Diplomatic Meetings and Ceremonies

Images showcasing formal diplomatic meetings, speeches, and ceremonies with various officials in elegant settings, featuring notable decor and attire.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo arrives for a meeting with Slovak President Andrej Kiska in Bratislava, Slovakia, on February 12, 2019.

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

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo arrives for a meeting with Slovak President Andrej Kiska in Bratislava, Slovakia, on February 12, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses former Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson's colleagues and staff before swearing her in as the new U.S. Ambassador to Mexico during a ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 5, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers remarks at the U.S.-China EcoPartnerships Signing Ceremony, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 10, 2011.

Colombian President Uribe welcomes U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to a luncheon with his cabinet in Bogot�, Colombia, on June 9, 2010.

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 Rex Tillerson attends a bilateral meeting with Japanese counterparts in Tokyo, Japan on November 6, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as New Zealander Foreign Minister Murray McCully addresses reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 27, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry joins his Quartet counterparts -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini, and United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov -- for a meeting at the Imperial Hotel in Vienna, Austria, on October 243, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry departs from the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, following a bilateral meeting with President Xi Jinping on May 17, 2015.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo awaits for his meeting with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, in Warsaw, Poland, on August 15, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, along with British Foreign Secretary William Hague and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, are welcomed to Elysee Palace by French President Francois Hollande before a P3 meeting, focused on Syria and its chemical weapons stock, in Paris on September 16, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry approaches waiting microphones before addressing reporters on November 24, 2015, following his meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the Muqata'a Presidential Compound in Ramallah, West Bank.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry bids farewell to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov following a bilateral meeting at the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in Paris, France, on October 14, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers his thanks after French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault awarded him the Grand Officer of the L�gion d'honneur, the second-highest level of the French award, during a ceremony on December 10, 2016, at the Quai d'Orsay - the French Foreign Ministry - in Paris, France.

Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili greets U.S Secretary of State John Kerry on July 6, 2016, as he arrives at the Chancellery in Tbilisi, Georgia, for meetings with Margvelashvili, Georgian Foreign Minister Mikhail Janelidze, and other government leaders attending the U.S.-Georgia Strategic Partnership Commission Meeting.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for a photo with the Arab League delegation, led by Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al-Thani, at the Blair House in Washington, D.C., on April 29, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks with Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides on December 3, 2015, after arriving at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nicosia, Cyprus, for a bilateral conversation amid meetings with both Greek and Turkish leaders on the island nation.

French President Fran�ois Hollande bids farewell to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry after they met at the �lys�e Palace in Paris, France, on January 16, 2015. The Secretary is visiting the French capital to pay homage to the victims of last week's shooting attacks in Paris and to reiterate the support of the United States for the French people and our ongoing commitment to providing any assistance needed.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delivers remarks on the 2016 International Religious Freedom Annual Report, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 15, 2017.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi, Baghdad, Iraq, May 7, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stands with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak as they pose for photographers at the Perdana Putra Building, which houses the Prime Minister's Office, in Putrajaya, Malaysia, before a bilateral meeting on on August 5, 2015, the sidelines of the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in nearby Kuala Lumpur.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at a briefing on the U.S. response to Ebola for members of the Diplomatic Corps, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 17, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by State Department Deputy Spokesperson Mark Toner, listens to New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman before their joint appearance on December 9, 2015, at the Hotel Potocki in Paris, France, on the sidelines of the COP21 climate change conference.

Vice President Mike Pence delivers remarks before swearing in Bill Hagerty, pictured on the left with his wife, Chrissy Hagerty, as the new U.S. Ambassador to Japan at a ceremony at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., on July 27, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on February 11, 2016, before a bilateral meeting focused on Syria preceding the Munich Security Conference.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela in Panama City, Panama on October 18, 2018.

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

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on the margins of the G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting in Lucca, Italy, on April 10, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives for his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 24, 2016, to discuss Syria and Ukraine at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton chats with Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Gordon, center, and U.S. Ambassador to Greece Daniel B. Smith, left, before speaking with Embassy Athens staff and families in Athens, Greece, on July 18, 2011.

President Barack Obama walks into the Blue Room of the White House following a prime time news conference in the East Room on July 22, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo Mrs. Susan Pompeo attend a dinner hosted by Ambassador Eisenberg_ with U.S. and Italian business leaders in Italy, on October 3, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a pull-aside with Prime Minister Mark Rutte in The Hague, the Netherlands on June 3, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry congratulates Randy Berry as the first-ever Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBT Persons at a welcome reception in the Special Envoy Berry's honor at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 27, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, Turkey March 7, 2009. From left to right: Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Daniel Fried, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey James Jeffrey, Secretary Clinton, Prime Minister Erdogan, Foreign Minister Ali Babacan.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama depart Oslo City Hall following the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, Norway, Dec. 10, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton presents the 14th Annual Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., November 28, 2012.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a joint press availability with Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok in the Great Salon Room in The Hague, the Netherlands on June 3, 2019.

George W. Bush and Dick Cheney walk into the East Room of the White House to sign HR.7081, the US-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act on October 8, 2008.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stands in front of the banks of official papers stored in the atrium of the LBJ Presidential Library at the University of Texas at Austin on April 27, 2016, during a visit to the campus to participate in a Vietnam War symposium.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets alumni of the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs programs before delivering welcoming remarks to attendees at the Global Entrepreneurial Summit on June 22, 2016, on the campus of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Athens, Greece, on October 5, 2019.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier escorts U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry as he arrives at the German Foreign Ministry in Berlin, Germany, to receive the Order of Merit - the higher civilian award in Germany - on December 5, 2016.

07/22/2011 Madrid, Moncloa Palace. Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero presents his new government after the departure of Rubalcaba Photo, Isabel Permuy ARCHDC.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, in Warsaw, Poland, on August 15, 2020.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan, U.S. First Lady Nancy Reagan and U.S. Chief Justice Warren Burger at the private inaugural swearing-in ceremony on the grand staircase in the White House, Washington, D.C., USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, January 20, 1985

Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Tom Shannon poses for a photo with Montenegro�s Prime Minister Dusko Markovic, Montenegro's Foreign Minister Dr. Srdjan Darmanovi_, and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at a ceremony to welcome Montenegro as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's newest member, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 5, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry attends the G7 working dinner, at the Marriott in the New York East Side Hotel, in New York City, New York on September 20, 2016.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken arrives in Kuwait City, Kuwait, on July 28, 2021. The Secretary was created by U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait Alina L. Romanowski.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his advisers sit with Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir after they and counterparts from the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Oman, and the United Nations met on December 18, 2016, at the Conference Palace Hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to discuss the future of Yemen.

Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo prepare for a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, Turkey, on October 17, 2019.

President Bush meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is greeted by Martin Peled-Flax of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs as he arrives at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv on December 4, 2013. Joining him are members of the U.S. Middle East peace negotiating team: former General John Allen, U.S. Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Martin Indyk, and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Qatari Foreign Minister Khalid Al Attiyah, addresses reporters at the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in Paris, France, on July 26, 2014, before a trilateral meeting focused on reaching a cease-fire in the fighting between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

June 25, 2009 I shoot so many briefings and meetings, I’m always on the lookout for a different way to frame my photographs. This photo of the President and senior advisor David Axelrod was taken through a window out onto the White House colonnade.”

President Barack Obama welcomes President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan to the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 12, 2010.

President Ronald Reagan participates in the group photograph at the Economic Summit in Bonn Germany in May 1985.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan reviewing troops with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone at arrival ceremony, Akasaka Palace, Tokyo, Japan, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, May 4, 1986

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovi_, in Dubrovnik, Croatia, October 2, 2020.

British Margaret Thatcher making departure remarks at White House diplomatic entrance while U.S. President Ronald Reagan listens, Washington, D.C., USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, July 17, 1987

Barcelona, 02/21/2016. King Felipe VI with the president of the Generalitat of Catalonia Carles Puigdemont, the mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, and the president of the Parliament, Carme Forcadell, at the Liceo gala dinner prior to the Mobile World Congress. Photo: Inés Baucells ARCHDC.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits across from French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on December 14, 2015, at the Quai d'Orsay - the French Foreign Ministry - in Paris, France, before a multinational meeting convened by the Minister to discuss the future of Syria.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, addresses reporters on October 24, 2015, at Amman Marka Airport in Amman, Jordan, after the Secretary mediated talks between Israeli and Jordanian leaders about ways to calm tensions at the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his daughter, Dr. Vanessa Kerry, meet with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in New York City on October 2, 2015.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez with Afghan President Hamid Karzai

Madrid, 12/01/2021. Presentation of the book by the former President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, with the assistance of Isabel Díaz Ayuso and José Luis Martínez Almeida. Photo: Ángel de Antonio. ARCHDC.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on February 18, 2020.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Latvian President Egils Levits in Riga, Latvia, on March 7, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses with his fellow Foreign Ministers during a lunch hosted by Turkish Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlioglu at the National Golf Club in Antalya, Turkey, during the G20 Summit attended by President Obama and other Heads of State.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, accompanied by U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, on May 7, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister�s residence in Jerusalem on May 13, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir addresses reporters at the Hotel President Wilson in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 2, 2016, amid a series of meetings focused on the cessation of hostilities in Syria.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives at Al-Hummar Palace in Amman, Jordan, to meet with King Abdullah II on June 27, 2013.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, in Paris, France, November 10, 2018.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, in Washington, D.C., on July 14, 2021.

Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) welcomes Luc Frieden, Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, to the Federal Chancellery in Berlin, 8 January 2024

President Barack Obama attends an expanded bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at Dresden Castle, June 5, 2009.

Maher Shalabi of the Palestinian Broadcasting Corp. and Udi Segal of Israel Channel 2 chat before a joint interview with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry focused on Middle East peace talks in Jerusalem on November 7, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on November 3, 2015, at the Oguzkhan Presidential Palace in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, after he arrived for a bilateral meeting with the President and Foreign Minister Rasit Meredov.

Event hosted by Secretary Condoleezza Rice in the Benjamin Franklin Room, marking the launch of the Ralph Bunche Societies Initiative.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with U.S. Ambassador to Turkmenistan Allan Mustard after he arrived at the Oguzkhan Presidential Palace in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on November 3, 2015, for a bilateral meeting with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, and a greeting at Ashgabat International Airport with local U.S. Embassy staff.

French President Fran�ois Hollande bids farewell to U.S. Ambassador to France Jane Hartley after she joined U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for a meeting at the �lys�e Palace in Paris, France, on January 16, 2015. The Secretary is visiting the French capital to pay homage to the victims of last week's shooting attacks in Paris and to reiterate the support of the United States for the French people and our ongoing commitment to providing any assistance needed.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Ambassador to Rome David Thorne spend time with the Secretary's traveling press corps at the U.S. ambassador's residence, the Villa Taverna, in Rome, Italy, on May 8, 2013.

Former President Bill Clinton watches from backstage as President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers in New York, N.Y., Sept. 25, 2012.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on May 14, 2013 in Stockholm, Sweden.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits next to Ambassador John Phillips, Ambassador Philip Reeker and Ambassador David Thorne, before he delivers remarks at the Milan Expo in Milan, Italy, on October 17, 2015.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, in Warsaw, Poland, on August 15, 2020.

Madrid, 12/10/2024. Their Majesties the King and Queen, Don Felipe and Doña Letizia, and HRH the Princess of Asturias, Doña Leonor, preside over the reception on the occasion of Spain's National Holiday at the Royal Palace. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Ambassador Pete Selfridge, U.S. Chief of Protocol, introduces U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to deliver remarks at the Diplomatic Corps Holiday Reception, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 13, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson poses for a family photo with his fellow G7+1 counterparts in front of the Duomo of Lucca, Italy, on April 10, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Anne Patterson meet with United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura and his aide, Elpida Rouka, on July 19, 2016, at the J.W. Marriott Grosvenor House Hotel in London, U.K.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before their meeting at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Guesthouse Osobnyak in Moscow, Russia, on May 7, 2013.

French President Fran�ois Hollande prepares to welcome U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to the �lys�e Palace for a bilateral meeting in Paris, France, on January 16, 2015. The Secretary is visiting the French capital to pay homage to the victims of last week's shooting attacks in Paris and to reiterate the support of the United States for the French people and our ongoing commitment to providing any assistance needed.

(R-L) Olaf Scholz, Federal Chancellor, and Ferdinand Marcos Jr, President of the Republic of the Philippines, pictured during a joint meeting in Berlin, 12 March 2024

Barcelona. 09/26/2014. The Former President of the Generalitat Jordi Pujol declares in Parliament. Corruption. Money Abroad. Photos Ines Baucells. Archdc.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers remarks at the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue at the Department of State in Washington, D.C. on June 13, 2012.

President Barack Obama meets with former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Gostinny Dvor, Russia, July 7, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a working lunch with Canadian Foreign Minister Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland at the National Arts Center, Rossy Pavilion in Ottawa, Canada on August 22, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh and President Donald J Trump chat during a State Dinner hosted by President Tran Dai Quang of Vietnam in Hanoi on November 11, 2017.

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