

By State Newswire Report | Apr 7, 2023

Thank you very much, Ognian. It’s wonderful to see everybody, and many, many thanks to CSD for inviting me to be part of this conversation today on an issue that is so important to our transatlantic issues and to our shared interest in the energy transition.

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Departure of Assistant Secretary Monica Medina

By State Newswire | Apr 6, 2023

Release: Monica Medina has served as Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES) since September 2021 as well as the Special Envoy for Biodiversity and Water Resources. During that time, she has led U.S. efforts on some of the most urgent global challenges issues...

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Secretary Antony J. Blinken And New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta Before Their Meeting

By State Newswire | Apr 6, 2023

Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, everyone. It’s a pleasure to be with Foreign Minister Mahuta and to have an opportunity here at NATO to talk about our strong and vital partnership in the Indo-Pacific and in fact around the world. I think New Zealand’s presence is further evidence of the fact that there’s...

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Annual “To Walk the Earth in Safety” (TWEIS) Report

By State Newswire | Apr 5, 2023

Release: Ambassador Bonnie D. Jenkins, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security and Karen Chandler, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Programs and Operations, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State, discussed the Annual “To Walk the Earth in Safety" (TWEIS) Report.

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Transit of Taiwan President Through the United States

By State Newswire | Apr 1, 2023

Release: Daniel J. Kritenbrink, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs discusses the transit of Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen through the United States.

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Joint Statement of the Eighth Meeting of the Japan-U.S. Comprehensive Dialogue on Space

By State Newswire | Mar 31, 2023

Release: Pursuant to the shared goal of continuing to advance bilateral space cooperation and to further strengthen the Japan-U.S. alliance as declared by the leaders of both nations, the Government of Japan and the Government of the United States of America held the Eighth Meeting of the Japan-U.S. Comprehensive...

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Women Leading Efforts to Tackle IUU Fishing Across the United States Government

By State Newswire | Mar 31, 2023

Release: As Women’s History Month comes to a close, we want to highlight history in the making. For the first time ever, a trailblazing team of three women - OES Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Oceans, Fisheries, and Polar Affairs, Maxine Burkett, NOAA’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Fisheries,...

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Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Kerry’s Travel London and Paris

By State Newswire | Mar 28, 2023

Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to London, United Kingdom, from March 28-29, and to Paris, France, from March 30-31. In London, Secretary Kerry will meet with government officials to discuss opportunities to accelerate work on combating the climate crisis, including advancing...

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Building a Water-Secure World

By State Newswire | Mar 25, 2023

Release: I am in New York this week for the first UN Water Conference in nearly 50 years. Fifty years in which our scientific understanding of the earth’s water resources has expanded and deepened dramatically. And 50 years in which global water issues have become more pressing and profound. This week’s United Nations Water Conference in New York is urgent and long overdue.

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Joint Announcement on GPS-KPS Technical Working Group Meeting

By State Newswire | Mar 25, 2023

Release: The Governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Korea held a technical meeting on GPS-KPS cooperation on March 20, 2023 in Seoul, Republic of Korea (ROK). The meeting was organized following the commitments made under the “United States-Republic of Korea Leaders’ Joint Statement"...

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U.S. Objectives at the United Nations Water Conference

By State Newswire | Mar 25, 2023

Release: The United Nations General Assembly will convene the UN Water Conference March 22-24 in New York City. The conference will be cohosted by the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Republic of Tajikistan and seeks to “bring stakeholders from all sectors together and create a global momentum for accelerated...