Diplomatic Meetings and Discussions

Gatherings of officials engaging in discussions and negotiations, portraying the essence of diplomacy and international relations.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, in Rome, Italy on June 27, 2021.

International Conference and Handshakes of during Christine Todd Whitman's last day (starts DSC_414) , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a 5G signing ceremony with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama in Brussels, Belgium, on June 13, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken prepares with Acting Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs Robert F. Godec to meet 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.

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

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - North American Competitiveness Council - US, Canada and Mexico

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi listens at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, China, following a bilateral meeting on May 16, 2015.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin hold a joint press availability with Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah, in Doha, Qatar, on September 7, 2021.

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

Businessmen shaking hands

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Chinese Special Envoy for Climate Change Xie Zhenhua before their bilateral meeting on the margins of the COP21 climate change summit in Paris, France, on December 8, 2015.

Secretary Gale Norton, seated left, and Israel's Ambassador to the U.S., Daniel Ayalon, seated right, applying signatures during Department of Interior headquarters signing ceremony for agreement expanding scientific and technical cooperation, between the Department of Interior and Israel's Ministry of National Infrastructures, across a range of natural resource management areas

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRADE MISSION TO CHINA

Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang, and Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi, and other U.S. and Chinese officials on June 6, 2016, in a villa at the Diaoyutai Guest House complex in Beijing, China, as the Chinese leader opens a two-day Strategic and Economic Dialogue between their respective countries.

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)

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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.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry takes a sip of tea while sitting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at a meeting house in the Zhongnanhai imperial garden in Beijing, China, before a bilateral meeting on May 16, 2015.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev signing INF Treaty, White House East Room, Washington, D.C., USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, December 8, 1987

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.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Veterans Innovation Partnership Fellows at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 13, 2015.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosts a town hall with Chiefs of Mission, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 25, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr. Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah, in Kuwait City, Kuwait on July 29, 2021.

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken participates in the U.S.-Japan-ROK Trilateral Consultations with ROK Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, ROK Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam, and Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki at the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Seoul, South Korea, on April 19, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, bottom right, announces a $380 million pledge while addressing the Syria Donors' Conference in Kuwait City, Kuwait, on January 15, 2014.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong in Honolulu, Hawaii, on February 12, 2022.

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with African Union Commission Chairperson Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on the sidelines of the U.S.-Africa Business Forum in Washington, D.C., on August 5, 2014. Leaders from across the African continent are in the nation's capital for a three-day U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, the largest event any U.S. President has held with African heads of state and government.

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken and U.S. Ambassador to Djibouti Tom Kelly look on as a representative from Quality Schools International and the Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf sign an agreement to establish Djibouti�s first American curriculum, English language school, during the U.S.-Djibouti Binational Forum on February 8, 2016, in Djibouti City, Djibouti.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Israeli Alternate Prime Minister / Defense Minister Benjamin �Benny� Gantz, in Jerusalem, on May 25, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Angolan Foreign Minister Rebelo Chikoti shake hands after addressing reporters following their bilateral meeting in Luanda on May 5, 2014.

Technology Administration - SIGNING CEREMONY WITH CHINESE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Madrid, 01/20/2020. Meeting of the General Commission of Secretaries and Undersecretaries of State with the First Vice President of the Government, Carmen Calvo. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO RUSSIA

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRADE MISSION TO CHINA

Events at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. on July 18, 2019.

Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics and Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius look on as U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson shakes hands with Estonian Foreign Minister Sven Mikser at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 28, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Georgian Prime Minister Nikoloz Gilauri deliver the opening remarks at the U.S.-Georgia Charter on Strategic Partnership Omnibus Meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., October 6, 2010.

Technology Administration - SIGNING CEREMONY WITH CHINESE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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 Blinken attends a working lunch with Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso and Foreign Minister Mauricio Montalvo, in Quito, Ecuador, on October 19, 2021.

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 White House Summit to Counter Violent Extremism reception for Heads of Delegation at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 18. 2015.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez with Irish Minister for Enterprise Michael Martin

With Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa looking on, Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Slovenian Foreign Minister Anze Logar sign a 5G Joint Declaration in Bled, Slovenia, on August 13, 2020.

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

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Kazakhstan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi, Kyrgyz Republic's Foreign Minister Ruslan Kazakbaev, Tajikistan's Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin, Turkmenistan's Foreign Minister Ra_it Meredov (Virtual), and Uzbekistan's Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov (Virtual) on the margins of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 76) in New York, New York, on September 22, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, Jamaican Foreign Minister Kenneth Baugh, left, and St. Kitts and Nevis Deputy Prime Minister Sam Condor, right, hold a press conference in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on June 22, 2011.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is joined by ASEAN Secretary General Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, U.S. Ambassador to ASEAN David Carden, U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia Scot Marciel, and ASEAN leaders for a group photo prior to an hour long meeting at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia, September 4, 2012.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini sign a U.S.-E.U. Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement on December 6, 2016, at the European External Action Service Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, before the Secretary attended meetings with European Union officials, followed by sessions with NATO officials and counterparts in Brussels for the alliance's annual Ministerial meeting.

Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E. Biegun meets with Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Lee Do-hoon, in Seoul, Korea, on December 9, 2020.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in the OSCE Opening Session, in Stockholm, Sweden, on December 2, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Dominican Republic Foreign Minister Roberto Alvarez at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 28, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press conference with Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, in Mexico City, Mexico, on October 8, 2021.

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken meets with Chinese Executive Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, China, on February 11, 2015.

Business people shake hands, international flag background

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano signs Secretary Pompeo's guestbook before their meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 3, 2019.

Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Pohnpei Island, of the Federated States of Micronesia

Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohamed Alhakim introduces U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo before his delivers opening remarks at the Meeting of the Ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 6, 2019.

Secretary Gale Norton, third from left, with Mexico's Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, Alberto Cardenas-Jimenez, to Norton's right, at Department of Interior headquarters, Washington, D.C. signing ceremony for agreement to extend U.S.-Mexico wildlife protection pact an additional ten years

Office of Cooperative Environmental Management - Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) Awards , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a bilateral meeting and signing ceremony with Tunisian Foreign Minister Kefi, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, New York, on September 22, 2011.

Emergency Planning and Security - Denton, Texas, December 16, 2009 FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate and incoming FEMA Region VI Regional Tony Russell participate in a media conference call before the oath of office was administered to Russell. .. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and President of Kosovo Atifete Jahjaga sign the U.S.-Kosovo Agreement on the Protection and Preservation of Certain Cultural Properties, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 14, 2011.

Office of the Secretary - United States / Vietnam Signing Ceremony

Bureau of Industry and Security - Indian Hi Tech Forum

Office of the Secretary - MUTUAL RECOGNITION SIGNING CEREMONY WITH MEXICO AND CANADA

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo attends the NATO North Atlantic Council Working Session, in Brussels, Belgium on November 20, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, sit with their respective delegations before a bilateral meeting to discuss Syria and other regional issues in Moscow, Russia, on March 24, 2016.

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken meets with Dr. Salim al-Jabouri, Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, in Baghdad, Iraq, on November 22, 2015.

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

Secretary Gale Norton, seated left, and Israel's Ambassador to the U.S., Daniel Ayalon, seated right, applying signatures during Department of Interior headquarters signing ceremony for agreement expanding scientific and technical cooperation, between the Department of Interior and Israel's Ministry of National Infrastructures, across a range of natural resource management areas

Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Bundesaussenministerin, nimmt waehrend der UN-Generalversammlung in New York an einer Sitzung des Sicherheitsrats teil. New York City, 21.09.2023

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO RUSSIA

Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks at the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF) meeting in New York City, New York on September 20, 2016.

Bureau of Industry and Security - Indian Hi Tech Forum

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a G7+Guests Session on Climate/Girl�s Education with USAID Administrator Samantha Power in London, United Kingdom, on May 5, 2021.

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

Office of the Deputy Secretary (David Sampson) - Deputy Secretary Visit to Ukraine

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRADE MISSION TO CHINA

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se address reporters after their bilateral meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Seoul, South Korea, on March 17, 2017.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRADE MISSION TO CHINA

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets virtually with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on April 27, 2021.

(L-R) Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, pictured during a joint press conference in Doha, 17.05.2023. Baerbock is travelling to Saudi Arabia and Qatar on her three-day trip., Doha, Qatar, Asia

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, watched by U.S. Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Barbara Leaf, shakes hands with Emirati officials after deplaning at Abu Dhabi International Airport in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., before meetings on June 8, 2016, with Emirati Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed and Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Administrator Stephen L. Johnson's Official Trip to China (The Fifth China-U.S. Strategic Economic Dialogue) , Environmental Protection Agency

Olaf Scholz (SPD), Bundeskanzler, spricht vor der UN-Generalversammlung. New York City, 19.09.2023

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS IN ROMANIA

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Chidi Blyden meets with Zambian Foreign Minister Stanley Kasongo Kakubo and his delegation at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 19, 2022.

Office of Internal Affairs - Asian Development Bank (ADB) Letter of Intent , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - SHANGHAI TRIP SECRETARY DONALD EVANS

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Administrator Stephen L. Johnson's Official Trip to China (The Fifth China-U.S. Strategic Economic Dialogue) , Environmental Protection Agency

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