{"id":45932,"date":"2022-03-10T15:31:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T23:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=45932"},"modified":"2022-03-10T15:31:23","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T23:31:23","slug":"deputy-secretary-shermans-travel-to-turkey-spain-morocco-and-algeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=45932","title":{"rendered":"Deputy Secretary Sherman\u2019s Travel to Turkey, Spain, Morocco, and Algeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>03\/10\/2022 05:34 PM EST<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Office of the Spokesperson<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will travel to Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey; Madrid, Spain; Rabat and Casablanca, Morocco; Algiers, Algeria; and Cairo, Egypt from March 4 to 11.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Secretary Sherman will \u00a0begin her trip in Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey from March 4 to 5 to meet with Foreign Minister Cavusoglu, Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat Onal, and Chief Presidential Advisor Ibrahim Kalin to discuss Russia\u2019s premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified\u00a0invasion of Ukraine.\u00a0 The Deputy\u2019s meetings will include discussions on further joint U.S.-Turkey cooperation and our shared interest in supporting Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Secretary Sherman will then travel to Madrid, Spain from March 6 to 8 to co-open the\u00a0U.S.-Spain Cybersecurity Dialogue on March 7 with Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign and Global Affairs \u00c1ngeles Moreno Bau.\u00a0 The Deputy Secretary and the State Secretary will also meet bilaterally to discuss a range of issues and challenges including Russia\u2019s\u00a0attack against Ukraine,\u00a0our coordinated response, and the strong transatlantic partnership.\u00a0 The Deputy Secretary will also speak with students and faculty at a Madrid-based university and participate in a discussion with women entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Secretary will then travel to Rabat and Casablanca, Morocco from March 8 to 9, where she will lead the U.S. delegation to the U.S.-Morocco Strategic Dialogue on Regional Political Issues.\u00a0 She will have a working lunch with Foreign Minister Bourita and meet with other senior government officials.\u00a0 She will also deliver keynote remarks at an International Women\u2019s Day event featuring entrepreneurs and businesswomen and will meet with Moroccan youth.<\/p>\n<p>Next, Deputy Secretary Sherman will travel to Algiers, Algeria from March 9 to 10.\u00a0 She will meet with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to discuss bilateral and regional issues.\u00a0 On March 10, the Deputy Secretary will meet with Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra and lead the U.S. delegation for the fifth U.S.-Algerian Strategic Dialogue. The Deputy Secretary will also meet with high school and college women participating in a U.S.-sponsored STEM program and local representatives of U.S. businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Due to unforeseen logistical issues, the Deputy Secretary will no longer travel to Egypt on March 10. She looks forward to rescheduling her visit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>03\/10\/2022 05:34 PM EST Office of&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-a","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45932"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45933,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45932\/revisions\/45933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}