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US will engage China from position of strength, says Blinken
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 3 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday said that the country will engage China from a position of strength, adding it was the biggest geo-political test of the 21st century.
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Blinken to deliver foreign policy speech on Wednesday
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 3 (ANI/Sputnik): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken plans to deliver a foreign policy speech on Wednesday, the State Department said in a press release.
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US raises concerns over China's upstream dams on Mekong river basin
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 1 (ANI): Raising concerns over the dipping water-levels of the Mekong River and upstream dams in China, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Ambassador Atul Keshap points out that upstream dams in China that exacerbate drough
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US calls for immediate withdrawal of Eritrean, Amhara regional forces from
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 28 (ANI): The United States is concerned over the reports of humanitarian crisis in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, said Secretary of State Antony Blinken while calling for immediate withdrawal of Eritrean forces and Amhara regional forces from Tigray.
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Blinken to raise Khalistan issue with Canada during virtual trip
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 26 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be discussing on how to counter the Khalistani movement during his virtual trip to Canada on Friday, according to a top State Department official.
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State Secretary Blinken reaffirms US cooperation, partnership with Brunei
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 25 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday reaffirmed the enduring partnership and cooperation between the United States and Brunei based on regional security and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific.
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US seeks to regain seat on UN Human Rights Council
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 24 (ANI): President Joe Biden aims to secure a seat for the United States on the United Nations Human Rights Council almost three years after the Trump administration left the world body, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Wednesday.
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US State Secretary expresses condolences for Italian envoy killed in Congo
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 23 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday (local time) expressed condolences for the Italian envoy killed in a terror attack on a United Nations convoy in Congo.
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US State Secy and Abdullah Abdullah discuss ways of accelerating Afghan pe
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], February 21 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday (local time) had a telephonic conversation with Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation to discuss ways of accelerating and supporting the peace process.
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US officially rejoins Paris Climate Agreement
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 19 (ANI): The United States has officially rejoined the Paris Climate Accord, said Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday (local time).
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Blinken discusses advancing freedom of navigation in Indo-Pacific with Qua
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 18 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed with his Australian, Indian and Japanese counterparts -- the Quad -- the necessity to promote freedom of navigation in the Indo-Pacific region, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a readout of the
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Biden reverses Trump's designation of Houthis as terrorists
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], February 15 (ANI): Joe Biden's US Secretary of State Antony Blinken last Friday, recognizing the dire humanitarian situation in Yemen, announced the reversal of former President Trump's designation of Ansarallah (the Houthis Movement) as a foreign terrorist organisation and
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