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United States Announces Key Investments During Africa Climate Summit

Release: This week, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and officials from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Department of Energy, and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) participated in the Africa Climate Summit, which convened leaders, ministers...


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Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba Before Their Meeting

Release: FOREIGN MINISTER KULEBA: It’s a great pleasure to welcome a colleague, a friend, Antony Blinken, State Secretary of the United States, here in Ukraine, and particularly in the foreign ministry. And as the Secretary was walking in, he said that he appreciates being in my home, and I responded with all ...


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Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield Announces Nearly $163 Million in Additional Humanitarian Assistance for the Sudan Emergency Response

Release: Today, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield announced nearly $163 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the people of Sudan and neighboring countries during her visit to Chad. This assistance includes nearly $103 million provided through the Department of State’s...


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Secretary Blinken’s Travel to Ukraine

Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken visited Kyiv on September 6, where he met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba to underscore unwavering U.S. support for Ukraine’s defense of its sovereign territory and the people of Ukraine ...




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Secretary Blinken’s Call with Azerbaijani President Aliyev

Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev on September 1 to express the United States’ concern over the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh. He reiterated our call to reopen the Lachin Corridor to humanitarian, commercial, and passenger traffic ...


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Establishment of a U.S.-ASEAN Center in Washington, D.C.

Release: At the 2023 U.S.-ASEAN Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, Vice President Harris joined with the leaders of ASEAN in announcing their intent to establish, through a public-private partnership, a U.S.-ASEAN Center in Washington, D.C. To that end, the State Department has established a public-private partnership...


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Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Before Their Meeting

Release: PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY: Dear Antony, Mr. Secretary, your team - you’re very welcome to have you and to host you today. And it’s important visit for us, for Ukrainians. And I think that (inaudible) visit (inaudible) the full-scale war and a supporting message to our whole society. Especially now when the ...


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Deputy Secretary Verma’s Meeting with Guatemalan President-Elect Arévalo

Release: Deputy Secretary Richard Verma met with Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arévalo yesterday in Guatemala City. Deputy Secretary Verma and President-elect Arévalo emphasized the need to deepen U.S.-Guatemala cooperation to address the root causes of migration from Central America. They stressed their...


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Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal Before Their Meeting

Release: PRIME MINISTER SHMYHAL: (Via interpreter) Your Excellency Secretary of State, dear colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, I’m very happy to welcome you to Kyiv. The United States - our strategic partner, our friend, and a huge supporter in the defense, military, humanitarian, and other spheres - we are very grateful for this mighty support and assistance extended to us by the American nation, by the American President, by all of the United States.


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Actions Against Senior Rapid Support Forces Commanders in Sudan

Release: Members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Darfur have committed atrocities and other abuses, inducing ethnically motivated killings, targeted abuses against human rights activists and defenders, conflict-related sexual violence, and looting and burning of communities. In response, the Department of State and Department of the Treasury are taking actions against two of its senior commanders.


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Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba at a Joint Press Availability

Release: FOREIGN MINISTER KULEBA: (Via interpreter) Tony, welcome to Kyiv. I think that there is - we don’t need any formal greetings because during this time with joint work - specifically with the beginning of the large-scale invasion - our relationship with the Ukraine and United States, they went to such level that we don’t need a - we need everything - what we need is just open and sincere conversation. And this is what we had today.


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Secretary Blinken’s Travel to Ukraine

Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken arrived in Ukraine today to meet with senior Ukrainian officials and demonstrate the United States’ unwavering commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, and democracy, especially in the face of Russia’s aggression. While in Ukraine, Secretary Blinken ...



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Acting Special Coordinator for the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment Matza’s Travel to Belgium

Release: Acting Special Coordinator for the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGI) Helaina Matza will travel to Brussels, Belgium, September 5-7 to advance ongoing PGI-led investments developing the Lobito Corridor - a transformative economic link connecting the African continent from west ...




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Secretary Blinken’s Call with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu

Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Matthew Miller.


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Public press releases or notices: U.S Department of State, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs publishes 34 in August

There were 34 press releases or notices published by the U.S Department of State, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs in August.