The phrase "agreed in a statement" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a consensus or acknowledgment expressed within a formal or informal statement.
Example: "The terms of the contract were clearly agreed in a statement signed by both parties."
Alternatives: "acknowledged in a statement" or "consented in a statement".
Mr. Obama agreed in a statement issued Wednesday.
Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr., a Democratic candidate who has been praised by his rivals as a thoughtful voice on Iraq, agreed in a statement that there had been "real progress on security" in Iraq.
Juul Labs agreed in a statement that sales to minors were "unacceptable" and noted that it already has "programs to prevent and, if necessary, identify and act upon these violations at retail and online marketplaces". It said it will announce "additional measures in the coming days" as it works with the FDA and lawmakers to keep its e-cigarettes away from young people.
The CAS agreed". In a statement Friday, IAAF President Lamine Diack said: "Oscar will be welcomed wherever he competes this summer.
Burnley confirmed a package had been agreed, saying in a statement that the 34-year-old had left "for personal and family reasons".
The statistics bureau apparently agreed, repeating in a statement that China would maintain its "appropriately loose" monetary policy and an expansionist fiscal policy.
The committee's ranking Democrat, Senator Carl Levin of Michigan, agreed, saying in a statement: "I was really disappointed and surprised at the abrupt and unexplained cancellation of the briefing.
Under cross-examination by Mr Duckenfield's defence barrister, Ben Myers QC, Mr McRobbie agreed that in a statement he made in 2014 he said he was impressed with the standard of attention to detail from Mr Duckenfield when he briefed police at Hillsborough on the morning of the match.
Republican Congressman Jeff Miller, the chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, agreed, saying in a statement that presidential leverage was needed to spur real reform at the VA.
"The risks to California's incredibly diverse wildlife are many," Brown agreed in his statement on the measure, AB 711.
On Friday, Yvo de Boer, the executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, seemed to agree, arguing in a statement that estimates of the costs associated with climate adaptation "remain a moving target".
