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SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Well, good afternoon, everyone.  I want to thank President Aliyev, Prime Minister Pashinyan for being here today.  We believe that Armenia and Azerbaijan have a genuinely historic opportunity to secure an enduring peace after more than 30 years of conflict.  The parties themselves have renewed their focus on a peace process, including through direct conversation […]

The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to reaffirm the U.S. commitment to a negotiated two-state solution and opposition to policies that endanger its viability. The Secretary underscored the urgent need for Israelis and Palestinians to take steps that restore calm and our strong opposition to unilateral measures that […]

CRCL is Experiencing a High Volume of Calls
Originally published at https://www.dhs.gov/news/2018/06/21/crcl-experiencing-high-volume-calls

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  (In progress.)  Dmytro and I have basically been spending the day together in one way or another.  We just came from the panel discussion.  But what I can report is that from the meetings that we’ve had here over the last 24 hours with so many different countries, the solidarity with and support […]

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  I think, as you know, the DPRK once again launched a ballistic missile – this one apparently falling in the exclusive economic zone of Japan.  That’s happened before in recent months, but this is yet again a provocative act by North Korea in violation of multiple UN Security Council resolutions.  We call on others […]

MODERATOR:  Good afternoon everyone.  Please join me in welcoming three foreign ministers to talk about visions for Ukraine, the most important vision of which is peace.  Annalena Baerbock – (applause) – Antony Blinken – (applause) – and of course, Mr. Kuleba – (applause) – wonderful to have you. When we’re thinking about Ukraine, I think […]

The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, and UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.  They underscored their concern about Iran’s nuclear escalation and its lack of cooperation with the International […]

The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani today on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.  During the meeting, the Secretary reaffirmed his support for a stable, secure, and sovereign Iraq and the U.S. commitment to cooperation under the U.S.-Iraq […]

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Well, good evening, everyone.  It’s a great pleasure and, I would say, actually an honor to be with President Sandu, someone whose leadership in an incredibly challenging time we greatly admire.  And we stand strongly with Moldova in support of its security, its independence, its territorial integrity, the very important reform efforts that the president and […]

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Moldovan President Maia Sandu in Munich, Germany.  Secretary Blinken and President Sandu discussed Moldova’s efforts to advance its democratic reform agenda, strengthen its sovereignty and territorial integrity, and increase its energy security.  The Secretary highlighted ongoing U.S. assistance […]