SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. This will be a very brief statement, but let me just say that I was extremely pleased to be able to meet with President Rahmon and to discuss a number of issues regarding our bilateral relationship. And I thanked him …
SECRETARY KERRY: Mr. President, thank you very much for your welcome, and I’m appreciative to my counterpart, the foreign minister, for his meeting. I really appreciate the fact that you decided to agree to this C5 meeting that we held, and I think it was …
SECRETARY KERRY: (In Kazakh.) (Applause.) I’m working at it, folks. (Laughter.) Thank you very, very much, President Katsu. Thank you. As all of you know, President Katsu had a very long and very distinguished career at the World Bank, and I was not at all …
AMBASSADOR KROL: Mr. Secretary, on behalf of Mission Kazakhstan, which includes those – all of us here in Astana and, as you can see on the screen, this is our consulate general in Almaty. SECRETARY KERRY: Yay, Almaty. How are you? AMBASSADOR KROL: Half of …
SECRETARY KERRY: Well, thank you, Mr. President. I’m very pleased to be in Kazakhstan again. I appreciated the meeting that we had with President Obama in New York. We discussed a lot of the issues between us, and I know that President Obama is very …
The United States of America is strongly committed to the prosperity, sovereignty, stability, and security of the five Central Asian countries as well as a vision of regional economic connectivity through its New Silk Road initiative. Since Kazakhstan, the …
The following is attributable to Deputy Spokesperson Mark Toner: Secretary Kerry met with Uzbekistan’s President Islam Karimov today to discuss U.S.-Uzbekistan relations and to review opportunities to cooperate on a range of bilateral and regional issues. …
The foreign ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Republic of Turkmenistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Secretary of State of the United States of America issue this Joint Declaration of …
SECRETARY KERRY: Excuse me. Well, Mr. President, thank you. Thank you very much for your very generous welcome here to Uzbekistan and to Samarkand. It’s a great privilege for me to be here, and it is a magnificent city – a UNESCO World Heritage Site. So I …
SECRETARY KERRY: Well, thank you very much, Mr. Minister. Thank you for a generous welcome here to this very beautiful city of Samarkand. I’m particularly grateful to our hosts, President Karimov and to Foreign Minister Kamilov, for inviting us all here …
SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. Salamatsyzdarby. I’m happy to be here. Thank you very, very much. Kids, you guys look great. I am so jealous. (Laughter.) Number one, I’d love to get dressed up in a costume, and number two, you made me think of my …
SECRETARY KERRY: I did this once before. (Laughter.) Minister Sarieva, an outstanding graduate of this university, we’re really proud of her work. And President Wachtel, faculty, students, all of you here, everybody with their smartphone pointing at me …
FOREIGN MINISTER ABDYLDAEV: (Via interpreter) Good evening, dear representatives of mass media. Negotiations between the State Secretary, Mr. John Kerry, with the president have finished. And before that we had bilateral negotiations. Immediately I would …
Thank you, Ambassador, thank you very much. Salamatsyzdarby! I’m happy to be here, thank you very, very much. Whoops, I have a floating microphone here. I want to express my appreciation to everybody, thank you for sitting out here for a little while. Mr. …
On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I congratulate the people of Turkmenistan on the 24th anniversary of your nation’s independence. Since that proud day of independence, the United States has been pleased to work closely with …
Madame Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi of the Republic of Indonesia, ddistinguished delegates and guests, I convey to you the warm greetings of Secretary of State John Kerry, and his appreciation to the Government of Indonesia for hosting this Meeting of …
United States Ambassador to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the Republic of the Maldives Atul Keshap will lead the U.S. delegation to the 15th Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Council of Ministers meeting, held October 20-23, 2015 in …
As Prepared Thank you, General Brooks, for those great remarks and for the invitation to speak at this important gathering. Thank you also for the vision and commitment you bring to advancing our security partnerships in across the Indo-Pacific. I’m …
Today, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal welcomed a delegation of Turkmenistani government officials led by Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov for the fourth U.S-Turkmenistan Annual Bilateral Consultations. …
The United States congratulates Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli on his election as the Prime Minister of Nepal. We look forward to working with the Prime Minister on ongoing efforts to rebuild after the earthquake and to bring about a more prosperous, unified, …
