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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement as the international community plans to convene in Baku, Azerbaijan for the United Nations Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP29) from November 11 – 22, 2024. “Hosting a major international conference...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement following the news the United States has secured the release of 135 political prisoners in Nicaragua on humanitarian grounds. “The release of 135 Nicaraguan political prisoners this morning brings much-needed relief to these...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement following the deaths of five hostages abducted by Hamas, including Hersh Goldberg-Polin. “The news of Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s murder, along with the murder of Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi, and Ori...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement following reports of the abduction of Perkins Rocha, Maria Corina Machado’s personal lawyer, and as Venezuela continues to see an increase in the arbitrary detentions of peaceful protestors and opposition party members. “A month...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement recognizing the imperiled state of the people in El Fasher and calling on the diplomatic community to take immediate action to stop mass atrocities from continuing. “The people of El Fasher, already devastated by bombings and...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, issued a statement expressing deep concern about proposed constitutional...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, calling on him to lead an immediate response to the spiraling humanitarian situation in Sudan. Chair Cardin stressed the need to redouble efforts to confront the humanitarian...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on the tenth anniversary of journalist James Foley’s murder by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS): “Myrna and I send our thoughts and deepest sympathies to the family of James Foley, who was senselessly...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after the State Department announced that Australia and the United Kingdom have now implemented export control systems comparable to the United States, an AUKUS implementation requirement championed by Chair...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on the twelfth anniversary of journalist Austin Tice’s abduction in Syria: “Today marks twelve years since Austin Tice was abducted in Syria by the Bashar al-Assad regime. Austin is a talented journalist,...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement calling on the Sudan Armed Forces to join peace talks set to begin this week in Geneva, Switzerland: “The fighting in Sudan has caused the worst humanitarian disaster in the world. I urge the Sudan Armed Forces to...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after Thailand’s Constitutional Court dissolved the Move Forward Party (MFP), disenfranchising millions of Thai citizens who voted for MFP candidates in the 2023 election: “The Constitutional Court’s decision to...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after Bangladesh’s president dissolved parliament, paving the way for new elections after the prime minister resigned and fled the country amid weeks of escalating protests against her leadership: “In a world where...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Representative Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Representative Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) issued a joint statement condemning the Maduro regime for...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa of the Royal Thai Government to express concern for recent political developments in Thailand, including the potential dissolution of the democratically elected Move Forward Party. Chair Cardin...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Chairs of the Foreign Affairs Committees of Armenia, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland,...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered a speech on the Senate floor to once again bring needed attention to the ongoing conflict and tragic humanitarian crisis in Sudan, calling on all parties to come to an agreement for an immediate ceasefire to usher in lifesaving...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after the United States, working closely with our allies, secured the release of numerous American citizens and Russian dissidents unjustly jailed by the Kremlin. “The return of American citizens Paul Whelan, Evan...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement following the announcement by Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the United States will pause the majority of foreign assistance sent to Georgia. “The Biden-Harris Administration’s decision to pause most foreign assistance to...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement in response to reports that a group of Russian political prisoners recently went missing from their cells. “The Kremlin’s secretive transfer of Russian political prisoners Lilia Chanysheva, Ksenia Fedeyeva, Sasha...