Author: Office of the Spokesperson

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 for […]

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 documents […]

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 solution […]

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 production. […]

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 authorities. […]

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 Congo, […]

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 on […]

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 United […]

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 the […]