secretary of state Anthony Blink
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The State Department said in a reading that Blinken and Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Garneau discussed “the close collaboration between the United States and Canada on a wide range of issues.”
Blinken said he hopes to work with Canadian Foreign Minister Garneau to revitalize our economies and strengthen the wider US partnership and address shared challenges, including COVID-19 and climate change, among many others. “, according to the reading.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
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Blinken also spoke with South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, during which the two diplomats “affirmed the strength and importance of the Alliance between the United States and the ROK, the backbone of the peace, security and prosperity of a free and open Indo-Pacific region and around the world, ”the reading said, using the acronym of the Republic of Korea.
“Secretary Blinken stressed the importance of continuing US-ROK-Japan trilateral cooperation, stressed the continuing need for North Korea’s denuclearization, and stressed President Biden’s commitment to strengthening US alliances.”
The State Department also said that Blinken and Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, “stated that the US-Japan Alliance is the cornerstone of peace, security and prosperity for an Indo-European region. -pacific free and open to the whole world “and that Blinken and outside Mexico Secretary Marcelo Ebrard” underlined our shared interest in security and economic integration, as well as our focus on an orderly and humane approach to migration “.
Biden has repeatedly said he will give priority to strengthening relations with foreign nations that were hampered during the Trump administration.
Each of the four diplomats Blinken spoke to represented countries on Tuesday mocked the former President Trump
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The Secretary of State was the fourth cabinet official to be confirmed in the Biden administration, after the director of National Intelligence April Haines
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