Moderator: Dear colleagues, good afternoon and welcome to the Palace of Serbia. The First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic and the United States Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs …
Question: Well, after the meetings with our authorities, what is your main message to Montenegrin citizens? Assistant Secretary Nuland: Well, thank you Jelena for this opportunity to be here. As you may know this is my first trip to Montenegro, so we …
SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good morning everybody. I am delighted to be here in Vienna and look forward to my to meeting with my colleagues in the 3+1 in order to discuss where we are in the negotiations, get caught up. And obviously, we have some very …
Thank you for that, Jacques. Hello, dobar dan, everyone. It is so wonderful to be here in Dubrovnik again to talk about the Western Balkans and the transatlantic relationship. This has always been a happy conference for me when I’ve been lucky enough to …
This day is about more than keeping alive the memory of the 8,000 men and boys who were savagely murdered in Srebrenica on July 11, 1995. It is about recommitting ourselves to a cause of conscience and conviction – and to say loudly and clearly, “no more, …
As prepared Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member Corker and members of this committee—thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today on the situation in Ukraine and for your personal investment in the country’s future. As many of you know from your …
As prepared Thank you for inviting me to testify today before this subcommittee on European energy security. I would particularly like to thank Chairman Murphy and Ranking Member Johnson for the personal interest you have taken in this issue. The visits to …
I offer my deepest condolences on the passing of former Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze. As foreign minister of the Soviet Union in the 1980s, Shevardnadze played an instrumental role with President Gorbachev, President Reagan, and Secretary Shultz …
The United States congratulates Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine on signing Association Agreements and establishing Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas with the European Union. The agreements signed today mark a major step toward integrating these Eastern …
SECRETARY KERRY: I want to thank Foreign Minister Fabius for France’s extraordinary hospitality and helping to provide the venue for a number of meetings today. And Foreign Minister Fabius and I discussed each of the individual many hotspots that we are …
SECRETARY KERRY: Turkey is such a key partner in so many ways, but particularly given what is happening in Syria and now in Iraq with ISIL and the participation that we’ve had. We have obviously some major issues to confront. And also, we’ve been talking …
On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I congratulate all Slovenians as you celebrate Statehood Day on June 25. As NATO Allies, we’ve worked together to guarantee European collective security and bring peace and stability from …
On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I congratulate the people of Croatia as they celebrate the anniversary of their declaration of independence this June 25th. As the first Statehood Day since Croatia’s accession to the …
Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs Doug Frantz will travel to Austria and Belgium from June 23 to June 27, 2014. In Vienna, Assistant Secretary Frantz will present and moderate a panel discussion on the challenges of reporting on nuclear …
As prepared Thank you, Paul, for that introduction. I am delighted to be here today to discuss U.S.-Turkey relations. It couldn’t come at a more critical time in our partnership. Our thoughts and prayers today are with our Turkish diplomatic colleagues and …
On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I congratulate the people of Iceland on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Iceland. I am proud that the United States was the first country to recognize Icelandic …
SECRETARY KERRY: I’m really happy to be meeting with Lady Cathy Ashton because we have been working together on almost every issue of concern right now – Ukraine, Syria, Middle East – and most importantly, Cathy is marshaling the P5+1 and the Iran talks …
SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. William, thank you very, very much. Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests all, and particularly my colleagues in government, I know that we all share – I must say I’ve been listening for a little while and able to …
FOREIGN SECRETARY HAGUE: Well, thank you very much. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for coming to this, the concluding press conference of the Summit on Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict. As you know, I’ve been co-chairing this this …
SECRETARY KERRY: National Security Advisor Aziz and I are old friends who have worked on these issues for a long time together. And obviously Pakistan is very, very key now, has been for 70 years, but now with the transition in Afghanistan, with the new …
