Secretary Kerry will travel to New Delhi for the 5th U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue, which he will co-chair with Indian Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj on July 31. Secretary Kerry will be accompanied by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, …
Neera, thank you very, very much. Thank you for confirming to me your mother’s fealty. (Laughter.) I’m deeply appreciative for her support through the years and I’m sorry we lost you when you were 18, but I’m glad you wound up here, as is everybody else. …
Secretary of State John Kerry will deliver a speech at a launch event inaugurating the Center for American Progress’ India: 2020 program at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, July 28, at the Center for American Progress (CAP). The Secretary will underscore the shared …
Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs Doug Frantz is in Kabul, Afghanistan, to meet with senior United Nations and Independent Election Commission officials, as well as representatives of the two presidential candidates and other stakeholders and …
Chairman Chabot, Ranking Member Faleomavaega, thank you for inviting me to testify today. It is an honor to appear before this Committee, and I am pleased to speak alongside my friend and colleague, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Global Markets, Arun …
Ambassador Dobbins: Thank you all for coming. I’m here this week to look and see how progress is being made at implementing the agreement that was reached between the two candidates during Secretary Kerry’s visit here the weekend before this. I’ve had a …
(Written Statement) Chairman Kaine, Ranking Member Risch, thank you for inviting me to testify before you today. It is an honor to appear before this Committee, and I’m pleased to speak alongside my colleague, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for …
SECRETARY KERRY: All right. Well, thank you all for dropping by. Obviously, the United Kingdom and the United States share what is known as a special relationship, and it really is. And we cooperate on so many different things. But today, obviously, we’re …
FOREIGN MINISTER STEINMEIER: (In German.) SECRETARY KERRY: Frank, thank you very much. We discussed a number of difficult issues. The most important part of our conversation was focused on the issue of Iran, the question that will be asked at this, in the …
MODERATOR: Ladies and gents, thank you for coming tonight to this press conference. Thank you for your patience. We have here this evening Jan Kubis, the UN Special Representative for Afghanistan here; we have John Kerry, the U.S. Secretary of State; and …
PRESIDENT KARZAI: (Via interpreter) In the name of God, (inaudible) media, welcome to today’s conference. You have been waiting since Iftar. I apologize for that. Today, we have His Excellency John Kerry, Secretary of State to the United States with us, as …
NDTV: It’s been an uneasy year for the relationship between India and the United States with some pointing out that the relationship appeared to have lost its momentum, even seeing serious friction at times. But now both countries are trying to put the …
SECRETARY KERRY: So let me just say very quickly what a pleasure it is for me to again be able to meet with Dr. Abdullah Abdullah. We – as I said earlier, the United States has one overriding interest here, and that is the people of Afghanistan, that …
SECRETARY KERRY: I want to say very quickly that it’s a pleasure to meet with Dr. Ghani again. We know each other well; we’ve had many, many discussions through the years, and I’m here because President Obama and the United States of America are deeply …
SECRETARY KERRY: I want to thank the UN for the tremendous job that they’ve been doing. And obviously, we are at a very, very critical moment for Afghanistan. The election legitimacy hangs in the balance. The future potential of a transition hangs in the …
QUESTION: Can we ask you how your meetings went, what are some of the issues that came up? DEPUTY SECRETARY BURNS: Sure. Good evening everyone. I’m delighted to be back in Delhi. I am delighted to be here at a moment of such promise and possibility in …
Ambassador Dobbins: Thank you, Tom. And thank you for arranging this and for inviting me. When this event was originally envisaged, I think it was to look at Afghanistan’s longer term future. I would like to be able to look with confidence at Afghanistan’s …
BBC: How are you reading what’s happening in Afghanistan at the moment? Ambassador Dobbins: We’re concerned about the trend in events. We have been concerned for some time that the electoral process hasn’t been moving forward smoothly. We believe that …
The United States is concerned by reports that the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defense has ordered registered Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and civil society groups to cease their media engagements and activities. This order undermines Sri Lanka’s …
Deputy Secretary William J. Burns will travel to India July 10-11 in advance of the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue. He will discuss the full range of bilateral issues – including economic, energy, and security cooperation – with senior Indian officials. The …
