(As Delivered) Ambassador Umarov, Senator Nunn, Senator Lugar (the distinguished senator from my home state of Indiana), honored guests, ladies and gentlemen: It is such an honor to participate in this conference marking the 20th Anniversary of Project …
Public Notice Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Request for Statements of Interest: Supporting Transitional Justice Initiatives in Nepal I. Requested Proposal Program Objectives The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) announces a …
Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Charles Rivkin will travel to Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 11–13. Drawing on his background as a former corporate CEO, Assistant Secretary Rivkin will highlight the opportunities for …
Salaam and hello to everyone from Washington! Let me begin by expressing my sincere congratulations on the launch of the Promote program--I wish I could be there to celebrate with you today. Administrator Shah, our Embassy Team in Kabul, and everyone who …
Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Sarah Sewall will travel to Nepal and India from November 9-16, 2014. While in Nepal, Under Secretary Sewall will meet with the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister, and other …
President Nakao, Prime Minister Otorbayev, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen. I want to thank the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for organizing this CAREC Ministerial Conference, and congratulate the ADB for 20 years of partnership with our host country, …
Public Notice Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Request for Proposals: Democracy, Human Rights, and Rule of Law in Central Asia. I. Requested Proposal Program Objectives The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) announces a Request …
Remarks as prepared Introduction Good afternoon. It’s a pleasure to be here with all of you. I want to start by thanking George Washington University for organizing today’s discussion about the prospects for regional integration across Central Asia. I …
The governments of the United States and Bangladesh, led respectively by U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman and Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque, convened the third annual Partnership Dialogue on October 28-29, …
The Department of State’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations announces the design/build construction award for a new U.S. Embassy in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan to Caddell Construction of Montgomery, Alabama. The project will provide a chancery, a U.S. …
SECRETARY KERRY: Well, Nisha, thank you very, very much. Welcome, everybody, to a celebration, and happy Diwali to all of you. It’s nice to be here. AUDIENCE: Happy Diwali. (Applause.) SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. We are really pleased to be …
Secretary of State John Kerry will host the Obama Administration’s Annual Diwali Celebration to honor the Hindu, Sikh, and Jain holiday celebrated throughout the world. The event will be held at 6 p.m. on October 23, in the Benjamin Franklin Room at the U. …
I would like to thank Shuja Nawaz and the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center for organizing this conference. It is also nice to see so many friendly faces in the audience – new and old. In many ways this feels to me like a Pakistani version of “This is …
The United States welcomes the agreement announced today between Afghanistan and Pakistan over transit pricing for the Central Asia South Asia electricity transmission project (CASA-1000). This marks an important step in bilateral relations between …
MODERATOR: Thank you very much, and welcome to everyone who has joined the call. We have a few minutes here today with two senior Administration officials. This call will be on background, so no names or titles, please. But for your information, we have [ …
SECRETARY KERRY: Please be seated, everybody. Thank you very, very much. Good afternoon. We are sorry to be a few minutes late, but the Prime Minister had the pleasure of going to the Martin Luther King Memorial as an off-schedule event on the way over …
Higher Education Indian students account for the second-largest group of foreign students in the United States, with approximately 100,000 students studying in the United States in 2012-13. At the same time, a growing number of Americans are choosing to …
U.S.-India cooperation on science, technology, and space strengthens our bilateral partnership, developing cutting edge research fostering innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic growth. The two countries recognize that science and technology are vital …
Through ongoing dialogues and multilateral initiatives, the United States and India are accelerating their engagement to meet the challenges of the 21st century. As the world’s two largest democracies, the United States and India have over 30 bilateral …
