Bilateral Meetings with Officials

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in Munich, Germany, on February 18, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses Cambodian Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong at the outset of a bilateral meeting on January 26, 2016, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on August 13, 2020.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in Munich, Germany, on February 18, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry -- flanked by Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Toria Nuland, and Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Tom Sullivan -- sits across from European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini and her advisers before their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit on April 1, 2016, in Washington, D.C.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on the margins of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial Council in Stockholm, Sweden, on December 2, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits across from Kem Sokha, Acting President of the Cambodia National Rescue Party and the country's opposition leader, and Tioulong Sumuara, Member of Parliament, at the Raffles Hotel in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on January 26, 2016, at the outset of a meeting following a series of conversations with national government leaders.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers remarks at a ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in New York, New York on September 27, 2012.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, with Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield and U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria James Entwistle, meets with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on the sidelines of the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C., on March 31, 2016.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers opening comments to his fellow Ministers at the National Convention Center in Vientiane, Laos, on July 25, 2016, at the outset of a Lower Mekong Initiative Meeting on the sidelines the annual meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets virtually with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Raychelle Omamo, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on April 27, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Indonesia Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi sit with their respective teams at the start of a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of an APEC Ministerial Meeting in Beijing, China, on November 8, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and some of his advisers - including Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Daniel Feldman and National Security Council Senior Director for Afghanistan and Pakistan Jeffrey Eggers - sit with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan and his aides before a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the London Conference on Afghanistan, held on December 4, 2014, at Lancaster House in London, U.K.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss in New York City, New York, on September 20, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens to a translation of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk as he speaks at the outset of their meeting at the Chancery in Warsaw, Poland, on November 5, 2013.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi delivers remarks at the Strategic Track Oceans Meeting, part of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 24, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, and U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern participate in a climate meeting with Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang during the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 23, 2015.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield, looks over his notes on August 23, 2016, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Nigeria, before a bilateral meeting Nigerian President Muhummadu Buhari preceding other discussions with Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama and Governors of the country�s Northern region.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton launches the Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 12, 2011. Deputy Secretary of State Thomas Nides is seated to the right of Secretary Clinton.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, joined by Charg� d'Affaires Joseph M. Young, participates in a virtual meet and greet with U.S. Mission Japan, in Tokyo, Japan on March 16, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder prepare for a bilateral meeting at the NATO Foreign Ministerial in Brussels, Belgium, on April 23, 2013.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in Munich, Germany, on February 18, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. delegation meet with President Nursultan Nazarbayev in the Gold Room at Ak Orda Presidential Palace in Astana, Kazakhstan, November 2, 2015.

U.S Secretary of State John Kerry points the way before he and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini pose for photographers on December 1, 2015, at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, before a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of a NATO Ministerial meeting.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with his counterparts from Germany, China, the European Union, France, the United Kingdom, and Russia on March 30, 2015, in Lausanne, Switzerland, before the P5+1 partner nations resume direct negotiations with Iranian officials, top and right, about the future of their country's nuclear program.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as President Obama addresses a SICA (Central American Integration System) Heads of State Meeting on the sidelines of the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama, on April 10, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with members of the Arab League Peace Initiative before a meeting in Amman, Jordan, on July 17, 2013.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, and U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz participate in the U.S.-India Joint Strategic and Commercial Dialogue Opening Plenary with Indian Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 22, 2015.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Jerusalem on May 25, 2021.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Qatari Foreign Minister Khaled al-Attiya sign a joint Memorandum of Understanding to establish the U.S.-Qatar Economic and Commercial Dialogue, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 26, 2015.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a Democracy and Civil Society Roundtable in Quito, Ecuador, on October 19, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Economic Ministers in Jakarta, Indonesia, on December 14, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with an Organization of American States counterpart as he takes his seat among his fellow Foreign Ministers and other national leaders on June 14, 2016, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, before a plenary session of the annual OAS General Assembly.

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Vice President Michael R. Pence, Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, and Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen pose for a photo with leaders from Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador at the Conference on Prosperity and Security in Central America, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 11, 2018.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Uzbekistan Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 9, 2022.

Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland participates in a bilateral meeting with Tunisian Foreign Minister Othman Jerand in New York, on September 20, 2021.

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi in Melbourne, Australia, on February 10, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry laughs with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera after arriving at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 2, 2015, for a meeting with in advance of other meetings with President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

U.S. Secretary of State Tillerson, flanked by his delegation participate in a bilateral meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and the Pakistani Government of Representatives at the Prime Minister's House in Islamabad, Pakistan on October 24, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State signs Memorandum of Understanding with Tunisian Minister for Political Affairs Mohsen Marzouk while Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi looks on at the Blair House in Washington, DC on May 20, 2015.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Libyan interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dabaiba, in Berlin, Germany on June 24, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a meet and greet with U.S. Mission Kuwait, in Kuwait City, Kuwait on July 29, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat as part of the U.S.-African Union High Level Dialogue, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 11, 2022.

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 27, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with United Nations and Mercy Corps representatives who provide humanitarian services in Lebanon during a visit to Beirut on June 4, 2014.

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Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall and Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles speak during a meeting at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., July 13, 2022. Kendall and Marles discussed partnership between their military services.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Vietnamese Executive Secretary Dinh The Huynh address reporters at a joint press conference at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 25, 2016

With Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Sarah Sewall looking on, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the Strong Cities Network International Visitors Leadership Program for Municipal Leaders and Countering Violence Extremism Experts event at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 1, 2016.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung hold a bilateral meeting at the margins of the ASEAN Summit in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on October 10, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Michael McKinley and U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Olson on October 5, 2016, at the European Commission's Justus Lipsius Building in Brussels, Belgium, before the start of an international Afghan pledging conference.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken tours the Kuwaiti National Assembly and meets with Speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly Marzouq Ali Mohammed Al-Ghanim in Kuwait City, Kuwait on July 29, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 22, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for a photo with Kenneth Kannappan, the CEO of Plantronics, Inc. in Mexico, right of the Secretary, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 29, 2014. Also pictured on the far left is Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson. Plantronics, Inc. in Mexico received the first-ever Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence for a medium-sized business.

Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan meets with Saint Lucian Foreign Minister Sarah Flood Beaubrun, on the margins of the 47th General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Cancun, Mexico, on June 20, 2017.

Deputy Secretary Antony �Tony� Blinken delivers remarks at the new U.S. Ambassador to Somalia, Stephen Schwartz�s, swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 27, 2016.

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Richard Stengel, and Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Evan Ryan participate in the Plenary Session of the U.S.-China Consultation on People-to-People Exchange (CPE) with Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong and other Chinese officials at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C.. on June 24, 2015.

Greece, Athens on 2023-02-21. US Secretary of State, Head of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Antony J. Blinken, sometimes known as Tony Blinken, visiting the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue and meeting with his Greek counterpart Minister Nikos Dendias. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Grece, Athenes le 2023-02-21. Le Secretaire d'Etat des Etats-Unis, le chef département charge des Affaires etrangeres, Antony J. Blinken, dit parfois Tony Blinken, en visite au Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres Grec pour le U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue et une rencontre son homologue grec le Ministre Nikos Dendias. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits next to Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Toria Nuland on May 16, 2016, at the Bristol Hotel in Vienna, Austria, as U.S., Russian, and French officials met with Armenian and Azarbaijani leaders in an effort to calm tensions over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.

Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan meets with OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro on the margins of the 47th General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Cancun, Mexico, on June 20, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel at the National Convention Center in Vientiane, Laos, on July 26, 2016, during a meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum amid the annual meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Press briefing, concerning the President's International Initiative to Combat Kleptocracy, featuring remarks by Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Josette Shiner, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich, and Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Pat O'Brien, among other officials.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, joined by U.S. Mission Japan Charg� d'Affaires Joseph M. Young, participates in a virtual business roundtable, in Tokyo, Japan on March 16, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs Julia Frifield and Charles Rivkin, the Department's nominee for Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, at the beginning of a senior staff retreat in Arlington, Virginia, on February 10, 2014.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a Joint Press Availability with Colombian President Iv�n Duque, in Bogota, Colombia, on October 20, 2021.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hosts a swearing-in ceremony for the Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 5, 2013.

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, joined by Department Spokesperson Ned Price and Senior Official for the Bureau of International Religious Freedom Daniel Nadel, delivers remarks to the press on the release of the 2020 International Religious Freedom Report, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on May 12, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Brunei Foreign Minister Pehin Lim at the National Convention Center in Vientiane, Laos, on July 25, 2016, before a bilateral conversation on the sidelines the annual meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton welcomes Mars, Inc., President Grant Reid at the Secretary's Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 17, 2010.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, and Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera shake hands at the opening of the U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee (�2+2�), at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 17, 2017.

U.S. Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price briefs reporters during a Department Press Briefing, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on December 6, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the signing of a historic partnership to establish a Peace Corps program for the first time in Vietnam, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hanoi, Vietnam, May 24, 2016. The announcement of the partnership coincides with U.S. President Barack Obama�s trip to Vietnam and underscores the United States� broader commitment to supporting the people of Vietnam through English language learning.

Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo and Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir listen to Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni deliver his opening remarks on February 2, 2016, at the Italian Foreign Ministry in Rome, Italy, at the outset of a meeting of the multinational counter-ISIL coalition.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Danish Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard before an informal working breakfast on May 13, 2015, on the sidelines of a NATO Ministerial Meeting in Antalya, Turkey.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Omani Foreign Minister Yusef bin Alawi sign a joint science and technology memorandum of agreement on January 22, 2016, before a meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Charg� d�Affaires Atul Keshap participate in a Civil Society Roundtable, in New Delhi, India on July 28, 2021.

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Central American Integration System (SICA) and Mexican Foreign Ministers, in San Jose, Costa Rica on June 1, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds an Energy Transition Roundtable , in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on December 15, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses Laotian Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong during the outset of a bilateral meeting on January 25, 2016, at the Government House in Vientiane, Laos.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, in Liverpool, United Kingdom on December 11, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Tajikistan Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 1, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov shake hands before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 10, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi, stands with Boston Mayor Marty Walsh after the two diplomats addressed delegates on June 7, 2016, at the Beijing International Hotel in Beijing, China, during the U.S.-China Climate-Smart/Low-Carbon Cities Summit following a two-day Strategic and Economic Dialogue between U.S. and Chinese officials.

U.S. Secretary of State meets with Japanese Foreign Minister Tar_ K_no in Manila, Philippines, on August 7, 2017.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in an interview with Asiri Fernando of Daily FT in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on October 28, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry presents Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh with a Revere Bowl from his hometown of Boston, Massachusetts after the two held a joint news conference following a bilateral meeting on August 7, 2015, at the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Guesthouse in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan delivers remarks with USAID Administrator Mark Green on the FY 2020 Budget Request in the Press Briefing Room, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 11, 2019.

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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson accompanies President Donald J. Trump to a bilateral meeting with the Secretary General of the Communist Party Nguyen Phu Trong at the Vietnam Communist Party Headquarters in Hanoi, Vietnam on November 12, 2017.

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