People’s Republic of China Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin’s Press Conference on July 11, 2022 (Credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES China on Monday called on the U.S. to “heed the call for justice
Super Oil Tanker (Credit: Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The U.S. Biden administration has sanctioned an international network of individuals and entities utilizing a web of Gulf-based front companies to facilitate delivery and sale of hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth
Flag of Eritrea (Source: Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States has sanctioned the Eritrean military and the country’s ruling party because “Eritrea’s destabilizing presence in Ethiopia” is prolonging the year-long bloody conflict. Since the outbreak of the military conflict in 2020,
United States Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman (Credit: UN Photo/Loey Felipe) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States remains concerned about Sudan’s “democratic trajectory” amid last week’s military takeover of the transitional government, the U.S. Special Envoy for the
Minnesota Democratic U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar at the U.S. Embassy in Cuba. Photo courtesy of Klobuchar’s congressional office. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) introduced major bipartisan legislation to lift the Cuba
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in Reykjavik, Iceland, on May 19, 2021. (Credit: State Department photo by Ron Przysucha) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met Wednesday with Russian Foreign
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations (Credit: UN Photo Evan Schneider) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMTIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The U.S. Biden administration “is committed to being a partner to Africa” as the
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON – PENTAGON – Echoing President Biden’s declaration that “diplomacy is back”, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks said statecraft is essential in dealing with China and that conflict with Beijing is not inevitable. Acknowledging the challenge posed by
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual town hall meeting with U.S. Mission to the United Nations staff, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 29, 2021. [State Department photo by Freddie Everett] By Gary Raynaldo
(credit: africom.mil / staff Sgt. Daniel Garcia) U.S. forces met with French forces stationed in Djibouti Horn of Africa. U.S. troops received interoperability training from the French, including military operations on urbanized terrain (MOUT) training March 19, 2021. By Gary Raynaldo