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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Bali, Indonesia, on July 9, 2022. In May 2022, Blinken stated that "China is the one country that has the intention as well as the economic, technological, military and diplomatic means to advance a different vision of international order."
This is a list of current foreign ministers of the 193 United Nations member states as well as the Holy See (Vatican City) and the State of Palestine.. Foreign ministers of sovereign countries with limited recognition, some alternative governments, some dependent territories and some autonomous administrative divisions are included in separate tables.
On January 10, 1780, the Congress of the Confederation created the Department of Foreign Affairs. [1] On August 10, 1781, Congress selected Robert R. Livingston, a delegate from New York, as the first Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Livingston was unable to take office until October 20, 1781.
President George Washington appointed Hamilton, born in Nevis in 1755 or in 1757, as the United States' first Secretary of the Treasury in 1789. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Irish-born James McHenry , whom Washington appointed as Secretary of War in 1796 and who served in the same post in John Adams 's administration, was the other foreign-born individual in ...
All foreign affairs activities—US representation abroad, foreign assistance programs, countering international crime, foreign military training programs, the services the department provides, and more—are paid for out of the foreign affairs budget, which represents little more than 1% of the total federal budget.
He was the first foreign head of state to travel to the United States after Trump's victory and to meet the president-elect. [12] A right-wing libertarian economist, Milei had previously shown his fervent support for Donald Trump and his politics, wanting to strengthen diplomatic and economic ties between Argentina and the Western world.
On October 19, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Blome to be the next United States Ambassador to Pakistan and different parts of the world. [4] The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held hearings on Blome's nomination on December 14, 2021. The committee favorably reported his nomination to the Senate floor on January 12, 2022.
Abkhazia – . Daur Kove (2016–2021); Inal Ardzinba (2021–present); Afghanistan Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – Mohammad Hanif Atmar (2020–2021) Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan – Amir Khan Muttaqi (acting) (2021–present)