Day: August 25, 2024

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will travel to the People’s Republic of China from August 27 through August 29, for meetings with senior PRC officials to discuss bilateral, regional, and global issues.  These meetings are consistent with efforts to maintain this strategic channel of communication to responsibly manage the relationship and are a product of the November 2023 Woodside Summit between President Biden and President Xi.   This trip follows high-level diplomatic meetings between National Security Advisor Sullivan and Director Wang Yi in Vienna in May 2023, Malta in September 2023, Washington in October 2023, and Bangkok in January 2024. ###…

Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Julieta Valls Noyes will travel to Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal from August 19-27, 2024. In Abidjan, Assistant Secretary Noyes will meet with senior government and international organization officials, including the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Bank, and the African Development Bank.  She will discuss Côte d’Ivoire’s progress toward eradicating statelessness and successful facilitation of voluntary returns of previously displaced Ivoirians. The Assistant Secretary will also visit refugees from Burkina Faso living alongside Ivoirians, a testament to the country’s generous support to vulnerable people…