Secretary of State Antony Blinken
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The State Department said in a lecture that Blinken and Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Garneau “discussed the close partnership between the United States and Canada on a wide range of issues.”
Blinken “said he was looking forward to working closely with Canadian Secretary of State Garneau to revive our economies and strengthen the broader North American partnership and to address, among other things, shared challenges, including COVID-19 and to address climate change, “according to the lecture.
Canadian Premier Justin Trudeau
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Blinken also spoke to South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, during which the two diplomats’ reaffirmed the enduring power and importance of the US-ROK Alliance, the core of peace, security and prosperity for a free and open Indo-Pacific region. and around the world, ”the lecture said with the abbreviation for the Republic of Korea.
“Secretary Blinken stressed the importance of continued trilateral cooperation between the United States and Rok and Japan, underlined the continuing need for the deprivation of North Korea and emphasized President Biden’s commitment to strengthening American alliances.”
The State Department also said that Blinken and Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi “confirmed that the US-Japan alliance is the cornerstone of peace, security and prosperity for a free and open Indo-Pacific region and across the world “and that Blinken and Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard” emphasized our shared interest in security and economic integration, as well as our focus on an orderly and humane approach to migration. “
Biden has repeatedly said he will place a priority on strengthening foreign relations that were hampered during the Trump administration.
Each of the four diplomats Blinken spoke to on Tuesday represented countries that hit heads first President Trump
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