MODERATOR: This is a background briefing with a senior State Department official about the Secretary’s trip to London. Welcome. QUESTION: What concrete proposals do you -- SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL: Thank you so – (laughter) – as you heard the …
SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. President Obama, as you know, asked me to come to London in an effort to try to deescalate the situation in Ukraine. Today, Foreign Minister Lavrov and I engaged in a very in-depth, constructive dialogue on how …
Ukraine is facing a moment of historic challenge and historic opportunity. In the coming months, the Government of Ukraine will need to take steps to restore economic stability and to conduct free, fair, and inclusive presidential elections to allow the …
Following is the text by Senior Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of State, Dr. Tomicah Tillemann; Deputy Director, Department of the United Nations and Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Mr. Maciej Janczak; and Community of Democracies …
At the direction of President Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to London, U.K., on March 14 to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to discuss the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. The Secretary will continue to reaffirm the United …
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SECRETARY KERRY: It’s my great pleasure to be back here with the prime minister, who has finally arrived. He rushed back from Brussels to get here, and I’m very appreciative personally for his tremendous effort to be able to do that. Thank you very much. I …
SECRETARY KERRY: It’s my privilege, strangely, in Italy, but because we are at the Embassy residence, to welcome Federica Mogherini, the foreign minister of Italy, to welcome her to Villa Taverna, where tonight we have an opportunity to be able to break …
SECRETARY KERRY: (In Italian.) Good evening, everybody. It’s a great pleasure for me to be back in Rome. I’m especially pleased to be here in Rome at a time when Italy is making a transition in a – with a new government and making progress, important …
As prepared Chairman Royce, Ranking Member Engel, members of this Committee, I am grateful for the opportunity to speak to you today on U.S. foreign policy toward Ukraine. Let me begin by thanking this Committee for its deep engagement on this issue. In …
Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member Corker, Members of the Committee, thank you for this opportunity. I’m pleased to be joined by Matt Olsen and Derek Chollet. I ask that my written testimony be entered into the record. Before addressing the issue of …
(As prepared) Mr. Chairman and distinguished Commissioners, thank you for inviting me to testify today before the Helsinki Commission, which, for nearly 40 years, has played a vital role in fostering democracy, human rights and security across Europe and …
As Russia spins a false narrative to justify its illegal actions in Ukraine, the world has not seen such startling Russian fiction since Dostoyevsky wrote, “The formula ‘two plus two equals five’ is not without its attractions.”Below are 10 of President …
SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good evening everybody. Thank you very much. I know you’ve all been extremely patient and it’s been a long day. First of all, I want to thank Foreign Minister Fabius and the French Government for a tremendous job of hosting the …
SECRETARY KERRY: Well, we’re glad to have our friends here from Ukraine and from Great Britain, partners in the Budapest Agreement of 1994, regrettably missing one member, but we will be meeting, hopefully this afternoon, with that additional member. So we …
AMBASSADOR PYATT: I’ll just say, Mr. Secretary, let me present to you the team of Embassy Kyiv, the hardest working embassy in the U.S. Foreign Service today. (Laughter.) SECRETARY KERRY: Wow. I’ll tell you, I go to some places and the ambassador says that …
SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. Let me say, first of all, how incredibly moving it was to walk down Institutska Street and to have a chance to be able to pay my respects on behalf of President Obama and the American people at the site of last …
Thank you, Madam Chair. Because Ambassador Kelin’s remarks were intermittently addressed to us, I thought it best to respond immediately to the parallel reality that was presented here to the situation that the vast majority of the rest of the delegations …
On March 3, Assistant Secretary Victoria Nuland will travel to Kyiv, Ukraine, to join Secretary Kerry for his meetings on March 4. She will then accompany Secretary Kerry to Paris, France, and Rome, Italy. Please click here for more information on …
Since 1992, the United States has provided nearly $1.2 billion in assistance to Moldova, including over $22 million in FY 2013 and a five-year, $262 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact launched in 2010. This assistance has supported an …
