The Netherlands National Day On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate His Majesty King Willem-Alexander and the people of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on the occasion of Koningsdag. The partnership between the United States and the Netherlands took root in Henry Hudson’s early voyages to North America in 1609 on behalf of the Dutch East India Company and grew with the Netherlands’ recognition of American independence in 1782. These historic milestones refle

New agreement between the UK and France to step up patrols and intelligence operations in France to reduce illegal crossings Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, and French Minister of the Interior, Laurent Nunez The United Kingdom and France today signed an agreement to strengthen operations to combat illegal migration in northern France to prevent crossings to the United Kingdom with a significant increase in dedicated human, technological and intelligence resources. Since the

Joint Statement on Libya Unified Budget Agreement The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom. Begin Text Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America welcome the signing on April 11 of a unified 2026 budget for Libya,

Finland Joins Pax Silica Initiative On April 16, Finland joined the Pax Silica Initiative, hailing a growing geopolitical consensus that economic security is national security and national security is economic security. Finland brings to Pax Silica key capabilities in trusted technology such as advanced mobile communications, AI, and critical mineral mining and processing. Finland’s Minister of Economic Affairs Sakari Puisto signed the Pax Silica Declaration reflecting Finla

Joint Statement of the 15th U.S.-Italy Joint Commission Meeting on Science and Technology Cooperation The United States hosted the Republic of Italy in Washington, D.C., on April 1-2 for the 15th U.S.-Italy Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) on Science and Technology Cooperation. The State Department’s Senior Bureau Official for European and Eurasian Affairs, Brendan Hanrahan, co-chaired the meeting with Italy’s Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooper

The UK and Türkiye have signed a multi-billion-pound training and support contract, marking the next phase of the landmark £8 billion Typhoon deal agreed in October 2025 Multi-Billion-Pound Support Deal Agreed as Part of Major UK Export Win Agreement forms part of the major £8 billion UK export deal secured in October 2025. Pilots and technicians to be trained in the UK, alongside long-term maintenance support for the Turkish Airforce. 20,000 UK jobs backed by deal for Britis

Greece National Day On behalf of the United States of America, I extend my congratulations to the Greek people as they celebrate their Independence Day. We honor Greece as the birthplace of democracy and recognize its role in shaping the ideals that inspired Western Civilization and our nation’s founders. Greece is a valued NATO Ally, and our close defense and law enforcement cooperation strengthens stability in the Mediterranean. Together, we work to combat organized crime,

UK taxpayers will spend over £400 million this financial year on hypersonic and long-range weapons including joint projects with France, Germany, and Italy UK Taxpayers Will Spend Over £400 Million on Long-Range Weapons as Cooperation Scales Up with European Allies The UK government is scaling up cooperation with key European allies to develop new long-range precision and hypersonic weapons, with taxpayer spending on projects set to exceed £400 million this financial year. Br

Humanitäre Hilfe für die Ukraine – ReadyWise liefert Notfallnahrung an KOLO Nordic Lebensmittel für die Ukraine – Eiskalter Winter verschärft die humanitäre Krise in der Ukraine, während ReadyWise die Notfall-Lebensmittelhilfe gemeinsam mit KOLO Nordic ausweitet Während Temperaturen unter dem Gefrierpunkt die Ukraine erfassen und die Energieinfrastruktur weiterhin unter enormem Druck steht, ist der Zugang zu warmen, nahrhaften Mahlzeiten zu einer wachsenden humanitären Notlag