{"id":352,"date":"2025-02-22T11:42:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T11:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mhtechin.com\/news\/secretary-rubios-call-with-kenyan-president-ruto\/"},"modified":"2025-02-22T11:42:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T11:42:51","slug":"secretary-rubios-call-with-kenyan-president-ruto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mhtechin.com\/news\/secretary-rubios-call-with-kenyan-president-ruto\/","title":{"rendered":"Secretary\u00a0Rubio\u2019s\u00a0Call with Kenyan President Ruto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Office of the Spokesperson<\/p>\n<section class=\"wp-block-default-hero-container wp-block-default-hero-container--no-featured-content \">\n<div class=\"wp-block-default-hero module featured-content page-header \">\n<div class=\"row bc_row\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"bc_content\">\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"bc_home\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/\">Home<\/a><span class=\"bc_carat\"><\/span><span class=\"bc_middle collapse\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/bureaus-offices\/under-secretary-for-public-diplomacy-and-public-affairs\/bureau-of-global-public-affairs\/office-of-the-spokesperson\/\">Office of the Spokesperson<\/a><span class=\"bc_carat\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/press-releases\/\">Press Releases<\/a><\/span><span class=\"bc_ellipse\">\u2026<\/span><span class=\"bc_carat\"><\/span><span class=\"bc_current collapse\">Secretary\u00a0Rubio\u2019s\u00a0Call with Kenyan President Ruto<\/span>\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bc_hide\">hide<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"featured-content__copy\">\n<h1 class=\"featured-content__headline stars-above\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tSecretary\u00a0Rubio\u2019s\u00a0Call with Kenyan President Ruto<\/p>\n<\/h1>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- get document type --><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-meta doctype-meta\">Readout<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-meta__audience\">\n<\/p><p class=\"article-meta__location\">\n<\/p><p class=\"article-meta__publish-date\">February 21, 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page-header__actions\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p>The below is attributable to Spokesperson\u00a0Tammy Bruce:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p>Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Kenyan President William Ruto to\u00a0discuss the ongoing conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of\u00a0the Congo, including the\u00a0unacceptable\u00a0capture of Goma and Bukavu by the Rwanda-backed M23\u00a0armed group. They\u00a0emphasized\u00a0that there is no military solution to the conflict and\u00a0called for\u00a0an immediate ceasefire. Both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to\u00a0push for a diplomatic resolution to the crisis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-tags-block  \">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"related-tags\">\n<p class=\"related-tags__label\">Tags<\/p>\n<div class=\"related-tags__pills\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/policy-issues\/bilateral-relations-and-engagement\/\" class=\"blockbutton button--pill\">Bilateral Relations and Engagement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/bureaus-offices\/under-secretary-for-political-affairs\/bureau-of-african-affairs\/\" class=\"blockbutton button--pill\">Bureau of African Affairs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/countries-areas\/kenya\/\" class=\"blockbutton button--pill\">Kenya<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/bureaus-offices\/under-secretary-for-public-diplomacy-and-public-affairs\/bureau-of-global-public-affairs\/office-of-the-spokesperson\/\" class=\"blockbutton button--pill\">Office of the Spokesperson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/secretary\/\" class=\"blockbutton button--pill\">The Secretary of State<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Office of the Spokesperson HomeOffice of the SpokespersonPress Releases\u2026Secretary\u00a0Rubio\u2019s\u00a0Call with Kenyan President Ruto hide Secretary\u00a0Rubio\u2019s\u00a0Call with Kenyan President Ruto Readout&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mhtechin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mhtechin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mhtechin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mhtechin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mhtechin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mhtechin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mhtechin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mhtechin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mhtechin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}