Author: Marco Rubio, Secretary of State

Marco Rubio, Secretary of State HomeOffice of the Spokesperson Press Releases… Peace Deal Between Armenia and Azerbaijan: August 8, 2025 The United States celebrates today’s historic peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan. President Trump brought these parties together and brokered a deal that ends decades of conflict. This is an opportunity for both countries to […]

QUESTION:  All right, it gives us great pleasure – joining us, Secretary of State Marco Rubio.  Mr. Secretary, a warm welcome.  Thank you for coming on.  We appreciate it.  And lots going on today.  The meetings with Russia.  Let me start – Mr. Trump on Truth Social:  “My Special Envoy, Steve Witkoff… highly productive meeting with […]

Marco Rubio, Secretary of State The Ceasefire Between Cambodia and Thailand July 28, 2025 The United States applauds the ceasefire declaration between Cambodia and Thailand announced today in Kuala Lumpur.  President Trump and I are committed to an immediate cessation of violence and expect the governments of Cambodia and Thailand to fully honor their commitments […]

The United States condemns the Hong Kong government’s July 25 announcement of new arrest warrants and bounties targeting 15 additional overseas activists, including U.S.-based individuals.  The extraterritorial targeting of Hong Kongers who are exercising their fundamental freedoms is a form of transnational repression. We will not tolerate the Hong Kong government’s attempts to apply its […]

President Trump made clear that his administration will hold accountable foreign nationals who are responsible for censorship of protected expression in the United States.  Brazilian Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes’s political witch hunt against Jair Bolsonaro created a persecution and censorship complex so sweeping that it not only violates basic rights of Brazilians, […]

Today, thanks to President Trump’s leadership and commitment to the American people, the United States welcomes home ten Americans who were detained in Venezuela. Until today, more Americans were wrongfully held in Venezuela than any other country in the world. It is unacceptable that Venezuelan regime representatives arrested and jailed U.S. nationals under highly questionable […]

Nine years ago, an Arbitral Tribunal constituted under the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention unanimously ruled China’s expansive South China Sea maritime claims have no basis in international law. This decision, legally binding on both the Philippines and China, was a significant milestone and a useful basis for peacefully resolving disputes between parties in […]

In line with President Trump’s May 13 promise to deliver sanctions relief to Syria, I am announcing my intent to revoke the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) designation of al-Nusrah Front, also known as Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), under the Immigration and Nationality Act. This revocation will be effective tomorrow, July 8. Tomorrow’s action follows the […]

The fentanyl crisis in the United States is unprecedented, with overdoses remaining the leading cause of death for Americans ages 18 to 44. More than 40 percent of Americans reportedly know someone who has died from an opioid overdose, and in 2024 the United States averaged over 220 overdose deaths daily. Today, I am announcing […]