2013

12/11/13 The Growing U.S.-Kazakhstan Partnership: Why it Matters;  Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Richard E. Hoagland, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Remarks as Prepared for the United States-Kazakhstan Convention; Washington, DC
12/11/13 U.S.-Afghanistan Bilateral Security Agreement;  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan James F. Dobbins; Opening Statement Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
12/10/13 The Transition in Afghanistan;  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan James F. Dobbins; Remarks Submitted for the Record to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
12/05/13 Interview with Associated Press' Patrick Quinn;  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan James F. Dobbins; Kabul, Afghanistan
12/03/13 U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities in South and Central Asia;  Assistant Secretary Nisha Desai Biswal, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
11/29/13 Regarding Significant Reductions of Iranian Crude Oil Purchases;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
11/24/13 The Loya Jirga and the U.S.-Afghanistan Bilateral Security Agreement;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
11/21/13 Remarks at the Swearing-in Ceremony for Nisha Desai Biswal as Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs;  Secretary of State John Kerry; George Marshall East Auditorium; Washington, DC
11/18/13 Press Briefing During Visit to Bangladesh;  Assistant Secretary Nisha Desai Biswal, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Dhaka, Bangladesh
11/15/13 Remarks at the Georgetown University Symposium "Advancing Afghan Women";  Secretary of State John Kerry; Georgetown University; Washington, DC
11/01/13 Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Council of Ministers Meeting; Perth, Australia
10/25/13 The United States and the New Silk Road;  Deputy Assistant Secretary Lynne M. Tracy, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
10/24/13 Remarks at the 12th Anniversary CAREC Ministerial Conference;  Deputy Assistant Secretary Fatema Z. Sumar, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Astana, Kazakhstan
10/22/13 Turkmenistan Independence Day;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
10/20/13 Remarks With Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
10/16/13 Interview With NPR;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
10/12/13 Background Briefing: Senior State Department Officials and Senior Administration Official on Bilateral Security Agreement; ERT London, England
10/12/13 Joint Press Availability With Afghan President Hamid Karzai After Their Meeting;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Kabul, Afghanistan
10/12/13 Meeting With Mission Afghanistan Staff;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Kabul, Afghanistan
10/11/13 Background Briefing Previewing Secretary Kerry's Trip to Kabul, Afghanistan; En route to Kabul, Afghanistan
09/27/13  U.S.-India Bilateral Meeting - Remarks, Joint Statement, Joint Declaration, and Fact Sheet
09/26/13 Read Out of Secretary Kerry's Bilateral Meeting With Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif; New York City
09/25/13 Background Briefing on Secretary Kerry's Bilateral Meetings With Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius; New York City
09/25/13 Current U.S. Policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan James F. Dobbins; New York, NY
09/16/13 Current U.S. Policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan James F. Dobbins; Washington, DC
09/06/13 Republic of Tajikistan's Independence Day;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
08/31/13 Kyrgyz Republic's Independence Day;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
08/31/13 Uzbekistan Independence Day;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
08/18/13 Afghanistan's Independence Day;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
08/14/13 India Independence Day;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
08/14/13 Pakistan Independence Day;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
08/01/13 Embassy Islamabad Meet and Greet;  Secretary of State John Kerry; U.S. Embassy; Islamabad, Pakistan
08/01/13 Interview With Farrukh Khan Pitafi of News-1 Network;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Islamabad, Pakistan
08/01/13 Interview With Hamid Mir of Geo TV;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Islamabad, Pakistan
08/01/13 Interview With Mariam Chaudhry of Pakistan TV;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Islamabad, Pakistan
08/01/13 Remarks With Pakistani Foreign Affairs Advisor Sartaj Aziz;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Prime Minister's Residence; Islamabad, Pakistan
08/01/13 Remarks at Energy Event;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Zero Point Power Plant; Islamabad, Pakistan
08/01/13 Remarks at the Iftar Roundtable;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Fatimah Jinnah Women's University; Rawalpindi, Pakistan
07/31/13 Background Briefing Prior to Secretary Kerry's Visit to Islamabad, Pakistan; En Route Islamabad, Pakistan
07/25/13 Maldives Independence Day Message;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
07/12/13 Remarks at the U.S.-India CEO Forum; Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns; Washington, DC
07/11/13 Assessing the Transition in Afghanistan; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan James F. Dobbins; Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
07/11/13 Remarks at U.S.-India Business Council Leadership Summit; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Geoffrey Pyatt, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; The Hay Adams; Washington, DC
06/27/13 Press Conference in New Delhi; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan James F. Dobbins; New Delhi, India
06/25/13 Remarks at the Higher Education Dialogue 2013 Kick-Off;  Secretary of State John Kerry; New Delhi, India
06/24/13 Remarks With Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid;  Secretary of State John Kerry; New Delhi, India
06/23/13 Remarks on the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership;  Secretary of State John Kerry; New Delhi, India
06/20/13 Senior State Department Officials Previewing the First Portion of the Secretary's Trip to Qatar, India, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait From June 21-26, 2013; Office of the Spokesperson; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
06/19/13 U.S.-India Strategic Partnership;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Center for Strategic and International Studies; Washington, DC
06/18/13 Video Message on U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
06/07/13 Remarks at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Policy Conference on Islam in Eurasia;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Kennan Institute, Wilson Center; Washington, DC
06/06/13 Labor Issues in Bangladesh;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; As-prepared statement to Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
05/24/13 Interview With Doordarshan News;  Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy R. Sherman; New Delhi, India
05/17/13 Remarks With Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Dipu Moni Before Their Meeting;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
05/14/13 Remarks With Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Rosenbad; Stockholm, Sweden
05/14/13 U.S.-India Higher Education Roundtable;  Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Tara Sonenshine; Institute of International Education; Washington, DC
05/13/13 Remarks at Fourth Yale-TERI Energy Summit;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
05/12/13 Afghanistan Media Roundtable; Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns; Kabul, Afghanistan
05/12/13 Pakistan Elections;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
05/11/13 Opening Remarks at the U.S.-Afghanistan Bilateral Commission; Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns; Kabul, Afghanistan
05/10/13 Roundtable With Indian Media; Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns; New Delhi, India
05/10/13 The United States and India: A Partnership for the Next Generation;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Boston University's India Symposium; Boston, MA
05/03/13 Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
04/26/13 Interview With Al Jazeera;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Almaty, Kazakhstan
04/26/13 Remarks at the "Heart Of Asia" Ministerial;  Deputy Secretary William J. Burns; Almaty, Kazakhstan
04/26/13 The Istanbul Process Ministerial: Results and Prospects for the Future;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Almaty, Kazakhstan
04/25/13 Question and Answer Session at University for World Economy and Diplomacy;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Tashkent, Uzbekistan
04/25/13 Remarks at U.S. Embassy Tashkent;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Tashkent, Uzbekistan
04/24/13 Remarks After a Trilateral Meeting With Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Truman Hall; Tervuren, Belgium
04/24/13 Remarks With Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Pakistani General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, and Pakistani Foreign Secretary Jalil Jilani Before Their Meeting;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Truman Hall; Tervuren, Belgium
04/23/13 Nazarbayev University Q&A;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Astana, Kazakhstan
04/23/13 Opening Remarks at Nazarbayev University;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Astana, Kazakhstan
04/23/13 Press Availability After NATO Ministerial;  Secretary of State John Kerry; NATO Headquarters; Brussels, Belgium
04/23/13 Remarks on Bilateral and Regional Cooperation;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Astana, Kazakhstan
04/22/13 Background Briefing on the NATO Ministerial; The Hotel; Brussels, Belgium
04/16/13 Earthquake Near Iran-Pakistan Border;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
04/12/13 Looking East, Looking West: U.S. Support for India's Regional Leadership;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Harvard University; Cambridge, MA
04/11/13 Bengali New Year - Pahela Boishakh;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
04/11/13 Nepali New Year (Bikram Sambat);  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
04/11/13 Rebalancing Towards Asia With Space Cooperation;  Deputy Assistant Secretary Frank A. Rose, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance; National Space Symposium; Colorado Springs, CO
04/11/13 Remarks at Justice Sector Reform Panel;  Assistant Secretary William R. Brownfield, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Russell Senate Office Building; Washington, DC
04/11/13 Sinhala and Tamil New Year;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
04/06/13 Deadly Attack in Zabul Province, Afghanistan;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
03/25/13 Background Briefing: Senior Administration Officials; En Route To Kabul
03/25/13 Remarks With President Hamid Karzai After Their Meeting;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Presidential Palace; Kabul, Afghanistan
03/22/13 Interview With BBC Sinhala Service;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; San Francisco, CA
03/21/13 The U.S.-India Partnership in the Asian Century;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; University of California, Berkeley Institute of International Studies; Berkeley, CA
03/21/13 U.S.-India Space Cooperation; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Geoffrey Pyatt, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; U.S.-India Civil Space Joint Working Group; Washington, DC
03/21/13 UN Human Rights Council Vote on Sri Lanka Reconciliation;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
03/20/13 On the Passing of Bangladeshi President Zillur Rahman;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
03/13/13 The Energy, Trade, and Development Forum - Turkmenistan Session;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Turkic American Convention; Washington, DC
03/13/13 The New Silk Road and Regional Economic Integration;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Turkic American Convention; Washington, DC
03/12/13 Regional Economic Integration in South and Central Asia; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Geoffrey Pyatt, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Afghanistan Security Days, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe; Vienna, Austria
03/12/13 Remarks With Uzbekistani Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov Before Their Meeting;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
02/27/13 Islamist Militant Threats in Eurasia;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats and Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade; Washington, DC
02/26/13 The Asia Rebalance: Why South Asia Matters;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific; Washington, DC
02/26/13 The Rebalance to Asia: Why South Asia Matters (Part 1); Acting Assistant Secretary Joseph Yun, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific; Washington, DC
02/21/13 Press Conference;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Hyatt Regency; Dushanbe, Tajikistan
02/20/13 Remarks After Meeting With President Rahmon;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Palace of Nations; Dushanbe, Tajikistan
02/19/13 Interview With Shalinder Wangu of ETV;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; New Delhi, India
02/19/13 Interview With Smita Sharma of IBN-7;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; New Delhi, India
02/19/13 Interview With Suhasini Haidar of CNN-IBN;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; New Delhi, India
02/07/13 Remarks to the Ensembles of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music; Deputy Secretary William J. Burns; Kennedy Center Concert Hall; Washington, DC
02/06/13 Remarks at the International Community College Conference;  Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Tara Sonenshine; India's Ministry of Human Resource Development; New Delhi, India
02/04/13 Remarks to the Afghan National Institute of Music Ensembles;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Dean Acheson Auditorium; Washington, DC
01/28/13 The New Emerging Global Economic Order: Taking the U.S.-India Example;  Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Robert D. Hormats, Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs; Agra, India
01/26/13 Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs (OPEN) Event in Silicon Valley;  Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer; Washington, DC
01/24/13 India Republic Day;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
01/17/13 Press Availability Following Annual Bilateral Consultations With Kyrgyzstan;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
01/15/13 Press Roundtable in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Ashgabat, Turkmenistan