Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal will travel to Los Angeles, California October 9-10. During her visit to California, Assistant Secretary Biswal will speak at the Pacific Council on International Policy’s Members …
The United States congratulates the people of the Kyrgyz Republic for exercising their democratic rights during the recent parliamentary elections. President Atambaev, the Jogorku Kenesh, the Central Election Commission, and many governmental and civil …
SECRETARY KERRY: Minister Swaraj and Minister Kishida, thank you very much for being here. This is the first-ever meeting trilaterally of Japan, India, and the United States here in – here in New York or elsewhere. We have not had this kind of a trilateral …
MODERATOR: Okay, folks. I believe you all are well familiar with our briefer. This is a background session, so Senior State Department Official. Our State Department official will have a few words to sort of read out the meeting that Secretary Kerry had …
FOREIGN MINISTER RABBANI: In the name of God, the most compassionate, the most merciful, Your Excellency Chief Executive Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Excellencies Secretary Kerry, Foreign Minister Wang Yi, distinguished foreign ministers and heads of …
MODERATOR: Everyone, thanks for joining us. We have with us today [Senior State Department Official], who is here to talk about the just-concluded High-Level Event on Afghanistan which comprised the U.S., China, and Afghanistan. [Senior State Department …
The United States of America, the People’s Republic of China, and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan convened a high-level meeting on Afghanistan’s peaceful development and regional cooperation on the margins of the 70th UN General Assembly. Chief …
As Prepared President Nakao, Prime Minister Saikhanbileg, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen. I would like to thank the Asian Development Bank and Mongolia for organizing this CAREC Ministerial Conference. The United States has been a strong supporter of …
Today the United States, Sri Lanka, and our partners tabled a resolution at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva that represents a landmark shared recognition of the critical importance of truth, justice, reparations, and guarantees of non-recurrence in …
United States Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker welcomed India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman for the first U.S.- India Strategic and …
Recognizing the critical importance of increasing energy security and access, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and improving resilience in the face of climate change, President Obama and Prime Minister Modi agreed in September 2014 to a new and enhanced …
SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good afternoon everyone. Delighted to be here; I’m sorry that we’re running a little bit late. I’m delighted to be joined by my co-chair, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj; by my cabinet colleague, Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker; and …
SECRETARY KERRY: Well, Minister Swaraj, Secretary Pritzker, Minister Sitharaman, Secretary Moniz, Minister Goyal, the members of both the Indian and the American delegations, and other guests, I am really delighted to welcome everybody here to the State …
SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning, everybody. I’m delighted to welcome the foreign minister of India, Madam Swaraj, and it’s my pleasure today to begin the first, the inaugural U.S. Strategic and Commercial Dialogue. So we will be joined upstairs by the …
SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. Thank you, Dr. Aghi. I’m very appreciative. Thank you all. Thank you for a standing ovation. I want you to know that Winston Churchill, who had no small part in some of your lives a very long time ago, once said that …
As Prepared Thank you, Fred, for that kind introduction and for putting together this event today. Seeing this fantastic lineup, including Ambassador Hills, Ambassador Singh, and Nelson Cunningham – as well as all the India experts and journalists in the …
September 11 is a date seared into the minds of all of us at the U.S. Department of State and of citizens across America. Together, we honor the memory of the men, women, and children murdered in 2001. And we will never forget those who died three years …
Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal will travel to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on September 8-9. There, she will meet with government officials, entrepreneurs, and students to discuss increased engagement and ongoing …
Minister Idrissov, Minister Shkolnik, Director General Amano, Honored Guests: Establishing the IAEA Fuel Bank is an important and a complex achievement. It is important that we recognize the many people who made it possible. Sam Nunn, of course, was …
Ministers, it’s been a great honor and pleasure for me to come back to Sri Lanka, and to see you and to see the formation of this new government and all of the hope and promise that it represents. In just the short time since I was here last, and in the …
