Diplomatic Meetings and Press Events

Captures of high-level diplomatic meetings and press events, showing officials discussing important topics with flags and formal settings.

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.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a press availability in Brussels, Belgium, on March 4, 2022.

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.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius, addresses acting Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son during a bilateral meeting on January 13, 2017, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hanoi, Vietnam, during the Secretary's final trip abroad.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker review their notes 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.

President Barack Obama, with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, convenes a National Security Council meeting to discuss the global campaign to degrade and destroy ISIL, as well as Syria and other regional issues, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 25, 2016.

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.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo co-hosts a naturalization ceremony with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 22, 2020.

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper delivers remarks to the media on Iran Snapback Sanctions, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 21, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, delivers remarks at the fourth meeting of the Political and Diplomatic Joint Coordination Committee (JCC), under the U.S.-Iraq Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA), at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 15, 2013.

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.

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman hosts a trilateral meeting with Republic of Korea First Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong Kun and Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Mori Takeo at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 17, 2021.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Libby Press Conference , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso meet with young European and American fellows in Brussels, Belgium, on April 22, 2013.

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken is interviewed by Asahi Shimbun's Tsutomu Ishiai at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, Japan, on April 18, 2016.

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 participates in a joint press availability with Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rink_vi_s in Riga, Latvia, on March 7, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as 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, after the Secretary held a round of E.U. and European Commission meetings in the aftermath of last week's Brexit vote in the United Kingdom.

Health Incident Response Task Force Ambassador Jonathan Moore provides an update on the Department�s Health Incidents Response Task Force alongside Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Senior Care Coordinator Ambassador Margaret Uyehara, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 5, 2021.

Health Incident Response Task Force Ambassador Jonathan Moore provides an update on the Department�s Health Incidents Response Task Force alongside Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Senior Care Coordinator Ambassador Margaret Uyehara, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 5, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan host Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya for a Security Consultative Committee (�2+2�) meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 19, 2019.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks to the press on our efforts to bring Americans home and our support for the broader evacuation from Afghanistan, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on August 25, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual roundtable with Jewish Community Leaders, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on June 4, 2021.

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.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo officiates the swearing-in ceremony for Carrie Cabelka as Assistant Secretary of State of the Bureau of Administration at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 29, 2019.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers virtual remarks at the swearing-in ceremony for the joint 162nd -208th Foreign Service Orientation Class from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 15, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Montenegrin Foreign Minister Srdjan Darmanovic on December 6, 2016, as he attends a North Atlantic Treaty Organization Ministerial Session at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Charles Rivkin, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Cathi Novelli, Ambassador David Thorne, and Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Anne Patterson, meets with the Middle East Commercial Center's International Advisory Board at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C., on December 8, 2014.

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.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price briefs reporters during a department press briefing, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on August 27, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosts a joint press availability with Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa and Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong in Honolulu, Hawaii, on February 12, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Italian President Sergio Mattarella, in Rome Italy on June 28, 2021.

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

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken records a video message in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 19, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is flanked by Afghan presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah, left, and Ashraf Ghani, right, at the United Nations Mission Headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan on July 12, 2014, as he announces details of an agreement on a technical and political plan he helped broker to resolve the disputed outcome of the election between them.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosts a joint press availability 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.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez with Afghan President and Business Roundtable Bilateral

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by U.S. Energy Secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz, speaks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, before they testify on July 28, 2015, about the Iranian nuclear deal before the House Foreign Affairs Committee in Washington, D.C.

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 Michael R. Pompeo, U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, U.S. Attorney General William Barr, and National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien hold a press availability in the Press Briefing Room, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 11, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Joseph Kabila address reporters before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on August 4, 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.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual C5+1 Ministerial, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 23, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu before a bilateral meeting on the margins of a NATO Ministerial Meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on April 1, 2014.

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman participates in a virtual town hall with U.S. Embassy Rangoon on June 2, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in an interview with the Australian in Melbourne, Australia, on February 10, 2022.

International Trade Administration - President Export Council

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Hawaii-based Department of State employees in Honolulu, Hawaii, on February 12, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Ukrainian civil society organization representatives in Rzeszow, Poland, on March 5, 2022.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 21, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry participates in the U.S.-Estonia Cyber Partnership Statement Signing Ceremony with Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet on the margins of a NATO Ministerial meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on December 3, 2013.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in an interview with El Tiempo, in Bogota, Colombia, on October 21, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken virtually convenes the annual meeting of the President�s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 25, 2022.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 9, 2021.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm presents the funding award to agencies in response to the Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Advancing Net-Zero Federal Facilities Federal Agency Call at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Jan. 17, 2024.

Office of the Deputy Secretary (David Sampson) - Deputy Secretary with Bulgarian Minister

Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (RUE) Laura Cooper answers questions from the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Oct. 4, 2022.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a virtual NATO Foreign Ministerial from the U.S. Department of Defense on December 1, 2020.

Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs, Paula Dobriansky; Ambassador at Large and Director of State's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, John Miller; Virginia Congressman Frank Wolf; and New Jersey Congressman Chris Smith.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on August 9, 2014, before a bilateral meeting preceding an ASEAN meeting in Naypyitaw, Burma.

Haitian Prime Minister Evans Paul watches as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Haitian President Michel Martelly speak at a joint press availability at the Presidential Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on October 6, 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.

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 and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan deliver statements to the press following their meetings with Chinese officials, in Anchorage, Alaska, on March 19, 2021.

Ambassador D. Bruce Wharton, Acting Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, presents the Bureau of Public Affairs' first annual Citizen Diplomacy Award to the Greater Fort Lauderdale Sister Cities International, Inc., during a ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 9, 2017.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers virtual remarks at the UN Security Council VTC on Maintenance of international peace and security: Implementation of Resolution 2532 (2020), on the cessation of hostilities in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 17, 2021.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO RUSSIA

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH MINISTER XU GUANHUA

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks at the Toys for Tots ceremonial presentation, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on December 21, 2021.

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

Technology Administration - SIGNING CEREMONY WITH SECRETARY DONALD EVANS AND RUSSIAN MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Daniel Yohannes, CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 19, 2013.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 9, 2021.

Office of the Administrator - Department of State Air Monitoring - Administrator Gina McCarthy and Secretary of State John Kerry , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet after signing the U.S.-Estonia Cyber Partnership Statement on the margins of a NATO Ministerial meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on December 3, 2013.

Deputy Chief of Staff Jon Finer and Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel listen as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott during statements to the media before a bilateral meeting after both attended the inauguration ceremonies for Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Jakarta, Indonesia, on October 20, 2014.

USAID Administrator Gayle Smith discusses the assistance portion of the President's FY 2017 Budget Request for the U.S. Department of State and USAID during the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 9, 2015.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - US/Russian Innovation Council on High Technologies

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press conference with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne, and Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton, at the U.S. Department of State, on September 16, 2021.

Mentmore, N.M., March 14, 2013 Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly (left) gives opening remarks during a historic signing ceremony with FEMA Region IX Administrator Nancy Ward (right). FEMA and Navajo Nation leaders signed a precedent setting formal agreement to implement federal disaster assistance directly with the Sovereign Navajo Nation to assist with their recovery from severe freeze that occurred December 15, 2012 to January 21, 2013. This is the first FEMA-Tribal agreement implemented west of the Mississippi since the amendment of the Stafford Act that provides federally recognized tribal governments to make a request directly to the President for a major disaster declaration without going through a state government. Navajo Nation Severe Freeze. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Defense Innovation Board members meet in the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Jan. 26, 2023.

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 Michael R. Pompeo holds a joint press availability with Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne, and Australian Defence Minister Linda Reynolds, at the Department of State, on July 28, 2020.

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

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake responds to reporters questions during his visit to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, for the second round of its Annual Bilateral Consultations with Uzbekistan on February 18, 2011.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton participates in the U.S.-EU Energy Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, December 5, 2012. Also pictured in the photo are EU High Representative Catherine Ashton, center, and EU Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger, right.

Secretary Gale Norton speaking at podium, with Israel's Ambassador to the U.S., Daniel Ayalon, seated to Norton's right, at 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

Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 20, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a Meet and Greet with U.S. Mission Malaysia, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on December 15, 2021.

Secretary Pompeo officiates the Swearing-In Ceremony for Ambassador James F. Jeffrey as Special Representative for Syria Engagement, at the Department of State on August 17, 2018.

India Artemis Accords Signing. From left; U.S. Department of State, Deputy Assistant Secretary for India, Nancy Jackson, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Indian Ambassador Taranjit Sandhu, and Indian Space Research Organization, Space Counsellor, Krunal Joshi, talk after the signing of the Artemis Accords, Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington. India is the 27th 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.

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.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stands between French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond on March 13, 2015, at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris, France, addresses reporters after he and his counterparts 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 - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez Trip to Moscow, Russia

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 24, 2021.

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

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo officiates the ceremonial swearing-in ceremony for Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Kimberly Breier, at the U.S. Department of State on November 7, 2018.

Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan meets with Brunei Second Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Dato Seri Paduka Erywan Yusof at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 11, 2018.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken drops by Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman's meeting with Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 2, 2021.

U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke delivers remarks at an event for U.S.-China EcoPartnerships as part of the fifth round of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 11, 2013.

From the balcony of the eighth floor of the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry points out Washington, D.C., and Arlington, Virginia, landmarks and buildings to Vietnamese Executive Secretary Dinh The Huynh before their working luncheon on October 25, 2016.

Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken meets with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 26, 2015.

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