On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I congratulate the people of Ukraine as you celebrate the 23rd anniversary of your independence on August 24. During my most recent visit to Ukraine, I was inspired by the remarkable …
On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I congratulate the people of the Principality of Liechtenstein on the occasion of your National Day on August 15. The United States and Liechtenstein have a longstanding relationship that …
The Governments of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States strongly condemn the ongoing fighting and violence in and around Tripoli, Benghazi, and across Libya. We are in particular deeply concerned by the increasing toll the …
The United States expresses its concern about the escalation of violence along the Line of Contact that resulted in significant casualties on July 31. We extend our condolences to the families of those killed or injured and call on the sides to take …
We pause today to mourn and remember the hundreds of thousands of Romani men, women and children who were savagely and senselessly murdered by the Nazis during World War II. On August 2, seventy years ago, Romani men, women, and children were taken from …
The United States is concerned by the filing of criminal charges against former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. Commitment to the rule of law means both that everyone must comply with the law in a democratic society and that the legal system should …
SECRETARY KERRY: Make sure it’s still morning. Good morning, everybody. Thank you for being here with us. It’s my pleasure to be able to welcome Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin to Washington, and this is the second time that he and I have had a chance to be …
SECRETARY KERRY: I’m delighted to have a chance to be able to welcome my colleagues, the Foreign Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu and Foreign Minister of Qatar Khalid Attiyah, here to the American Embassy in Paris. And I’m going to say a couple of words …
Around the world, supporters of religious freedom celebrate the arrival of Meriam Ishag and her family in Rome. I am grateful to the Government of Italy for its role in working with the Government of Sudan to enable Ms. Ishag and her family to depart Sudan …
The United States welcomes the outcome of the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council on Ukraine in the wake of the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 near Donetsk, Ukraine. Today, the Council agreed to accelerate preparation of additional …
Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Ira Forman will travel to Hungary, Latvia, and Lithuania, July 20-26. The Special Envoy will travel to Budapest on July 21 and travel to Latvia and Lithuania, July 22-25, to meet with Jewish leaders, …
QUESTION: Joining me now, Secretary of State of state John Kerry. Mr. Secretary, it’s good to see you. Let me start off with whether you know anything new about the downing of this Malaysian airliner from intelligence information. What do we now know for …
QUESTION: Joining us now to discuss all these issues is the Secretary of State, John Kerry, who’s in Boston. Secretary Kerry, welcome back to Fox News Sunday. SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you, Chris. Good to be with you. QUESTION: Pro-Russian separatists have …
We are deeply concerned by the Russia-backed separatists’ refusal to allow OSCE monitors safe and unfettered access to the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. Yesterday, the monitors were allowed only 75 minutes at the site. Today, they were …
We are horrified by the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. There are no words adequate to express our condolences to the families of the nearly 300 victims. We offer our sympathies and support to the Governments of Malaysia and the Netherlands at this …
Moderator: Good afternoon everybody and greetings from the U.S. Department of State Media Hub in Brussels. I would like to welcome all of you who have dialed in from across Europe today. We are pleased to be joined by Assistant Secretary of State Victoria …
SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning, everybody. I’m very pleased to be here with Jean Asselborn, the foreign minister of Luxembourg, a good friend. We have worked together now for a year and a half on a lot of different issues. We’re very grateful to Luxembourg …
Well, buongiorno tutti, good morning. I’m delighted to be here, and I will be even more delighted to be in Milan. (Laughter and applause.) We are really pleased to host this celebration. And as you all know, we are holding this in conjunction with the …
Question: I hope you had good meetings. Assistant Secretary Nuland: We had a really good day. We had a really good day. We had a chance to see folks from across the political spectrum, to see the president. You know, this is a really – I don’t have to tell …
Assistant Secretary Nuland: Hello everybody, I'm delighted to be back at the Dubrovnik conference. It's is a very, very special and beautiful place that you have here, and the timing is always perfect at the end of the semester when we can all come …
