Blinken speaks at Conference of Mayors

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken encourages mayors from around the country to reach out and work with his department, because "we can help." "The State Department launched a new subnational diplomacy unit," said Blinken. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State said "And with the Sub national Diplomacy unit, mayors now have an address at the State Department when they need help.

So the national team will also strengthen partnerships between America's mayors and the world. U.S. mayors are already leading in the global arena." Blinken is the first Secretary of State to speak at the conference. And, he added that public health, climate supply chains, the future of technology, economic security.

These are the issues that our diplomats, your diplomats are working on day in and day out. The U.S. Conference of Mayors is the official nonpartisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. There are more than 1,400 such cities in the country today, and each city is represented in the Conference by its elected mayor.