Under Secretary Sonenshine: Thank you Gary and my personal welcome to Minister Raju and Ambassador Rao and Assistant Secretary Blake, and really to the members of the academic community and the private sector. Your presence here is a very encouraging …
Thanks so much for the opportunity to speak to this distinguished audience. Yale and TERI’s partnership – and leadership – to advance clean and innovative energy solutions has made this a vital forum for sharing new ideas and casting an ambitious vision …
The U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Eric Goosby will travel to India May 1-4, 2013 to recognize the successful health partnership between the Governments of the United States and India. Dr. Goosby will be meeting with key Government of India and …
Today at the State Department, the United States hosted Japan and India for their fourth trilateral dialogue, exchanging views on a wide range range of regional and global issues of mutual interest. This discussion was co-chaired by Assistant Secretary of …
QUESTION: Do you have any comment on a U.S. citizen indicted by a Bangladesh court for war crimes committed in 1971? ANSWER: We are looking into reports that a U.S. citizen has been indicted by Bangladesh’s war crimes court. Due to privacy considerations, …
This morning I called leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan to tell them that Ambassador James F. Dobbins has agreed to serve as the next Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. He has deep and longstanding relationships in the region and I …
The Afghanistan Opium Survey and Afghanistan Opium Risk Assessment (ORAS) are two distinct reports that aid the Afghan government in policy development and the U.S. Government and other donors in foreign assistance planning. Both reports are joint …
Today the State Department, the Department of Labor and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative convened a conference call with U.S. buyers in Bangladesh’s garment industry to discuss U.S. Government engagement to improve workers’ rights and working …
Mr. Minister Aung, let me first of all welcome you to the United States. Let me begin by thanking the Offshore Technology Conference and the U.S. Department of Commerce for organizing this event and for offering this opportunity to discuss our …
Good morning. Thank you Dr. Sears, for that kind introduction. I appreciate the opportunity to speak here today. And let me congratulate you on this first India symposium and on securing such a distinguished a speaker as Ambassador Rao! I’m delighted that …
DEPUTY SECRETARY BURNS: I’m delighted to be back in India. I’m very grateful for the hospitality of my friend, Ambassador Nancy Powell, and grateful for the opportunity to meet with you at the start of my visit. I look forward very much to meeting later …
Thank you, Foreign Minister Rassoul, for hosting us here in Kabul today and for your continued leadership of the U.S.-Afghanistan Bilateral Commission. One year ago, President Obama flew to Kabul to sign the Strategic Partnership Agreement. He said the SPA …
[Dari] [Pashto] At the invitation of Foreign Minister Dr. Zalmai Rassoul, Deputy Secretary William Burns and his delegation visited Kabul May 11, 2013, to convene the second meeting of the Afghanistan-U.S. Bilateral Commission, established by the …
Deputy Secretary of State Burns arrived in Kabul, Afghanistan May 11, 2013. The Deputy Secretary will lead U.S. participation at the second meeting of the U.S.-Afghanistan Bilateral Commission, created to advance cooperation and monitor progress made in …
These national and provincial assembly elections mark an historic step in Pakistan's democratic journey. The Pakistani people stood up resiliently to threats by violent extremists. We'll be working with the new government to advance shared …
DEPUTY SECRETARY BURNS: Thank you very much and good morning. I’m very glad to be back in Kabul. I was especially pleased yesterday to co-chair the second session of the U.S.-Afghanistan Bilateral Commission, which is an important mechanism for translating …
The “Heart of Asia” foreign ministerial in Almaty, Kazakhstan April 26, 2013 continues a high-level dialogue focused on encouraging security, political, and economic cooperation among Afghanistan and its neighbors. This region-led dialogue was launched in …
Assistant Secretary Blake: Ambassador [Orzayev] is a hard person to follow, but I’ll do my best. First of all I want to thank the Rector of Nazarbayev Kazakh National University for hosting us today and putting on this wonderful conference. I want to thank …
Al Jazeera: Ambassador Blake, thank you for talking to Al Jazeera. When we last met, it was 12 months ago in Dushanbe, in Tajikistan. You were talking to me then about the New Silk Road and those kinds of initiatives that would help Afghanistan reintegrate …
Assistant Secretary Blake: Good morning, everybody. I’m very pleased to be back here in Tashkent and to see a lot of familiar faces. I’d like to begin by thanking our hosts in Uzbekistan for their customary gracious hospitality over the last few days. I …
