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We recognize that there will be those times, unfortunately, as humans interact with one another because of our nature that there will be conflict,
I expect every nation on earth to advance their national interests. And in those instances — and I hope there will be many — in which our national interests and theirs align, we look forward to working with them,
We also strongly oppose any unilateral actions that seek to change the status quo by force or coercion,
There will be changes."
Addressing employees with his wife and four children by his side, Rubio said They discussed a wide range of topics, including regional issues and opportunities to further deepen the US-India relationship, in particular on critical and emerging technologies, defense cooperation, energy, and on advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific region,
Discussed strengthening our friendship to ensure mutual benefit and enhance global stability and prosperity. Looking forward to working together on an active and outcome oriented agenda,
the minister said on X after the meeting Significant that the Quad (foreign ministers' meeting) took place within hours of the inauguration of the Trump Administration,
S Jaishankar said on X after the meeting This underlines the priority it has in the foreign policy of its member states,
There's a great deal of optimism and confidence about the opportunities ahead, and I am really privileged to have had this level of engagement so early in the new administration,
Our job, across the world, is to ensure that we have a foreign policy that advances the national interest of the United States, ... I expect every nation on earth to advance their national interests.”
There will be changes, but the changes are not meant to be destructive. They’re not meant to be punitive,
he told the audience at his swearing-in, made up largely of State Department employees The sanctions of Marco Rubio are killing kids in Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela.”
Another, speaking Spanish, criticised hardline US policies abroad Sometimes, the Department of State has been sort of relegated to a secondary role because some other agency can move faster or seems to be bolder or more creative,
The Communist Party of China that leads the PRC [People’s Republic of China] is the most potent and dangerous near-peer adversary this nation has ever confronted,
That’s what we endeavour to do: to promote peace around the world because that’s in our national interest,
I get the bilingual protesters,
the lawmaker, a child of Cuban immigrants, quipped We are, at the end of the day, a nation founded on a powerful principle. And that powerful principle is that all men are created equal because our rights come from God, our creator — not from our laws, not from our governments,
This is an extraordinary honour and a privilege to serve in this role, to be here — frankly, to oversee the greatest, the most effective, the most talented, the most experienced diplomatic corps in the history of the world,
He is a bipartisan solutions-seeker, a guy who can actually get things done, but a conservative of great principle and vision,
I want to also thank the locally employed staff, the nationals of those countries who work with us,