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2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: United Kingdom

The Government of the United Kingdom (UK) fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking.


2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Slovenia

The Government of Slovenia 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 Margaret Brennan of CBS Face the Nation

Release: QUESTION: Secretary of State Antony Blinken is one of the many top Biden administration officials who’s been monitoring the events of the last two days, and he joins us from the State Department. Good morning to you, Mr. Secretary.


Remarks at the Atlantic Council 8th Annual Central and Eastern European Energy Security Conference

Thank you to the Atlantic Council for having me back here today. Ministers, colleagues, friends, I’m really delighted to be part of this conversation, and in particular this panel, which is just so well-timed, just a couple of days before the Ukraine recovery conference that will take place next week on Tuesday and Wednesday in Washington—excuse me—in London.


United States Announces Additional Humanitarian Assistance for the People of Ukraine

The United States is providing $205 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the people of Ukraine as part of our support for those affected by Russia’s unprovoked, unjustified, and brutal war against Ukraine.



On the Occasion of His Majesty King Charles III’s Official Birthday

On behalf of the United States of America, I send warm congratulations to His Majesty King Charles III, Her Majesty Queen Camilla, and to the people of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as you celebrate His Majesty’s official birthday.


2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Spain

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


2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Bulgaria

The caretaker Government of Bulgaria 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: Ireland

The Government of Ireland 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: Portugal

The Government of Portugal 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.


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: 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: 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: 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.


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.


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 with George Stephanopoulos of ABC Good Morning America

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


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.