Business Meetings and Diplomacy

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets virtually with the Foreign Ministers of the G20 Nations, at the Palace Hotel, in New York City, New York, on September 22, 2021.

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Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asia and Pacific Security David Shear delivers remarks before the Subcommittee for Defense Corporation at Japan�s Ministry of Defense in Tokyo, Japan, on October 8, 2014.

Office of the Deputy Secretary - Indian Minister Nath with Acting Deputy Secretary Sampson

5:40 p.m., September 12, 2013 - U.S. Secretary of State meets with UN Special Envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi to discuss efforts to reach a political solution to the Syrian civil war.

Office of the Deputy Secretary (David Sampson) - Deputy Secretary Sampson's Visit to Morocco

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne in Melbourne, Australia, on February 10, 2022.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, in Jerusalem, Israel on November 18, 2020.

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets virtually with the Foreign Ministers of the G20 Nations, at the Palace Hotel, in New York City, New York, on September 22, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Toria Nulan, delivers his opening remarks to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the outset of a bilateral meeting on July 15, 2016, at the Russian Foreign Ministry's Osobnyak Guesthouse in Moscow, Russia.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, European Union Commissioner for Energy and Climate Action Miguel Arias Ca�ete, and their respective advisers sit together on July 22, 2016, at the Vienna International Center in Vienna, Austria, before a meeting to discuss amending the Montreal Protocol climate change agreement.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne attending National Fish and Wildlife Foundation-hosted luncheon and forum, Washington, D.C.

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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a roundtable discussion with Jamaican Foreign Minister Kamina Johnson Smith, Bahamian Foreign Minister Darren Henfield, Belizean Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington, Dominican Republic Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas Maldonado, Haitian Foreign Minister Bocchit Edmond, St. Kitts and Nevis Foreign Minister Mark Brantley, and Saint Lucian External Affairs Minister Sarah Flood-Beaubrun, in Kingston, Jamaica on January 22, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, in Amman, Jordan, on January 8, 2019.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with French President Emmanuel Macron, in Paris, France on June 25, 2021.

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with senior officials in Jakarta, Indonesia, September 3, 2012.

Madrid, 05/11/2021. Members of the jury of the Mariano de Cavia, Luca de Tena and Mingote Awards. Santiago Muñoz Machado, director of the RAE; Julián Quirós, director of ABC: Javier Moreno, director of 'El País'; Jordi Juan, director of 'La Vanguardia'; Ángel Ortiz, director of 'El Norte de Castilla'; Francisco Rosell, director of 'El Mundo' and José Miguel Santamaría, director of 'El Correo'. Photo: Ernesto Agudo. ARCHDC.

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken participates in an Iftar dinner with Palestinian civil society and business leaders in Jerusalem on June 16, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, sits with his fellow P5+1 and European Union Foreign Ministers and their Political Directors on July 10, 2015, in Vienna, Austria, amid negotiations with Iranian officials about the future of their country's nuclear program.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo participates in an expanded meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Tel Aviv, on April 29, 2018. (

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his delegation at the National Convention Center in Vientiane, Laos, on July 25, 2016, during the outset of a bilateral meeting on the sidelines the annual meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Thomas Nides meets with Prime Minister Gilani in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 4, 2012.

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, in London, United Kingdom, on May 3, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hosts the Jobs Council Investment Discussion Roundtable at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 7, 2011.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Ambassador to Rwanda Erica Barks-Ruggles sit with Rwandan President President Paul Kagame at the Presidential Office in Kigali, Rwanda, on October 14, 2016, as the Secretary paid a visit to the nation's capital to attend a conference focused on amending the Montreal ozone layer protection protocol.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in the U.S.-Australia-Japan Trilateral Strategic Dialogue with Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono in Bangkok, Thailand on August 1, 2019.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with his counterparts on March 13, 2015, at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris, France, before they held an E4+1 meeting - including representatives of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and European Union - focused on Syria, Libya, Yemen, Ukraine, and other foreign policy matters.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez Trip from Japan

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by U.S. Ambassador to Colombia Kevin Whitaker and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemispheric Affairs Roberta Jacobson, meets with Colombian lead negotiator Humberto de la Calle, left, and High Commissioner for Peace Sergio Jaramillo, right, on December 12, 2014, in Bogota, Colombia, to receive an update about their efforts to negotiate a peace treaty FARC rebels.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and U.S. delegation participate in a bilateral meeting with North Korea's Vice Chairman Kim Yong Chol and the North Korea delegation in Pyongyang, North Korea on July 6, 2018.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with the Foreign Ministers of the ASEAN Nations on the margins of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 76) in New York, New York, on September 23, 2021. Additional U.S. participants include Senior Bureau Official for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kin Moy, Counselor of the Department of State Derek Chollet, Chief of Staff of the Department of State Suzy George, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Tom Sullivan, and Director of Policy Planning Salman Ahmed. ASEAN participants include Secretary-General Dato Lim Jock Hoi (Virtual), Brunei�s Foreign Minister II Dato Erywan Pehin Yusof (Virtual), Burma�s Foreign Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin (Virtual), Cambodia�s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn (Virtual), Indonesia's Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, Laos' Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith (Virtual), Malaysia's Minister Dato' Saifuddin Abdullah (Virtual), Philippines' Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teodor

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a business roundtable with Austrian Finance Minister Gernot Bluemel, United States Ambassador to the Republic of Austria Trevor D. Traina, and Austrian companies, in Vienna, Austria, on August 14, 2020.

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Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken presents the 17th annual Awards for Corporate Excellence (ACE), at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 5, 2017. The ACE, established in 1999, recognizes U.S. companies that represent American values in their business practices worldwide. The winners, in alphabetical order by category, are the following: Inclusive Hiring Practices: General Electric in Saudi Arabia and McDonald�s Deutschland in Germany; Small or Medium Enterprises: Andela in Nigeria; Sustainable Oceans Management: Bureo in Chile and Interface in the Philippines; and Transparent Operations: Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde in Peru.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH BRAZILIAN FOREIGN MINISTER OF DEVELOPMENT

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba at the Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on February 22, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry takes a question from an African journalist, as the Secretary and Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom hold a news conference at the 50th anniversary African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on May 25, 2013.

Flanked by Attorney General of the U.S. Eric Holder and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry participates in the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism Foreign Fighters Ministerial at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 18, 2015.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on November 8, 2021.

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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, in Jakarta, Indonesia on October 29, 2020.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in Paris, France, on October 5, 2021.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne meeting at Main Interior with delegation from the Federated States of Micronesia, led by Micronesia President Emanuel Mori

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Office of the Deputy Secretary (David Sampson) - Deputy Secretary with Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - National Hispanic Environmental Council (NHEC) Conversation with Lisa P. Jackson , Environmental Protection Agency

Madrid, 01/14/2020. Meeting of the first Council of Ministers of the new progressive Government chaired by Pedro Sánchez. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

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Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Central America Free Trade Agreement Trade Mission to El Salvador (Arrival Airport, Bilat with C. A. Presidents, Working Lunch, Press Conference, One on One)

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne receiving visit at Main Interior from Philip Lader, head of the global media and comunications firm, WPP Group, and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, as well as former Administrator of the Small Business Administration

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry attends the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting, at the Palace Hotel, in New York City, New York on September 23, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Foreign Minister Kamina Johnson Smith in Kingston, Jamaica, on February 7, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses Afghanistan President Ashram Ghani and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on January 21, 2016, at the Intercontinental Hotel in Davos, Switzerland, before a trilateral meeting between them and Vice President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Moroccan Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar sit with their respective teams before the start of a Strategic Dialogue between their two countries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rabat, Morocco on April 4, 2014.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a Discussion with U.S. Mission Nigeria, in Abuja, Nigeria, on November 19, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne and UK Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss in Munich, Germany, on February 19, 2022.

President Barack Obama confers with Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso at the G-8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy, July 8, 2009. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza This official White House photograph is being made available for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way or used in materials, advertisements, products, or promotions that in any way suggest approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary's Gutierrez's Trip from Brussels, Chongging China, Cairo and Beijing

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama in the Prime Ministry in Tirana, Albania, on February 14, 2016, before a bilateral meeting.

Secretary Kerry attends the trilateral meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se at the ASEAN ministerial meeting in Brunei on July 1, 2013. the trilateral meeting.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi at the Diaoyutia State Guest House in Beijing, China, on January 27, 2016, amid a series of discussions with high-level Chinese officials focused on the Democratic People�s Republic of Korea and other regional issues.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, sits across from Syrian Opposition Coalition President Ahmed al-Jarba and his team before a meeting in Paris, France, on January 13, 2014.

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Office of the Secretary - Meeting with Turkish Minister of Trade Kursadtuzman

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hosts a meeting on Syria on the sidelines of the 70th Regular Session of the UN General Assembly in New York, New York, on October 1, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry participates in a working dinner with UN Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, Turkish Cypriot Leader Mustafa Akinci, and Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) Lisa Buttehim in Nicosia, Cyprus, on December 3, 3015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with fellow Foreign Ministers and Political Directors from the European Union, P5+1 nations - the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia, and China, as well as Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and his advisers on April 2, 2015, in Lausanne, Switzerland, following negotiations about the future of their country�s nuclear program.

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman meets with the foreign ministers of Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Maldives on the margins of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 76) in New York, New York, on September 22, 2021.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo attends a working lunch with Slovenian President Borut Pahor in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on August 13, 2020.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Central America Free Trade Agreement Trade Mission to El Salvador (Arrival Airport, Bilat with C. A. Presidents, Working Lunch, Press Conference, One on One)

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm host the U.S.-EU Energy Council Ministerial with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Josep Borrell and European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 7, 2022.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO RUSSIA (9-21-05 TO 9-23-05)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, and other Foreign Ministers on February 11, 2016, at the Hilton Hotel in Munich, Germany, before a meeting of the International Syria Support Group.

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Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Central America Free Trade Agreement Trade Mission to El Salvador (USTDA Ceremony, Reception, FCS Photos, Delegation Debrief, Young Enterp.)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with his fellow Foreign Ministers inside the Quai d'Orsay - the French Foreign Ministry - as he attends a multilateral meeting about Syria on May 9, 2016, in Paris, France. Also present are representatives of the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan, Turkey, and the European Union.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Costa Rican Foreign Minister Rodolfo Solano, in San Jose, Costa Rica, on June 1, 2021.

Secretary of State's 2006 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) ceremony and reception, Benjamin Franklin Room, with Secretary Condoleezza Rice hosting and Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Josette Shiner, Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Daniel Sullivan, and Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon, Jr. among the other Department speakers. Corporations honored included Sambazon for its operations in Brazil, General Motors for its operations in Colombia, and Goldman Sachs for its operations in Chile.

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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.

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Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken meets with Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on April 7, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius address reporters during a joint news conference on March 7, 2015, in the Quai d'Orsay - the French Foreign Minister building - in Paris, France, following a bilateral meeting focused on the Secretary's recent Iran nuclear negotiations, his meeting with the Gulf Cooperation Council in Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, and other regional issues.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers opening remarks at an event hosted by the Department of State�s Energy Resources Governance Initiative, at the Palace Hotel, in New York City, New York on September 26, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman participate in the APEC Ministerial Meeting Opening Plenary Session in Bali, Indonesia, on October 4, 2013.

Office of the Deputy Secretary (David Sampson) - Deputy Secretary Sampson's Visit to Morocco

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman join their counterparts for a plenary session to open the 2013 APEC Ministerial Meeting in Bali, Indonesia, on October 4, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by U.S. Ambassador to India Richard Verma, chats with U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker on August 30, 2016, at the Jawarhalal Nehru Bhawan in New Delhi, India, before the opening session of the annual U.S.-India Strategic and Commercial Dialogue with Indian Minister of External Affairs Shushma Swaraj and Indian Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a discussion with Moldovan civil society representatives on EU integration in Chisinau, Moldova on March 6, 2022.

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