On Blinken's first stop in Nairobi he spoke with Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs Rachel Omamo and Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta on strong bilateral ties and on efforts to reach a ceasefire in neighboring Ethiopia.

布林肯在内罗毕的第一站与肯尼亚内阁秘书雷切尔·奥马莫和肯尼亚总统乌胡鲁·肯雅塔进行了交谈关于牢固的双边关系和在邻国埃塞俄比亚达成停火的努力。

Upon his return he learned that he had been elected Secretary for Foreign Affairs, filling a role that had been left vacant by his friend Robert Livingston's resignation the previous spring.

回国后， 他得知自己已当选外交部长，填补了去年春天因朋友罗伯特·利文斯顿辞职而空缺的职位。