Meeting with Nehammer
US Secretary of State Blinken will be in Vienna on Friday
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is coming to Austria on Friday. According to the Foreign Ministry on Thursday, he will meet with Federal Chancellor Karl Nehammer and Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg (both ÖVP).
According to a report in the daily newspaper "Die Presse", Blinken will take part in the annual conference of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna.
According to the Foreign Office, Blinken's talks with the Federal Chancellor and the Foreign Minister will take place in the Federal Chancellery. This will be followed by a press conference with Schallenberg at 3.15 pm. The US State Department spokesperson emphasized that the USA and Austria are working together on issues such as humanitarian aid for Ukraine and compliance with the EU's economic sanctions against Russia.
Blinken and Schallenberg are also expected to emphasize their consensus on international issues. Both countries are among the strongest supporters of Israel in the Middle East conflict. Washington and Vienna are also pulling in the same direction with regard to Russian aggression in Ukraine, although Austria does not wish to provide military support to the troubled country due to its neutrality under international law. As recently as December, Blinken's deputy James O'Brien praised Austria as a "great partner" in an APA interview in Vienna.
Top-class line-up in our UN City
International conferences on the fight against drugs are regularly held in Vienna's UN City because the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is based there. The 67th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs had already opened on Thursday and features a high-caliber line-up. Numerous states are represented at foreign minister level, including the coca-growing countries Colombia, Honduras and Ecuador. Austria will be represented on Friday by Health Minister Johannes Rauch (Greens), who will also give a speech.
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