Secretary Rubio’s Meeting with Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Cho  – United States Department of State

[ad_1] The below is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott:  Secretary of State Marco Rubio met today with Republic of Korea (ROK) Foreign Minister Cho Hyun.  The Secretary and Foreign Minister highlighted the enduring strength of the U.S.-ROK Alliance, which has remained the linchpin of peace, security, and prosperity on the Korean Peninsula and across the Indo-Pacific […]

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Office of the Historian, Shared Knowledge Services, Bureau of Administration Releases Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977–80, Volume XXVII, Western Europe

[ad_1] Today the Department of State published the Canada, Federal Republic of Germany, and Nordic Countries chapters in Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977–1980, Volume XXVII, Western Europe. This volume is part of a subseries of the Foreign Relations series that documents the foreign policy decision making of the administration of President Jimmy Carter. The Canada chapter […]

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United States Appreciates Tanzania’s Repatriation of Displaced Persons from Northeast Syria

[ad_1] With U.S. government assistance, Tanzania repatriated one woman and three children from the Roj displaced persons camp in northeast Syria on Monday, August 11. Approximately 14,500 individuals from more than 70 countries outside Syria remain in the al-Hol and Roj camps, most of whom are children under the age of 12. The only durable […]

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Outcomes of the Resumed Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2) to Develop a New Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution

[ad_1] Countries were unable to reach consensus on the text of an agreement on plastic pollution during the resumed fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2), held in Geneva, Switzerland, August 5-14, 2025. Plastics play a critical role in every sector of every economy, including food packaging, medical devices, information technology, aerospace, and automobile […]

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Visa Restrictions on African, Cuban, and Grenadan Government Officials Involved in the Cuban Regime’s Coercive Forced Labor Export Scheme

[ad_1] Today, the Department of State took steps to impose visa restrictions on African, Cuban, and Grenadan government officials, and their family members, for their complicity in the Cuban regime’s medical mission scheme in which medical professionals are ‘rented’ by other countries at high prices and most of the revenue is kept by the Cuban […]

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Joint Statement on Protecting American Consumers and Shipping Industries by Defeating the International Maritime Organization’s “Net-Zero Framework” aka Global Carbon Tax

[ad_1] HomeOffice of the SpokespersonPress Releases…Joint Statement on Protecting American Consumers and Shipping Industries by Defeating the International Maritime Organization’s “Net-Zero Framework” aka Global Carbon Tax The text of the following statement was released by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, and Secretary of Transportation Sean […]

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Joint Statement on the Inaugural Joint Security Coordination Mechanism (JSCM) Meeting for the Peace Agreement Between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Rwanda

[ad_1] HomeOffice of the SpokespersonPress Releases…Joint Statement on the Inaugural Joint Security Coordination Mechanism (JSCM) Meeting for the Peace Agreement Between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Rwanda hide The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, the Democratic Republic of the […]

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Deputy Secretary Landau’s Travel to Colombia

[ad_1] The United States stands in solidarity with the Colombian people in mourning the tragic loss of Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, a rising leader committed to serving his country and strengthening U.S.-Colombia relations. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau will travel to Bogotá today to attend the memorial services for Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay […]

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Deputy Secretary Landau’s Meeting with the Pacific Islands Ambassadors and Representatives

[ad_1] The below is attributable to Spokesperson Tammy Bruce: Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau met with the Pacific Islands Ambassadors and Representatives of Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Tuvalu today to discuss U.S.-Pacific Islands relations. The Deputy announced the […]

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Joint Statement on U.S.-Cook Islands Cooperation on Seabed Mineral Resources

[ad_1] The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Cook Islands. Begin Text: On the occasion of the Cook Islands’ 60th Anniversary as a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand on August 4, 2025, the Governments of the United States of America and […]

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