Co-hosts United States Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson and Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland convened the Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on Security and Stability on the Korean Peninsula on January 16, 2018 in Vancouver, British Columbia to discuss the global threat of a nuclearized Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and investigate options ...
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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 23 January, 2018 | Topics: East Asia & Pacific, Former U.S. Government Leaders, Key Officials, News, U.S. & Canada, Vancouver, Western Hemisphere | Tags: DPRK, Rex Tillerson, Vancouver
Remarks With Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, and UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson At the Vancouver Foreign Ministers’ Meeting On Security and Stability on the Korean Peninsula Rex W. Tillerson Secretary of State Vancouver Convention Centre Vancouver, Canada January 16, 2018 FOREIGN MINISTER FREELAND: So ...
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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 18 January, 2018 | Topics: East Asia & Pacific, Former U.S. Government Leaders, Key Officials, News, U.S. & Canada, Vancouver, Western Hemisphere | Tags: DPRK, Rex Tillerson, Vancouver
Press Availability Rex W. Tillerson Secretary of State Vancouver, Canada January 16, 2018 FOREIGN MINISTER FREELAND: Sorry to be a bit late. We had a lot we had to pack into the day. And thanks to everyone for joining us. I’d like to begin by acknowledging that the land on which we gather is ...
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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 18 January, 2018 | Topics: East Asia & Pacific, Former U.S. Government Leaders, Key Officials, News, U.S. & Canada, Vancouver, Western Hemisphere | Tags: DPRK, Rex Tillerson, Vancouver
Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson traveled to Ottawa on December 19 at the invitation of Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland for his first official visit to Canada as Secretary of State. Discussions covered U.S.-Canadian coordination on a range of global and regional topics, including the threat posed by North Korea and the situation in Venezuela. Secretary Tillerson ...
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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 20 December, 2017 | Topics: Former U.S. Government Leaders, Key Officials, News, Ottawa, U.S. & Canada, Western Hemisphere | Tags: Rex Tillerson
As delivered. FOREIGN MINISTER FREELAND: Okay. Hi, everybody. Great to see everyone here. Before I begin, I’d like to extend Canada’s thoughts and condolences to our American guests in light of the terrible train derailment in Washington state. We extend our sympathies to those who lost loved ones and wish a full and swift recovery to ...
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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 20 December, 2017 | Topics: Former U.S. Government Leaders, Key Officials, Ottawa, U.S. & Canada, Western Hemisphere | Tags: Rex Tillerson
As delivered. It wasn’t in my remarks to hit the button and make it go green. It’s green now. (Laughter.) Well, let me say again how much we appreciate – (laughter) – all of you and our folks across the countries in how you represent us and the important role you play across this vast ...
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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 20 December, 2017 | Topics: Former U.S. Government Leaders, Key Officials, Ottawa, Speeches, U.S. & Canada, Western Hemisphere | Tags: Rex Tillerson
The United States government, working in conjunction with the Government of Pakistan, has secured the release of the Boyle-Coleman family from captivity in Pakistan. In 2012, U.S. citizen Caitlan Coleman and Canadian citizen Joshua Boyle were taken hostage by the Haqqani network. Their three children were subsequently born in captivity. Today they are safe and ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ottawa | 12 October, 2017 | Topics: Former U.S. Government Leaders, Press Releases, Security & Counterterrorism, U.S. & Canada | Tags: Caitlan Coleman, Joshua Boyle, Rex Tillerson
On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, congratulations to the Canadian people on Canada Day and the 150th anniversary of your Confederation.
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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 1 July, 2017 | Topics: Events, Former U.S. Government Leaders, Key Officials, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Canada | Tags: Canada Day, Canada150, Rex Tillerson
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson hosted a working breakfast this morning with Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland and Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Relations Luis Videgaray at the Department of State in Washington, D.C.
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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 31 May, 2017 | Topics: Former U.S. Government Leaders, Key Officials, News, U.S. & Canada | Tags: Rex Tillerson, Trilateral
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Defense James Mattis recently hosted Canadian Ministers Chrystia Freeland and Harjit Sajjan in Washington for policy discussions at the Department of State.
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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 16 May, 2017 | Topics: Former U.S. Government Leaders, Key Officials, News, U.S. & Canada | Tags: Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, Rex Tillerson
"The United States had been privileged to lead the Arctic Council at a time when the Arctic Region has been facing unprecedented change and challenges."
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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 12 May, 2017 | Topics: Environment, Fisheries & Marine Issues, Former U.S. Government Leaders, Key Officials, News, Science & Tech, Speeches, The Arctic, U.S. & Canada | Tags: Arctic Council, Rex Tillerson
"In carrying this out, we coordinated very carefully with our international partners in terms of communicating with them around the world, and I will tell you that the response from our allies...has been overwhelmingly supportive of the action we’ve taken."
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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 7 April, 2017 | Topics: Former U.S. Government Leaders, News, Security & Counterterrorism | Tags: Rex Tillerson
Republished from
www.state.gov . Good morning, Secretary General and my fellow ministers, and thank you for the opportunity to speak. Let me be very clear at the outset of my remarks: the U.S. commitment to NATO is strong and this Alliance remains the bedrock for transatlantic security. This Alliance was forged from the ashes of World ...
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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 31 March, 2017 | Topics: Former U.S. Government Leaders, Security & Counterterrorism, Speeches, U.S. Agencies | Tags: NATO, Rex Tillerson, US Mission to NATO
"Now is the time to strengthen our shared commitment to security and invest in a fight in which we all have a stake."
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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 22 March, 2017 | Topics: Former U.S. Government Leaders, News, Security & Counterterrorism, Speeches | Tags: Global Coalition to Counter ISIL/Da’esh, Rex Tillerson
"As threats to our security continue to evolve and change, common sense dictates that we continually re-evaluate and re-assess the systems we rely upon to protect our country."
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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 6 March, 2017 | Topics: Former U.S. Government Leaders, Key Officials, News | Tags: Executive Order, Rex Tillerson
"Though we often live in a world of headlines, working outside of the public eye does not make you any less essential to our operations."
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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 2 February, 2017 | Topics: Former U.S. Government Leaders, News, Speeches | Tags: Rex Tillerson
![U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, with Chief of Staff Margaret Peterlin and Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Francisco Palmieri, hosts a working breakfast for Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray Caso and Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 31, 2017. Also pictured is Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. David MacNaughton. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]](https://d2v9ipibika81v.cloudfront.net/uploads/sites/27/2017/06/s-freeland-750x450.jpg "s-freeland")
![U.S. Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson hosts a working dinner with U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis for Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland and Canadian Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., May 15, 2017. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]](https://d2v9ipibika81v.cloudfront.net/uploads/sites/27/2017/05/secstate-sajjan-750x450.jpg "secstate-sajjan")
![U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson addresses the 10th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Fairbanks, Alaska, on May 11, 2017. [Arctic Council Secretariat photo by Linnea Nordström photo]](https://d2v9ipibika81v.cloudfront.net/uploads/sites/27/2017/05/33757306794_9b678f26cb_k-750x450.jpg "33757306794_9b678f26cb_k")
![U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson poses for a family photo with counterparts at the Meeting of the Ministers of the Global Coalition on the Defeat of ISIS in Washington, D.C. on March 22, 2017. [State Department Photo/ Public Domain]](https://d2v9ipibika81v.cloudfront.net/uploads/sites/27/2017/03/33435597132_fd9a54c57e_k-750x450.jpg "33435597132_fd9a54c57e_k")
![U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delivers remarks on issues related to President Trump’s Executive Order on Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry in to the United States during a press event, which included U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly, in Washington, D.C., March 6, 2017. [DHS photo by Jetta Disco]](https://d2v9ipibika81v.cloudfront.net/uploads/sites/27/2017/03/32906445420_2b726a53f4_k-750x450.jpg "32906445420_2b726a53f4_k")
![U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delivers welcome remarks to State Department employees in the main lobby of the Department's Harry S. Truman building on his first day as Secretary of State in Washington, D.C., on February 2, 2017. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]](https://d2v9ipibika81v.cloudfront.net/uploads/sites/27/2017/02/32629282066_ebc9ad04f4_k-750x450.jpg "U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delivers welcome remarks to State Department employees in the main lobby of the Department's Harry S. Truman building on his first day as Secretary of State in Washington, D.C., on February 2, 2017. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]")