Remarks by White House Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason D. Greenblatt at the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee meeting on May 4, 2017 in Brussels.
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By USEU Mission | 10 May, 2017 | Topics: Near East & North Africa, Speeches | Tags: AHLC, Israel, Jason Greenblatt, Negotiation, Palestine, Peace Process
https://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2017/04/270341.htm Press Availability, Rex W. Tillerson, Secretary of State, Treaty Room, Washington, DC, April 19, 2017 SECRETARY TILLERSON: Good afternoon, all. The Trump administration is currently conducting across the entire government a review of our Iran policy. Today I’d like to address Iran’s alarming and ongoing provocations that export terror and violence, destabilizing more than one country at …
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By USEU Mission | 19 April, 2017 | Topics: Defense, East Asia & Pacific, Economic Issues, Former U.S. Government Leaders, Human Rights, Near East & North Africa, News, Press Releases, Regions, Speeches | Tags: Countering Violent Extremism, International security, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, nuclear non-proliferation, Press conference, Rex Tillerson, Syria, Venezuela
Rex W. Tillerson, Secretary of State, Moscow, Russia, April 12, 2017 (Image AP) https://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2017/04/270136.htm FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV: (Via interpreter) Good evening. This has been a long day. We have had talks with State Secretary of the U.S. Rex Tillerson. Right now, we have had a long conversation with President Vladimir Putin of Russia. It has lasted …
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By USEU Mission | 12 April, 2017 | Topics: Defense, Former U.S. Government Leaders, Human Rights, Near East & North Africa, Press Releases, Speeches | Tags: Chemical Attack, Lavrov, Moscow, North Korea, Rex Tillerson, Syria, U.S.-Russia relations
https://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2017/04/269632.htm QUESTION: We want to welcome Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to the broadcast. Mr. Secretary, thank you for being with us. As a start, what message was being sent to the Syrian leader with the U.S. military action? SECRETARY TILLERSON: Well, John, I think that the President was quite clear in his statement that he …
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By USEU Mission | 11 April, 2017 | Topics: Defense, Europe & Eurasia, Former U.S. Government Leaders, Human Rights, Near East & North Africa, News, Political Affairs, Press Releases | Tags: Assad, Bashar al-Assad, Chemical Attack, Raqqa, Rex Tillerson, Russia, Syria
https://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2017/ QUESTION: So what will President Trump do now? Will Thursday’s strike be followed by a new strategy to remove Assad from power? That was my first question for Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in his first interview on This Week. SECRETARY TILLERSON: Well, George, I think our strategy in Syria, as you know, our priority, …
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By USEU Mission | 9 April, 2017 | Topics: Defense, Europe & Eurasia, Former U.S. Government Leaders, Human Rights, Near East & North Africa, News, Political Affairs, Press Releases | Tags: ABC, al-Assad, Chemical attach, George Stephanopoulos, interview, Rex Tillerson, Russia, Syria, This Week
Ankara, Turkey, March 30, 2017 SECRETARY TILLERSON: (In progress) Minister Cavusoglu, and I am privileged to be visiting Turkey today, a NATO ally and a friend of the United States in a very turbulent part of the world. I met with President Erdogan and the foreign minister to convey President Trump’s commitment to strengthening …
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By USEU Mission | 30 March, 2017 | Topics: Defense, Europe & Eurasia, Former U.S. Government Leaders, Human Rights, Near East & North Africa, Press Releases, Speeches, Trade | Tags: Cavusoglu, Countering Violent Extremism, Daesh, economic cooperation, Erdogan, humanitarian relief, ISIS, NATO, PKK, Rex Tillerson, Syria, Trade, Turkey
Communique on the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC October 5, 2016 The following is the text of a joint communique issued by the 75 countries and over 22 international organizations participating in the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan. The Brussels Conference was opened by H.E. Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, …
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By USEU Mission | 5 October, 2016 | Topics: Former U.S. Government Leaders, Near East & North Africa, News, Press Releases | Tags: Afghanistan, ANPDF, John Kerry
On Monday 20 June it’s World Refugee Day. Amy Wilson, Humanitarian and Migration Officer at the U.S. Mission to the EU explains in a podcast why this year is different from other years. She also sets out what the U.S. is doing domestically, in Europe and the Middle East to help address the global refugee …
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By USEU Mission | 16 June, 2016 | Topics: Europe & Eurasia, Family Immigration, Human Rights, Near East & North Africa, Podcast | Tags: Amy Wilson, migration, PRM, refugees, World Refugee Day
Anthony Luzzatto Gardner, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Good morning. I want to thank Rob Wainwright and his staff for working with the United States and the European Commission to organize this first ever joint EU and US security workshop. I also want to thank Commissioner Avramopoulos and all of the staff at DG …
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By USEU Mission | 23 March, 2016 | Topics: Defense, Emergency Services, Former U.S. Ambassadors, Law Enforcement, Near East & North Africa, Speeches | Tags: Ambassador Gardner, Countering Violent Extremism, CVE, U.S.-EU Joint Security Workshop
Although the number of foreign fighters returning from Syria or Iraq is significantly higher in Europe, the threat that these individuals pose is similar in both the EU and United States. Tom Rogan, a counterterrorism expert at the U.S. Mission to the EU, explains these threats and what the U.S. and the EU are doing, …
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By USEU Mission | 26 May, 2015 | Topics: Defense, Near East & North Africa, News, Podcast | Tags: counterterrorism, foreign fighters, Iraq, Syria, Tom Rogan, USEU