The phrase "agency published a statement" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an official communication or announcement made by an organization or agency.
Example: "The agency published a statement regarding the new policy changes that will take effect next month."
Alternatives: "the agency issued a statement" or "the agency released a statement".
The semi-official Fars news agency published a statement on Wednesday attributed to a local division of the Revolutionary Guards in Kerman province.
After the court issued the verdicts on Tuesday, the state news agency published a statement from the government's Ministry of Human Rights Affairs, claiming that the country's judiciary was independent.
Responding to questions from the Guardian, the Environment Agency published a statement on its website last night that said: "Our latest monitoring information suggests that there is groundwater pollution".
North Korea has described the movie as illegal, dishonest and reactionary but it is not the first time to have used the racial slur against the president, as in May the country's news agency published a statement saying Obama has "the shape of a monkey".
The agency published a statement which did not name Mr Roslovtsev, but said a "famous Russian writer and public figure" known for protest activities had applied for asylum.
North Korea's state-run news agency published a statement in which the country's government again denied being involved in the hack that caused Sony Pictures to cancel the release of the film and made public millions of the company's emails and documents.
A3 German Hoax Causes Confusion German and international news agencies published a statement in the name of former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, saying he would reveal the names of secret donors to the Christian Democratic Union, and then retracted their dispatches after a party spokeswoman said the statement was a hoax.
Soon after the announcement, the official North Korean news agency published an aggressive statement that called the United States warmongers and said: "A new Korean War will finally lead to the Third World War.
The Palestinian news agency WAFA published a statement in the name of the Palestinian leadership, more tactical advice than an expression of remorse, saying its members "condemn and reject" the attack on the bus, and urging all Palestinians to halt all "military operations against civilians, especially like this one in Umm el-Fahm".
But an Argentine news Web site later published a statement from someone claiming to be Bogado, who said that he had worked for the agency as an "inorganic," an agent who works off the books).
