Diplomatic Meetings And Discussions

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Garneau, in Reykjavik, Iceland, on May 19, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Josep Borrell 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 participates in a roundtable discussion with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, in Miami, Florida on January 23, 2020.

National Space Council (NSpC) Executive Secretary Chirag Parikh delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Tuesday, June 7, 2022, prior to the Centre National dEtudes Spatiales (CNES) 60th Anniversary event at the French Ambassadors Residence in Washington. France is the twentieth country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASAs Artemis program.

President Barack Obama meets with senior advisors in the Oval Office, Feb. 2, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry salutes a 24-year, locally hired employee on April 7, 2016, while addressing the staff and family members at the U.S. Embassy in Manama, Bahrain.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the outset of a bilateral meeting on January 13, 2017, at the Prime Minister's Office in Hanoi, Vietnam, during the Secretary's final trip abroad.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Defense Ash Carter participate in a working lunch with Philippines Secretary of Foreign Relations Albert F. Del Rosario and Philippines Secretary of Defense Violtaire T. Gazmin, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on January 12, 2016.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Garneau, in Reykjavik, Iceland, on May 19, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosts a trilateral meeting with Israeli Alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 13, 2021.

European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton addresses U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Deputy Energy Secretary Daniel Poneman at the outset of a meeting focused on energy policy at the European Union External Action Service Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on April 2, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses the seventh U.S.-EU Energy Council meeting on May 4, 2016, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. Participants from the European Union include Federica Mogherini, Vice President and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; Maros Sefcovic, Vice President of the European Union for Energy Union; Miguel Arias Ca�ete, Commissioner of the European Union for Climate Action and Energy; and Sharon Dijksma, Minister for the Environment of the Netherlands.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry releases the 2012 International Religious Freedom Report at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 20, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, with their senior advisers, meet to discuss counter-ISIL efforts at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 7, 2016.

Secretary Antony J. Blinken participates in a G7 Session on China, in London, United Kingdom, on May 4, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with members of the Ukrainian Rada in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 6, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and their respective advisers on July 2, 2015, in Vienna, Austria, before a bilateral meeting amid the P5+1 negotiations with Iranian officials about the future of their nuclear program.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo hosts a Quad Meeting with Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne, Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, and Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, at the Palace Hotel, in New York City, New York on September 26, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo attends a P5 Ministerial Lunch hosted by the Government of China, at the Chinese Mission to the United Nations, in New York City, New York on September 26, 2019.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a meet and greet with U.S. Mission Colombia, in Bogota, Colombia, on October 21, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Josep Borrell at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 7, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Toria Nuland; Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL Brett McGurk; National Security Council Senior Director for Russia and Eurasia Celeste Wallander; and State Department Chief of Staff Jon Finer, sits across from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his advisers before a bilateral meeting on January 20, 2016, at the Radisson Blu hotel at Zurich International Airport in Zurich, Switzerland.

With U.S. Assistant Secretary and Spokesperson John Kirby and his Russian counterpart looking on, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov address reporters at a joint news conference at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on March 24, 2016.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with staff in the Oval Office to discuss the ongoing budget negotiations on a funding bill, April 8, 2011.

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 delivers remarks to the press at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 17, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in Kuwait City, Kuwait on July 28, 2021.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks at the release of the 2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, in the Press Briefing Room, at the Department of State on March 11, 2020.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosts a roundtable with members of the Semiconductor Industrial Association, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 22, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Israeli Alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 13, 2021.

With Chilean President Michelle Bachelet looking on, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the opening of the Small Business Development Center in Valpara�so, Chile, on October 5, 2015.

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.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets virtually with Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Garneau, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 26, 2021.

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 names Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley as Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 12, 2021.

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 thanks Hanan Khalil of Egypt for her warm introduction before addressing the inaugural Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women/U.S. Department of State Entrepreneurship Program at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 9, 2015. Ms. Khalil completed the 10,000 Women program in 2011, which leverages the expertise of the public and private sectors to form a partnership that encourages inclusive economic growth in the Middle East and Northern Africa.

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Secretary Blinken meets with Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, in San Jose, Costa Rica on June 2, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chairs the Annual Meeting of the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (PITF) at the White House in Washington, D.C., on October 24, 2016.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski sign the Innovation Framework Agreement at a ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Warsaw, Poland, on June 3, 2014.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod hold a joint press conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, on July 22, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits between State Department Spokesperson John Kirby and Matt Lee of The Associated Press during a roundtable interview - focused on terrorism and Syria policy - with his traveling press corps on November 17, 2015, at the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in Paris, France.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual meeting with ASEAN Foreign Ministers, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 13, 2021.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets Haitian Foreign Minister Bocchit Edmond, in Kingston, Jamaica on January 22, 2020.

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, flanked by Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj and Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, addresses reporters during a news conference at the Palais Niederosterreich Hotel in Vienna, Austria, on May 16, 2016, following a Libya Ministerial Meeting attended by representatives of 22 countries - including Libya - and four international organizations.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in Berlin, Germany, on January 20, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, New York, on September 24, 2010. The Secretary is accompanied by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Philip J. Crowley (top left), U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Susan Rice (sitting on the immediate right of the Secretary), and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson (sitting on the Secretary's immediate left).

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a joint press availability with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Sochi, Russia on May 14, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry reviews his notes before meeting with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, center, and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, right, at Lancaster House in London, U.K., before a larger meeting of counter-ISIL coalition partners on January 22, 2015.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in Brussels, Belgium, on April 13, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias deliver opening remarks for the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue and sign the renewal of the U.S.-Greece Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 14, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias deliver opening remarks for the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue and sign the renewal of the U.S.-Greece Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 14, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry consults Acting Assistant Secretary for East Asia Pacific Joseph Yun before addressing his fellow foreign ministers during an ASEAN ministerial meeting in Bandar Seri Bagawan, Brunei Darussalam, on July 1, 2013.

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.

With Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong and Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi looking on, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry clinks glasses with U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew after toasting the U.S.-China partnership at a joint banquet on the occasion of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) / Consultation on People-to-People Exchange (CPE) at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 23, 2015.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris receive a briefing on the COVID-19 virus Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in the Oval Office of the White House. To the Presidents left are Chief Medical Adviser to the President Dr. Anthony Fauci, Deputy Coordinator for the COVID-19 Response Natalie Quillian, and Chief of Staff to the Vice President Tina Flournoy. To the Vice Presidents right are White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Zients and President Bidens nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Bahamian Foreign Minister Darren Henfield, in Kingston, Jamaica on January 22, 2020.

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 April 29, 2021.

Acting Director of the Foreign Service Institute Julieta Valls Noyes introduces Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken to deliver remarks on Modernizing of American Diplomacy at the Foreign Service Institute in Arlington, Virginia, on October 27, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry checks his notes before holding a bilateral meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on January 21, 2016, in Davos, Switzerland, amid the World Economic Forum.

Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan meets with Austrian Secretary General for Foreign Affairs Johannes Peterlik in Vienna, Austria on December 13, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parilla, flanked by their respective delegations, sit together on March 21, 2015, at Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Havana, Cuba, at the outset of a bilateral meeting before the Secretary joined President Obama during his visit to the island nation.

Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E. Biegun participates in a press roundtable in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on October 15, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with Foreign Minister Wang Yi during a bilateral meeting in Beijing, China, on March 18, 2017.

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual roundtable discussion with Foreign Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on April 21, 2021.

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Queens, N.Y., March 5, 2013 FEMA hosted an Emergency Management Team from France at the NY Joint Field Office (JFO) to brief them on disaster recovery operations for Hurricane Sandy. Jessica Steinbeck, International Visitor Coordinator, presents an overview of FEMA. K.C.Wilsey/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat sign a Memorandum of Cooperation to expand a public health partnership between the United States and the African Union, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 11, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual discussion with young democratic leaders from around the world as part of the Summit for Democracy, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on December 8, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks on our efforts in Afghanistan since August 14 and the way forward, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 30, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hosts a breakfast with his North American counterparts, Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird and Mexican Foreign Secretary Jose Antonio Meade, during the North American Trilateral Ministerial at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 17, 2014.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a signing ceremony with Slovak Foreign Minister Ivan Kor_ok and Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav Nad� at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 3, 2022.

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.

President Joe Biden, joined by Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and White House staff, participates in the virtual Quad Summit with Australia, India, and Japan Friday, March 12, 2021, in the State Dining Room of the White House.

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.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers joint statements with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on November 24, 2020.

Secretary Pompeo delivers remarks to the press in the Press Briefing Room, at the Department of State, October 3, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for a photo with the Millennium Challenge Corporation Board Members at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on June 18, 2014.

With Danish Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard looking on, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets Danish Ambassador to the U.S. Peter Taks�e-Jensen before their meeting on the margins of the White House Summit to Counter Violent Extremism at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 19, 2015.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Vietnamese General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at the outset of a bilateral meeting on August 7, 2015, at the Vietnamese Communist Party Headquarters in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken makes Gallo Pinto with a locally employed staff member from U.S. Embassy San Jose in San Jose, Costa Rica on June 2, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with the Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council 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: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Yael Lempert, Counselor of the Department of State Derek Chollet, Director of Policy Planning Salman Ahmed, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Tom Sullivan, Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa at the National Security Council Brett McGurk, Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley. GCC participants include Secretary-General Nayef Al-Hajraf, Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani, Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah, Oman's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mohamed Al Hassan, Qatar's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affai

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall meets with the Secretary of the Singapore Ministry of Defense Chan Heng Kee at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., Oct. 4, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini, delivers a statement to waiting reporters on June 27, 2016, at the Berlaymont Building - the headquarters of the European Commission - in Brussels, Belgium, on June 27, 2016, following a round of E.U. and European Commission meetings in the aftermath of last week's Brexit vote in the United Kingdom.

Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake holds a press conference following the U.S.-Turkmenistan Business Council at the U.S. Embassy Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on February 16, 2011.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, with Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration Anne Richard, meets with Northern Governors from Nigeria at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 19, 2016.

Press statement by the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyenand. Brussels.

Secretary Antony J. Blinken virtually meets with UN Secretary-General Ant�nio Guterres from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 29, 2021.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers a speech on �Liberating Africa�s Entrepreneurs,� in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on February 19, 2020.

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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and the Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani sign an MOU in Doha, Qatar, on July 11, 2017.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken virtually meets with State Department employees affected by Anomalous Health Incidents from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 16, 2022.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Slovak Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok sign the U.S.-Slovak Joint Declaration on 5G Security, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 22, 2020.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a press availability in Jakarta, Indonesia, on December 14, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat sign a Memorandum of Cooperation to expand a public health partnership between the United States and the African Union, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 11, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh address reporters during a joint news conference following a bilateral meeting on August 7, 2015, at the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Guesthouse in Hanoi, Vietnam.

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