Public Schedule – April 4, 2023

***THE DAILY PUBLIC SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***

SECRETARY ANTONY J. BLINKEN

Secretary Blinken is on travel to Belgium from April 3-5, 2023.

8:45 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Blinken meets with EU High Representative Josep Borrell in Brussels, Belgium.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE) 

10:00 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Blinken and EU High Representative Josep Borrell deliver statements to the press in Brussels, Belgium.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

10:20 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Blinken participates in a U.S.-EU Energy Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY AT TOP) 

1:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Blinken meets with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in Brussels, Belgium.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY AT TOP) 

1:45 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Blinken meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels, Belgium.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY AT TOP) 

2:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Blinken receives the deposit of Türkiye’s instruments of ratification of Finland’s NATO Accession in Brussels, Belgium
(POOLED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:45 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Blinken receives Finland’s NATO Instruments of Accession in Brussels, Belgium.
(POOLED PRESS COVERAGE) 

3:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Blinken participates in a flag raising ceremony for Finland’s Accession to NATO in Brussels, Belgium.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE) 

4:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Blinken participates in NATO Foreign Ministerial Session 1 on Allies Support to Ukraine in Brussels, Belgium.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY AT TOP) 

6:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Blinken meets with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, and UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly in Brussels, Belgium.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE WENDY R. SHERMAN

Deputy Secretary Sherman attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State.

ACTING DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCES JOHN BASS

Acting Deputy Secretary Bass attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS VICTORIA J. NULAND

Under Secretary Nuland attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT JOSE W. FERNANDEZ

Under Secretary Fernandez is on travel to Canada from April 3-4, 2023.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR CIVILIAN SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS UZRA ZEYA

10:30 a.m. Under Secretary Zeya meets with Uzbekistan’s Special Representative of the President for Foreign Policy Abdulaziz Kamilov and Senator Sodiq Safayev at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:30 p.m. Under Secretary Zeya meets with The Asia Foundation President and CEO Laurel Miller at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

4:00 p.m. Under Secretary Zeya meets with Indian Ambassador to the United States Taranjit Singh Sandhu in Washington, D.C.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS LEE SATTERFIELD

10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Satterfield hosts a roundtable discussion with Department of State officials and board members of the Digital Communications Network at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ENERGY RESOURCES GEOFFREY R. PYATT

Assistant Secretary Pyatt is on travel to Belgium and France from April 4-5, 2023.

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS DERECK J. HOGAN

Acting Assistant Secretary Hogan accompanies Secretary Blinken on travel to Belgium from April 3-5, 2023.

BRIEFING SCHEDULE

No Department Press Briefing.