On behalf of the United States of America, I express my wish for a more peaceful, open future for the people of Russia as they commemorate Russia Day. June 12, 1990, marked an important step in fulfilling the aspirations of the people of Russia for …
MR ALEGRET: Thank you, everyone. Let’s open my mike. Thank you, everyone, for joining us in this amazing panel. The topic is democratic governance, and you’re here to listen to the conclusions, the suggestions from civil society to high officials from …
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. It has been nearly three decades since the United States hosted the first Summit of Americas. As it happens, I actually worked on that inaugural summit, in a slightly different role – I was a speechwriter for …
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. It’s good to see everyone, and I don’t want to be the only thing standing between you and – I guess it’s lunch. Well, yes, we’re in Latin America, so it’s lunch. Wonderful to see everyone here today and thank …
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, everyone. It’s a great pleasure to be here in Los Angeles with my friends and partners from Mexico and from Canada. Foreign Minister Ebrard, Foreign Minister Joly, thank you for joining us today. Simply put, Mexico and …
QUESTION: We appreciate, Secretary, this interview. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. QUESTION: (Via interpreter) My name is Alejandro. Thank you for being on SinEmbargo. SECRETARY BLINKEN: (In Spanish.) QUESTION: (Via interpreter) So the president of …
On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of the Philippines as you celebrate your Independence Day on June 12. Today, let me reaffirm our longstanding alliance with the Philippines as we work together to recover from the COVID- …
MR GOVAN: Good afternoon. Welcome. Welcome, everyone. Thank you for being here. I’m Michael Govan, CEO and director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. It’s a pleasure to welcome you here to LACMA. We’re so deeply honored that there are so many …
On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of Portugal on their celebration of this year’s National Day. The United States cherishes our enduring relationship with Portugal which is based on deeply shared values. We celebrate …
QUESTION: Gracias. Thank you so much for talking to us. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you, Jorge. It’s good to be with you. QUESTION: So the fact that nine countries are not here, is that challenging or questioning U.S. leadership in the hemisphere? …
Yesterday, we joined the overwhelming majority of the IAEA Board of Governors in expressing support for the IAEA’s essential mission of safeguarding nuclear material to prevent nuclear proliferation. Iran must cooperate with the IAEA and provide …
To mark World Ocean Day, the Department of State is working with Congress to provide $10 million in support of the UN plan to address the imminent threat to the Red Sea ecosystem from the FSO Safer in Yemen. An oil spill or leak would cost the world …
QUESTION: Mr. Secretary. Gracias, Secretario Blinken, por la entrevista. El Presidente Biden llega el miércoles. President Biden arrives on Wednesday. That’s when the summit starts. Before it even started, there are those calling it a failure and …
SECRETARY BLINKEN: This is the great power of being the chair. Again, welcome, everyone. Good morning. Welcome to Los Angeles. It is wonderful to see my fellow ministers, all of your teams here for the Ninth Summit of the Americas. And welcome to …
MR BRILLIANT: Well, Mr. Secretary, first off let me just say thank you for being here with us today. And I just want to acknowledge upfront the strong partnership that we’ve had with the State Department in putting together the 4th annual Summit of the …
The health and productivity of our ocean is under threat. Greenhouse gas emissions are making our ocean warmer, higher, more acidic, and less productive. Meanwhile, illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing is threatening fish stocks and marine …
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you very much. Well, good evening, everyone, and it is wonderful to be in Los Angeles, and particularly wonderful to be here in this extraordinary building. And I want to start by saying thank you, thank you, thank you to …
The United States welcomes the progress in securing more regular access for humanitarian assistance to communities in need in the Afar, Amhara, and Tigray regions of Ethiopia. In the past seven days, more than 1,100 trucks have reached Tigray to deliver …
MS BILL-CHAVEZ: So my name is Rebecca Bill-Chavez. I’m the president and CEO of the Inter-American Dialogue; the host of this event, Mayor Garcetti, and (inaudible). (Laughter.) There you are. Sorry (inaudible). And so thank you so much, Mr. Secretary …
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, I parachuted into the middle, so my apologies. (Laughter.) But I really did want to stop by. This is the very beginning of the Summit of the Americas, and it seems like this is a very important way to start. And Jose, thank …
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