The Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, headed by Assistant Secretary Victoria Nuland, 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.
On November 13-14, Assistant Secretary Nuland joined Secretary Kerry in Vienna for bilateral and multilateral meetings with foreign counterparts to discuss the ongoing crisis in Syria. She then traveled to Brussels and Berlin for a range of discussions and meetings with European leaders on global and regional issues. Trip Page»
Assistant Secretary Nuland (Nov. 4): "As the Secretary's diplomatic efforts make clear, it will take leadership and resolve by dozens of countries and the Syrians themselves to end the bloodshed there. In Vienna last week, 17 assembled nations, the UN and EU reaffirmed the path forward to peace and a political transition. It remains to be seen whether Russia, Iran and the Asad regime will join us in walking it." Full Text»
On October 18-21, Assistant Secretary Nuland joined Secretary Kerry in Madrid, Spain; then traveled to Ankara, Turkey to meet with senior Turkish government officials; and finished up her travel in Athens, Greece where she met with senior Greek government officials to discuss a range of bilateral and regional issues. Trip Page»
Assistant Secretary Nuland (Oct. 8): "Across Ukraine, citizens are standing up and sacrificing for the universal values that bind us as a transatlantic community: for sovereignty, territorial integrity, human rights, dignity, clean and accountable government, and justice for all. America helps Ukraine because that country’s success is central to our own profound national interest in an ever more democratic, prosperous, stable Europe. Ukraine’s aspirations are ours." Full Text»
On September 10-15, Assistant Secretary Nuland traveled to Ukraine and Cyprus to participate in the Yalta European Strategy (YES) Annual Meeting; meet with senior Ukrainian officials, party leaders, and civil society members to discuss a range of bilateral and regional issues; and meet with senior Cypriot officials to discuss further advancing U.S.-Cypriot relations, as well as regional issues. Trip Page»
On July 9-16, Assistant Secretary Nuland traveled to Switzerland, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia, Albania, Serbia, and Ukraine to discuss the implementation by all parties of the Minsk Agreements; deliver remarks on the western Balkans and Transatlantic relations; mark the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide; and meet with senior government officials and political leaders to discuss bilateral and regional issues. Trip Page»
On June 15-18, Assistant Secretary Nuland traveled to Stockholm, Sweden, to discuss regional security and bilateral issues with senior government officials; Berlin, Germany, to meet with senior government officials to discuss Trans-Atlantic and global challenges; and Prague, Czech Republic, to meet with senior Czech officials and lead the U.S. side in the U.S.-Czech Strategic Dialogue. Trip Page»
Assistant Secretary Nuland traveled to Moscow May 17-18 to meet with senior Russian government officials to discuss next steps in Minsk implementation, following her May 14-16 visit to Kyiv, Ukraine and Secretary Kerry’s May 12 meetings in Sochi, Russia. She also discussed bilateral issues with Russian officials, and met with civil society representatives. Trip Page»
After accompanying Secretary Kerry to Sochi, Russia, and to Antalya, Turkey, for the NATO meetings, Assistant Secretary Nuland visited Kyiv, Ukraine, May 14-16, where she met with senior Ukrainian Government officials to discuss a range of bilateral and regional issues. Trip Page»
