The Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, headed by Acting Assistant Secretary Marie L. Yovanovitch, develops and implements U.S. foreign policy in Europe and Eurasia. The Bureau promotes U.S. interests in the region on issues such as international security, NATO, coordination with the European Union and other regional organizations, support for democracy, human rights, civil society, economic prosperity, counterterrorism, and nonproliferation.
Travel to Europe
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Russia and Italy
May 6-9, 2013
Secretary Kerry (May 7): "President Obama particularly feels that cooperation between Russia and the United States with respect to economic issues is something that would be of enormous benefit to both, and Russia’s leadership is so key on so many of those issues. We look forward to working with you." Full Text» DipNote» Trip Page»
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Turkey and Belgium
April 19-24, 2013
Secretary Kerry (Apr. 21): "I want to thank our Turkish hosts, especially Foreign Minister Davutoglu, who has been just a terrific not just not host but partner in the initiatives of last night as well as the subjects we talked about today. And so I not only thank him for the hospitality of Turkey, but I thank him for the enormous contribution that he and the Prime Minister are both making in order to try to solve a number of very difficult issues." Full Text» Trip Page»
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Turkey and United Kingdom
April 6-15, 2013
Secretary Kerry (Apr. 7): "It's a great privilege for me to be able to be here in Istanbul, this remarkable, historic city, in a country, Turkey, that is moving at such an amazing pace and accomplishing so much. And we talked about that briefly today, what a great partner Turkey is and has been, as we define, really, a new world in which we face an extraordinary number of new challenges." Full Text» Trip Page»
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United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Turkey
February 24-March 6, 2013
U.S.-Europe Relationship
Secretary Kerry (Feb. 14): "The rebalancing that President Obama is engaged in does not and will not come at the expense of any relationship in Europe whatsoever. In fact, we want more engagement with Europe, and we think Europe can be more of a partner in those efforts, which is one of the reasons that President Obama is so firmly committed, as he said in the State of the Union message, to a trade and investment partnership initiative with Europe." Full Text»
The 49th Munich Security Conference
Vice President Biden (Feb. 3): "And it’s hard to imagine a single threat or a single opportunity that cannot be addressed more effectively if we do so together. Simply put, President Obama and I continue to believe that, Europe is the cornerstone of our engagement with the rest of the world and is the catalyst for our global cooperation. It’s that basic. Nothing has changed." Full Text» More»
For speaking and interview requests on European and Eurasian Affairs, please fax your request to the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs' Office of Press and Policy Outreach at 202-647-5116.
