China constantly coerces Japan and Philippines, US envoy to Japan Emanuel says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China constantly uses coercion and pressures other countries, including Japan and the Philippines, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said on Monday. Emanuel made the remark at a Center…
US envoy to visit Egypt, Israel for hostage talks, official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Middle East envoy Brett McGurk will travel to the region this week for continued talks on securing the release of hostages held by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in…
Israel struck Palestinian police escorting Gaza aid, says US envoy
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. diplomat involved in humanitarian assistance for Gaza said on Friday that Israeli forces earlier this month killed Palestinian police protecting a U.N. aid…
US envoy doesn’t expect Ukraine NATO invitation at July summit
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The U.S. ambassador to NATO, Julianne Smith, said on Tuesday she does not expect the alliance to issue a membership invitation to Ukraine at its summit in Washington this…
US envoy sees rapid F-16s sale to Turkey after Sweden NATO bid sign-off
By Jonathan Spicer ISTANBUL (Reuters) -The U.S. ambassador to Turkey said he anticipates that President Tayyip Erdogan will give a final sign-off on Sweden’s NATO membership within days, triggering rapid steps toward…
US envoy McGurk in Cairo to focus on humanitarian pause, hostage deal
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Middle East envoy Brett McGurk is in Cairo and will travel in the region for “active” discussions on ensuring the release of hostages held by…
John Kerry to Step Down as Climate Envoy, Aids Biden’s Re-election Campaign
John Kerry, former U.S. senator and secretary of state, is set to leave his role as President Joe Biden’s special climate envoy. Kerry, 80, will transition to supporting Biden’s re-election campaign, as…
U.S. special envoy hopes diplomacy will calm Lebanon-Israel border
BEIRUT (Reuters) – U.S. special envoy Amos Hochstein said on Thursday he was hopeful diplomacy could calm tensions on the disputed border between Lebanon and Israel, where the Israeli military and armed…
US-China science pact renewal ‘not a given’ -US envoy
By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns said on Friday he had started talks with Beijing on renewing a landmark scientific cooperation agreement, and…
Taiwan’s new US envoy arrives in Washington ahead of island’s election
By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Taiwan’s new de facto ambassador to the United States, Alexander Yui, arrived in Washington on Monday, according to a tweet from a U.S. official, taking up…
US envoy for North Korea to join Hyundai Motor as an adviser
SEOUL (Reuters) – The U.S. special representative for North Korea Sung Kim will join South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor as an adviser in January, the company said on Friday. Kim, a Korean-American…
US envoy slams Hungarian govt for ‘disregarding’ interests of NATO allies
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The U.S. envoy to Budapest sharply criticised the Hungarian government on Tuesday for “disregarding” the interests of its NATO allies and strengthening ties with Russia at a time when…
US is “confident” Sweden will soon join NATO – US envoy to Hungary
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The United States is “confident” that Sweden will soon be a member of NATO, the U.S. ambassador to Hungary said on Thursday, adding he had been assured by the…
Deal on WTO reform by next ministerial meeting seen as ‘hard’: US envoy
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – It will be “hard” to reach a deal on fully restoring the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) arbitration powers by a major meeting set for February 2024…
U.S. will extend EU metals tariff exemption if needed -envoy
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The United States will roll over its suspension of tariffs on European Union steel and aluminium if the two sides need more time to agree on measures to address…
Serb leader’s secession policy threatens Bosnia settlement, says peace envoy
By Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO (Reuters) – The secessionist policy of Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik is a key challenge to the political settlement that ended Bosnia’s 1992-1995 ethnic war, international peace envoy…
Russia to reverse nuclear test ban pact ratification, envoy says
By Francois Murphy and Jonathan Landay VIENNA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Russia’s envoy to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) said on Friday that Moscow will revoke its ratification of the pact, a…
China’s US envoy urges ‘practical’ steps to help restore ties
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s ambassador to the United States said the Biden administration could help restore fraught relations by starting with “practical” steps, such as renewing a decades-old pact on science and…
UN peace envoy, Egypt working to restore calm along Gaza fence
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) – International mediators have stepped up efforts to prevent a new round of armed confrontation between Israel and the Islamist Hamas group, which runs Gaza, amid an…
U.S. private firms eye Ukraine investment, but Ukraine must reform- U.S. envoy
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. private companies would like to invest in Ukrainian energy, housing, infrastructure, agriculture, transport and mining, but Ukraine must make reforms in accountability and transparency to…
Lebanon risks being ‘ostracised’ if presidential vacuum lingers -French envoy
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon risks being “ostracised” by the international community if its nearly year-long presidential vacuum drags on further, France’s special envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian told a local Lebanese newspaper in…
Saudi envoy links Israel normalisation talks to land-for-peace offer
By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s first ambassador to the Palestinians described a decades-old Arab land-for-peace offer on Tuesday as a pillar of any normalisation of ties with…
Kosovo’s Kurti accuses EU envoy of siding with Serbia during talks
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti accused the European Union mediator on Monday of siding with Serbia days after talks collapsed in Brussels with the EU blaming what it called…
Chad president talks election challenges with US envoy to UN
By Michelle Nichols N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Chad’s interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby spoke with the U.S. envoy to the United Nations about challenges to holding an election, the envoy said on Thursday,…
US commerce secretary in ‘productive’ talks with China envoy before trip
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo met Chinese Ambassador Xie Feng on Tuesday and had a “productive discussion” ahead of her trip to China, the U.S. Commerce Department said in…
Exclusive-British police investigate exiled former Myanmar envoy for trespass
By John Geddie (Reuters) – British police are investigating Myanmar’s former ambassador to the United Kingdom for trespassing on a diplomatic residence in London that he has refused to leave since being…
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