71st Anniversary of the Deportation on Crimean Tatars
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Washington, DC - Today, Crimean Tatars mark the 71st anniversary of the Soviet government’s forcible deportation of more than 230,000 Tatars from their homeland. The event has been marked in Crimea every year since the 50th anniversary was commemorated in Simferopol in 1994. This year, however, under Russian occupation, the Tatars have been banned from marking the occasion with their traditional memorial demonstration.
Assistant Secretary Nuland Travel to Russia
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Washington, DC - Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland is in Moscow May 17-18 to meet with senior Russian government officials to discuss next steps in Minsk implementation, following her May 14-16 visit to Kyiv, Ukraine and Secretary Kerry’s May 12 meetings in Sochi, Russia.
The President’s Global Development Council’s Second Report
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Washington, DC - President Obama’s Global Development Policy, released in the fall of 2010, elevated development as a core pillar of American power and recognized global development as a strategic, economic, and moral imperative for the United States.
Mali: Accord on Peace and Reconciliation
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Washington, DC - The United States welcomes the formal commitments taken yesterday in Algiers and today in Bamako to advance lasting peace and reconciliation in Mali. We urge all Malian parties to sign the Accord to underscore their concrete commitment to peace and to continue to engage constructively to implement the Accord.
Special Representative O'Brien Travel to Paris, London, and Dublin
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Washington, DC - Special Representative for Global Partnerships Andrew O’Brien will travel to Paris, London, and Dublin from May 18-27.
Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken Travels to Vietnam, Indonesia, and Burma
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Washington, DC - Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Hanoi, Vietnam on May 16. While in Hanoi, Deputy Secretary Blinken will meet with senior Vietnamese government officials and representatives of civil society organizations. He will then travel on to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on May 19, where he will engage with youth at an American Center Innovation Lab video design competition, discuss education partnerships, and interact with private sector representatives.
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