Day: September 30, 2023

4:06 P.M. EDT MODERATOR:  Thank you.  Good afternoon, everyone.  Thank you all for joining today’s call to preview the President’s participation in the United Nations General Assembly tomorrow.  As a reminder today, today’s call is on background.  It is attributable to “senior administration officials.”  The call is embargoed until Tuesday, September 19th, at 5:00 a.m. Eastern.  By participating in today’s call, you are also agreeing to these ground rules. On the call today, we have [senior administration official] and [senior administration official]. I will now turn the call over to [senior administration official] to kick things off. SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: …

The following is attributable to Spokesperson Matthew Miller: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. Secretary Blinken expressed his deep sadness and extended his condolences to Foreign Minister Bourita and the people of Morocco over the loss of life and destruction caused by Friday’s earthquake.  The Secretary and Foreign Minister Bourita discussed how the United States can best support the Government of Morocco’s leadership of the humanitarian response to this tragedy.  The Secretary and Foreign Minister pledged to stay in close contact as response efforts continue. Official news published at https://www.state.gov/secretary-blinkens-call-with-foreign-minister-bourita-of-morocco/