United States Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (Credit: uscongress) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks visited the headquarters of AFRICOM in Stuttgart, Germany while on a bipartisan delegation this week. The delegation received a
United States Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (Credit: uscongress) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Congressman Gregory Meeks (NY), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced legislation Tuesday requiring the State Department to hold a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit (ALS) every four years.
U.S. House of Representative Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) / (Credit: meeks.house.gov) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Congressional members Thursday condemned the recent military coup in Burkina Faso, saying it is part of a larger, “more alarming picture of anti-democratic movements” in West Africa.
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Democratic lawmakers in Congress sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken Wednesday urging the Administration to withhold some $300 million in military assistance to Egypt pending on the country improving its human rights record. House Foreign
U.S. Congress Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) / Credit: meeks.gov) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Representatives Gregory W. Meeks and Michael McCaul, Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee accused Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov of continuing to “peddle disinformation in Africa
U.S. Representative Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (Credit: meeks.house.gov) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Jim McGovern (D-MA), Chairman of the Rules Committee are calling
(Photo by Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times) Vintage American car in Havana, Cuba. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Biden administration this week rolled back several Trump-era policies toward Cuba including allowing more travel to the island, and increasing the amount of money families can
United States Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (Credit: uscongress) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. members of Congress have warned of Russia’s growing “malign” influence in the continent of Africa. To that end, Congress on Friday passed the “Countering
U.S. Rep. Gregory Weldon Meeks, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs (meeks.house.gov) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Congressional members Wednesday condemned horrific reports of Malian troops and suspected Russian mercenaries allegedly executing about 300 people in central Mali, west Africa. Human Rights Watch said
(credit: Wikipedia Commons ) Gregory Weldon Meeks (Democrat) is U.S. Representative for New York’s 5th Congressional District By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY-D) has been elected to Chair the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee, becoming the first African-American ever