U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson ______For Immediate Release March 22, 2017

MEDIA NOTE

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS Meeting of the Ministers of the Global Coalition – Working to Defeat ISIS U.S. Department of State Wednesday, March 22, 2017

AFGHANISTAN His Excellency Salahuddin Rabbani Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of

ALBANIA His Excellency Ditmir Bushati Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania

ARAB LEAGUE His Excellency Hossam Zaki Assistant Secretary General of the League of Arab States

AUSTRALIA The Honorable Julie Bishop, M.P. Minister for Foreign Affairs of

AUSTRIA His Excellency Sebastian Kurz Federal Minister for Europe, Integration, and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria

BAHRAIN His Excellency Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain

BELGIUM His Excellency Dirk Wouters Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to the United States

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA His Excellency Igor Crnadak Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina

BULGARIA His Excellency Tihomir Anguelov Stoytchev Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria to the United States

CANADA The Honorable Chrystia Freeland Minister for Foreign Affairs of Canada

CROATIA The Honorable Davor Ivor Stier Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia

CYPRUS His Excellency Ioannis Kasoulides Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus

CZECH REPUBLIC His Excellency Lubomir Zaoralek Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

DENMARK The Honorable Anders Samuelsen Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Denmark

EGYPT His Excellency Sameh Shoukry Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt

ESTONIA His Excellency Sven Mikser Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia

EUROPEAN UNION Her Excellency Federica Mogherini High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Vice-President of the Commission

FINLAND His Excellency Jussi Lauri Niinistö Minister of Defense of the Republic of Finland

FRANCE His Excellency Jean-Marc Ayrault Minister of Foreign Affairs of the French Republic

GEORGIA His Excellency Mikheil Janelidze Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

GERMANY His Excellency Andreas Michaelis Political Director, Foreign Affairs Office of the Federal Republic of Germany

GREECE His Excellency Theocharis Lalacos Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic to the United States

HUNGARY His Excellency Péter Szijjártó Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary

ICELAND The Honorable Stefan Haukur Johannesson Permanent Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iceland

INTERPOL Dr. Jürgen Stock Secretary General of the International Criminal Police Organization

IRAQ His Excellency Haider Jawad Al Abadi Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq

IRELAND His Excellency Joseph McHugh Minister of State for the Diaspora and International Development of Ireland

ITALY His Excellency Angelino Alfano Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Italian Republic

JAPAN Mr. Masataka Okano Political Minister, Embassy of Japan in the United States

JORDAN His Excellency Ayman Safadi Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

KOREA (REPUBLIC OF) His Excellency Yun Byung-Se Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea

KOSOVO His Excellency Enver Hoxhaj Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kosovo

KUWAIT His Excellency Khaled Al-Sabah First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Kuwait

LATVIA His Excellency Edgars Rinkēvičs Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia

LEBANON The Honorable Gobran Bassil Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lebanese Republic

LIBYA The Honorable Mohamed Syala Minister of Foreign Affairs of Libya

LITHUANIA His Excellency Linas Antanas Linkevicius Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

LUXEMBOURG Her Excellency Sylvie Lucas Ambassador of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to the United States

MACEDONIA His Excellency Nikola Poposki Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia

MALAYSIA The Honorable Anifah bin Aman Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia

MOLDOVA His Excellency Andrei Galbur Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova

MONTENEGRO The Honorable Srdjan Darmanovic Minister of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro

MOROCCO His Excellency Nasser Bourita Minister Delegate of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Kingdom of Morocco

NETHERLANDS His Excellency Bert Koenders Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

NEW ZEALAND The Honorable Murray Stuart McCully Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand

NIGERIA Mr. Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin Chief of Defense Staff of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

NORWAY His Excellency Børge Brende Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Norway

OMAN His Excellency Yusuf Alawi Abdulla Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman

PANAMA His Excellency Alexis Bethancourt Yau Minister of Public Security of the Republic of Panama

POLAND The Honorable Witold Jan Waszczykowski Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland

PORTUGAL The Honorable Augusto Santos Silva Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Portuguese Republic

QATAR His Excellency Mohammed Abdulrahman Al-Thani Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar

ROMANIA His Excellency Teodor-Viorel Meleşcanu Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania

SAUDIA ARABIA His Excellency Adel Ahmed Al Jubeir Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of

SERBIA The Honorable Zoran Djordjevic Minister of Defense of the Republic of Serbia

SINGAPORE His Excellency Vivian Balakrishnan Minister for Foreign Affairs Republic of Singapore

SLOVAKIA His Excellency Miroslav Lajčák Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic

SLOVENIA His Excellency Karl Erjavec Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia

SOMALIA His Excellency Dr. Abdusalam Omer Minister of Foreign Affairs and Investment Promotion of the Federal Republic of Somalia

SPAIN His Excellency Alfonso Dastis Quecedo Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Spain

SWEDEN Her Excellency Margot Wallström Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Sweden

TAIWAN The Honorable Stanley Kao Representative, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States

TUNISIA His Excellency Fayçal Gouia Ambassador of the Republic of Tunisia to the United States

TURKEY His Excellency Mevlut Cavusoglu Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of

UKRAINE His Excellency Vadym Prystaiko First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES His Excellency Dr. Anwar Gargash Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the

UNITED KINGDOM The Right Honorable Boris Johnson, MP Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

UNITED STATES The Honorable Rex W. Tillerson Secretary of State of the United States

NON-MEMBER OBSERVERS OF THE COUNTER-ISIS MINISTERIAL

NATO His Excellency Jens Stoltenberg Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

UNITED NATIONS ASSISTANCE MISSION FOR IRAQ (UNAMI) Mr. Jăn Kubiš Special Representative for Iraq and Head of UNAMI Iraq

UNITED NATIONS Mrs. Lise Grande Deputy Special Representative of UNAMI Iraq & UN Resident Coordinator for Iraq

WORLD BANK Mr. Saroj Jha Senior Director for the Fragility, Conflict and Violence Group of the World Bank