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The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman met in Washington with Kazakhstani Special Presidential Representative for International Cooperation Erzhan Kazykhan and underscored the United States’ enduring commitment to Kazakhstan’s independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity. The Deputy Secretary expressed appreciation for the Kazakhstani people’s humanitarian support to the […]

Ukraine’s President Zelensky says his troops have made more advances against Russian forces. It comes days after Ukrainian forces retook the strategic town of Lyman in the east of the country. Now the Ukrainian advance in the south around the city of Kherson is said to be making progress, with the recapture of outlying villages…

The United States, as chair of the Summit of the Americas process, will convene a virtual meeting of Summit governments, January 24, to strengthen the protection of environmental defenders in keeping with leaders’ commitments made in Los Angeles on June 9, 2022, at the Ninth Summit.  Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental […]

The Overseas Schools Advisory Council of the Department of State will hold its winter meeting on Thursday, January 26, 2023.  This meeting is open to the public for virtual participation only.  The meeting will focus on the work and support the Overseas Schools Advisory Council provides to U.S.-sponsored overseas schools.  Topics will include the Child […]

One week after her trip to Kyiv, Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will travel to Cleveland and Parma, Ohio, on January 24, to engage with Ohioans and the Ukrainian diaspora community, and to discuss U.S. support for Ukraine. Deputy Secretary Sherman will join Governor Mike DeWine and other state and local officials in Parma […]

Special Presidential Advisor for the Americas Christopher J. Dodd will travel to Buenos Aires, Argentina, January 23-25, to attend the Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States as an observer on behalf of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.  SPA Dodd will meet with several heads of state and cabinet-level officials attending the summit, […]

Concurrently with the United Kingdom and the European Union, the United States today is taking further action to press for accountability for the Iranian regime’s human rights abuses by imposing sanctions on 10 additional Iranian individuals and one additional Iranian entity.  This is the ninth round of designations targeting actors responsible for the crackdown on […]

There is a lot of pro-Putin bias in the Western world. We aim to dispel this “macho” propaganda and reveal true colors of his regime: murder, intimidation, industrialized kleptocracy and well-funded russian fascism propaganda machines. We were born in Russia, we have lost friends to this murderer… we see how he “zombifies” most and intimidates […]

The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev to urge an immediate reopening of the Lachin corridor to commercial traffic.  He underscored that the risk of a humanitarian crisis in the Lachin corridor undermined prospects for peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan.  The […]

Segment As Aired ANCHOR ONE:  Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Chicago today and says he came to the neighborhood that is Ukraine’s beating heart. ANCHOR TWO:  His visit coinciding with the two-year anniversary of President Biden taking office.  Our political reporter Marie Ann Ahern, joining us now, sat down with Secretary Blinken for an […]