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Assistant Secretary Stewart Travels to Philippines, Singapore, and Indonesia

Release: From May 30 - June 6, 2023, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance Mallory Stewart will travel to the Philippines, Singapore, and Indonesia.


Deputy Secretary Verma’s Travel to Mauritius, Comoros, and Seychelles

News Release: Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Richard Verma will travel to Mauritius on May 29-30, Comoros on May 30-31, and Seychelles on May 31-June 1, a demonstration of the U.S. elevating its partnerships across Africa and deepening engagement in the Indian Ocean Region. He will be the most senior State Department official to ever visit Comoros, and the most senior State Department official in over 20 years to visit Mauritius and Seychelles.


Assistant Secretary Stewart Travels to Philippines, Singapore, and Indonesia

News Release: From May 30 - June 6, 2023, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance Mallory Stewart will travel to the Philippines, Singapore, and Indonesia.


Condemning Unilateral Actions by the Government of Kosovo

Release: The United States strongly condemns the actions by the Government of Kosovo to access municipal buildings in the north of Kosovo by force, actions it took against the advice of the United States and Kosovo’s European partners. These actions have sharply and unnecessarily escalated tensions, undermining ...


Georgia National Day 2023

Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I wish the people of Georgia a happy Independence Day.


The Department of State Celebrates the Groundbreaking of the New U.S. Embassy in Brasília, Brazil

Release: In a display of the enduring bilateral friendship between the United States and Brazil, U.S. Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley joined Brazilian Secretary for Europe and North America Ambassador Maria Luisa Escorel de Moraesto to officially mark the beginning of construction of a new U.S. embassy in Brasília.


Special Envoy and Coordinator for the Global Engagement Center Rubin’s Travel to Slovakia, Bulgaria, and Belgium

News Release: Special Envoy and Coordinator for the Global Engagement Center James P. Rubin will travel from May 28 to June 3, to Bratislava, Slovakia; Sofia, Bulgaria; and Brussels, Belgium.


Condemning Unilateral Actions by the Government of Kosovo

News Release: The United States strongly condemns the actions by the Government of Kosovo to access municipal buildings in the north of Kosovo by force, actions it took against the advice of the United States and Kosovo’s European partners. These actions have sharply and unnecessarily escalated tensions, undermining ...


2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Niger

The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of religion and worship consistent with public order, social peace, and national unity.


2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Sudan

In October 2021, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan led a military takeover that ousted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and his government.


2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Gabon

The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of religion and worship and equality for all, irrespective of religious belief.


2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Cameroon

The constitution establishes the state as secular, prohibits religious harassment, and provides for freedom of religion and worship.


2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Zimbabwe

The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of religion, including the freedom to practice, propagate, and give expression to one’s religion, in public or in private and alone or with others.


2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Seychelles

The constitution prohibits discrimination on any grounds and forbids any laws establishing any religion or imposing any religious observance.


2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Nigeria

The constitution bars the federal and state governments from adopting a state religion, prohibits religious discrimination, and provides for individuals’ freedom to choose, practice, propagate, or change their religion.


2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Mozambique

The constitution provides for the right to practice freely or not to practice religion and prohibits discrimination based on religion.


2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Ethiopia

The country is a secular state; the constitution requires the separation of religion and the state, establishes freedom of religious choice and practice, prohibits religious discrimination, and stipulates the government shall not interfere in the practice of any religion, nor shall any religion interfere in the affairs of the state.


2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Republic of the Congo

The constitution provides for freedom of religion and prohibits discrimination based on religious belief.


2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Angola

The constitution defines the state as secular, prohibits religious discrimination, and provides for freedom of conscience, religion, and worship.


2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Burkina Faso

The constitution declares that the country is a secular state.