Melania joins me in sending our warmest greetings on Eid al-Fitr.
“The free-enterprise system… is the only system where a business started in a dorm room can disrupt a billion-dollar industry, and where risk-takers can rise from the crowd if they’ll work hard and have a good idea.” - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, March 18, 2019
FOREIGN MINISTER CASSIS: (Via interpreter) Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. Welcome to this press conference and this meeting between Switzerland and the United States.
As we celebrate LGBT Pride Month and recognize the outstanding contributions that LGBT people have made to our great Nation, let us also stand in solidarity with the many LGBT people who live in dozens of countries worldwide that punish, imprison, or even execute individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation.
Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad will travel to Afghanistan, Belgium, Germany, Pakistan, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates from May 31 – June 16, as part of an overall effort to facilitate a peace process that ends the conflict in Afghanistan.
Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday to discuss key shared priorities, including supporting Ukraine and countering Russian aggression.
As we celebrate LGBT Pride Month and recognize the outstanding contributions that LGBT people have made to our great Nation, let us also stand in solidarity with the many LGBT people who live in dozens of countries worldwide that punish, imprison, or even execute individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation.
Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation Dr. Christopher A. Ford will travel to Brazil and Argentina on June 1-6, 2019.
Secretary Pompeo will travel to Switzerland on May 31, where he will meet with President Ueli Maurer and Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis. The Secretary’s visit will mark the first official visit of a U.S. Secretary of State to Bern in more than 20 years. The Secretary will underscore our countries’ strong economic partnership, security cooperation, and bilateral ties.
FOREIGN MINISTER MAAS: (Via interpreter) Dear Mike – dear Mike, a very warm welcome on the occasion of your first visit to Berlin as foreign minister, as foreign secretary. We are delighted to have you here.