Diplomatic Meetings in Paris

High-profile diplomatic ceremonies featuring government officials in formal attire, set against opulent backdrops representing international relations.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives for meet and greet at Whitlock Hall in Brussels, Belgium on December 5, 2017.

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

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius greets U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry as he arrives at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris, France on September 7, 2013.

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo meets with Chilean President Sebastian Pinera, in Santiago, Chile on April 12, 2019

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

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.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives for meet and greet at Whitlock Hall in Brussels, Belgium on December 5, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for a photo with French President Hollande, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, and U.S. Ambassador to France, Jane Hartley in front of the Elysees Palace on November 17, 2015.

Madrid, 02/26/2020. The King presents the in memoriam award to Plácido Arango posthumously. His daughter, Maite Arango, picks him up. Photo: Ernesto Agudo. ARCHDC.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says goodbye to French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, and British Foreign Secretary William Hague following a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris on September 16, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks with French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault at the Quai d'Orsay - the French Foreign Ministry - before a bilateral conversation following an earlier multilateral meeting about Syria on May 9, 2016, in Paris, France.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault prepares to award 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.

President Barack Obama speaks with senior advisors in the Red Room prior to a prime time news conference in the East Room of the White House, April 29, 2009.

Madrid, 06/25/2015. Mariano Rajoy at the Real Casa de Correos, headquarters of the regional Government, attends the inauguration of the Councilors of the Community of Madrid in the government of Cristina Cifuentes. Photo: Isabel Permuy. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 02/26/2020. The King presents the in memoriam award to Plácido Arango posthumously. His daughter, Maite Arango, picks him up. Photo: Ernesto Agudo. ARCHDC.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stands with French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and their counterparts on December 10, 2016, at the Quai d'Orsay - the French Foreign Ministry - in Paris, France, before a multinational meeting focused on Syria.

Madrid, 01/06/2016. Military Easter celebration presided over by His Majesty King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia. Photo: Ernesto Acute Archdc.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton participates in a wreath laying ceremony with Korean President Lee Myung-bak on the 60th Anniversary of the Korean War, at the Korean War Memorial in Washington, DC April 12, 2010.

16/01/2023 Lesmo, Villa Gernetto. Presentation of the Forza Italia lists for the Lombardy regional elections. In the photo Silvio Berlusconi and Marta Fascina with Licia Ronzulli, Alessandro Cattaneo, on the left Alberto Villa

Barcelona, 02/27/2022. King Felipe VI presides over the official opening dinner of the Mobile World Congress. Photo: Inés Baucells. ARCHDC.

Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) welcomes Emmanuel Macron, President of France, and Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of Poland, to the Federal Chancellery with military honours in Berlin, 15.03.2024

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks with French President Francois Hollande following a bilateral meeting in the Elysees Palace on November 17, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson poses for a family photo with his counterparts at the conference launching the International Partnership against Impunity for the Use of Chemical Weapons in Paris, France on January 23, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry climbs the steps of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for meetings with British Foreign Secretary William Hague and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, focused on Syria and other world issues, in Paris on September 16, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, Prince Albert II of Monaco, and other leaders on October 5, 2015, before a dinner at Cerro Castillo in Valparaiso, Chile, at the end of the first day of the Our Ocean Conference 2015.

Trailed by Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Toria Nuland, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian President Vladimir Putin chat before their bilateral meeting on March 24, 2016, to discuss Syria and Ukraine at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.

Madrid, 07/10/2016. Audience of HM King Felipe VI to the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, at the Royal Palace. Photo: Ernesto Acute Archdc.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton poses for an official portrait at the conference hall of NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium December 4, 2009.

Madrid, 05/18/2022. Moncloa Palace. Meeting between the President of the Government Pedro Sánchez and the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 02/14/2002. The royal family at the Rostropovich concert. Photo Jose Garcia. Archdc.

President Barack Obama talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. They were attending the 70th anniversary commemoration of D-Day in Normandy, France. June 6, 2014. Russia's recent March 2014 annexation of Crimea strained relations between Russia and the U.S. (BSLOC_2015_3_198)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Rick Stengel prepare to deliver remarks at Under Secretary Stengel's swearing-in ceremony at U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 15, 2014.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan U.S. First Lady Nancy Reagan, Ines Durán de Duarte and President of El Salvador Jose Napoleon Duarte on the White House North Portico before state dinner, Washington, D.C., USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, OPctober 14, 1987

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry enters the Palais Niederosterreich Hotel in Vienna, Austria, on May 16, 2016, to attend a Libya Ministerial Meeting attended by representatives of 22 countries - including Libya - and four international organizations.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton walks with U.S. Ambassador to Hungary Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb�n in Budapest, Hungary, June 30, 2011.

Madrid, 04/16/2018. Ss.Mm. Kings Felipe and Letizia receive Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, president of Portugal, at the royal palace. Photo: Ernesto Acute Archdc.

President Barack Obama poses for photos following a working lunch with Prime Minister Najib Razak at the Prime Minister's residence in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 27, 2014.

President Bush meets with Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo attends a joint press conference with President Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Blue House, Seoul Korea on June 29, 2019.

President Bush holds press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo attends a working lunch with Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, in Prague, Czech Republic, on August 12, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses a group of reporters after discussing the ongoing conflict in Syria with United Nations and Arab League Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura during a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, on January 14, 2015.

Barcelona, 01/12/2016. Inauguration of the president of the president of the Generalitat, Carles Puigdemont, at the Palau de la Generalitat, accompanied by his wife, Marcela Topor. Photo: Inés Baucells ARCHDC.

Madrid, 10/26/2015. Last Council of Ministers of the 10th Legislature and balance of the government of President Mariano Rajoy. Photo: Ignacio Gil ARCHDC.

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Madrid, 07/10/2016. Meeting at the Moncloa Palace of the President of the Government Mariano Rajoy and the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama. Photo: Jaime García ARCHDC.

Madrid, 11/10/2015. Mariano Rajoy receives the general secretary of the Psoe Pedro Sánchez at the Moncloa. Photo: Oscar del Pozo Archdc.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo arrives at the United Nations to participate in a UN Security Council Session on Middle East Peace and Security, in New York City, New York, August 20, 2019.

10/29/2014. Madrid, October 30. The President of the Government Mariano Rajoy receives the President of the Republic of Chile Michelle Bachelet at the Moncloa. Photo Oscar del Pozo ARCHDC.

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks on the lawn of the U.S. Chief of Mission Residence in Paris, France, with the Ministerial Delegation of the Arab Peace Initiative on September 8, 2013.

MADRID, April 8, 2013. The President of the Government Mariano Rajoy receives the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron at the Moncloa Palace. Image Oscar del Pozo (ARCHDC) Oscar del Pozo.

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

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Madrid, 19/09/2024. Moncloa Palace. The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, holds a meeting with the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmud Abbas. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

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U.S. President Barack Obama joins Central and Eastern European Leaders for a photo at the Koniecpolski Palace in Warsaw, Poland, on June 3, 2014.

Secretary Kerry had to navigate with the aid of crutches between meetings during the Iranian nuclear negotiations, as seen here in the Palais Coburg on June 28, 2015, but his speed on them picked up markedly between arrival in Austria and his departure 18 days later.

El Pardo (Madrid), 05/14/2019. King Felipe Vi and Don Juan Carlos I meet with the board of directors of the Cotec foundation. Photo: Ernesto Agudo. Archdc.

Madrid, 12/02/2015. Meeting at the Moncloa Palace of the president of the government Mariano Rajoy with the president of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos and members of Colombian society. Photo: Jaime García.

Madrid, 02/14/2019. The President of the Government Pedro Sánchez receives the Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel at the Moncloa Palace. Photo: Ignacio Gil ARCHDC.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Danish Prime Minister Lars Rasmussen enter the Prime Minister's Office for their meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, on June 16, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson poses for a family photo with his counterparts at the Vancouver Foreign Ministers' Meeting on Security and Stability on the Korean Peninsula in Vancouver, Canada on January 17, 2018.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo attends a lunch for Foreign Ministers hosted by French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in Paris, France on November 11, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks with European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton after arriving at EU Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 8, 2013, for meetings focused on Iran's nuclear capability.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo speaks at the Institut Montaigne in Paris, France, on November 14, 2020.

Madrid, 01/18/2017. Meeting at the Moncloa palace between President Mariano Rajoy and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikashvili. Photo: Jaime García ARCHDC.

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

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo and Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump deliver remarks at the one-year anniversary of the launch of the White House�s Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative in Washington, DC on February 12, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov hold an impromptu one-on-one meeting on the back patio of the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in Paris, France, on January 13, 2013.

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.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Mrs. Susan Pompeo meet Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis and Mrs. Paola Cassis at Castle Grande in Bellinzona, Switzerland, on June 2, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for a group photo with his fellow Foreign Ministers on July 8, 2016, at the Grand Theater in Warsaw, Poland, before a working dinner following the first day of the NATO Summit.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Josep Borrell in London, United Kingdom on May 4, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for a picture with other members of the London 11 in Quai d'Orsay, Paris on January 12, 2013.

President Bush holds press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel

President Bush meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks through the Vatican on December 2, 2016, following a meeting with Pope Francis.

Madrid. July 30, 2014. Mariano Rajoy Receives Arthur Mas at the Moncloa. Photo Oscar del Pozo Archdc.

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Madrid, 03/11/2021. Tribute to the victims of 11M in Puerta del Sol at the CAM headquarters presided over by President Isabel Díaz Ayuso and the mayor, José Luis Martínez Almeida. Begoña Villacís, Ángel Gabilondo, Isabel Serra, Rocío Monasterio, José Manuel Franco, Juan Trinidad and Rita Maestre, among other parliamentarians invited to the event, also attended. In the image, Tomás Caballero, president of the Victims of Terrorism Foundation; Maite Araluce, president of the Victims of Terrorism Association; the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso; the mayor of the capital, José Luís Martínez-Almeida; Eulogio Paz, president of the 11-M Association affected by Terrorism, and Ángeles Domínguez, vice president of the Association to Help the Victims of 11-M. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 02/22/2017. Official visit of the president of Agentina Mauricio Macri. The president and his wife are received by His Majesty. the Kings in the Royal Palace. Photo: Ernesto Agudo. ARCHDC.

Situation in the Middle East conflict: Annalena Baerbock, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, invites to cloverleaf meeting in Berlin. Pictured here on the way to a press conference after the joint talks (L-R) : Catherine Colonna, Foreign Minister of France, Ayman Safadi, Foreign Minister of Jordan, Sameh Shoukry, Foreign Minister of Egypt, and Annalena Baerbock, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs. Berlin, 11.05.2023., Berlin, Germany, Europe

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.

First Lady of the United States Dr. Jill Biden and Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken walk together following the 2021 International Women of Courage Awards virtual ceremony, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on March 8, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, recovering from a broken leg, uses crutches as he approaches a podium to address an international press corps on July 9, 2015, in Vienna, Austria, during a break in EU/P5+1 negotiations with Iranian leaders about the future of their country's nuclear program.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry attends an event for the EU28 in New York City on September 26, 2013.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and UK Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss hold a joint press availability after their meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 9, 2022.

Madrid, 07/09/2018. Meeting at the La Moncloa palace between the President of the Government Pedro Sánchez and the President of the Generalitat Quim Torra. Photo: Jaime García ARCHDC.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, flanked by European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice- President of the Commission Federica Mogherini, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Angelino Alfano, Mayor of Sant�Anna di Stazzema Maurizio Verona, and H.E. Ambassador of Germany to Italy, Susanne Marianne Wasum-Rainer, stand for a moment of silence at the Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre memorial site in Lucca, Italy, on April 10, 2017.

Madrid, 04/12/2023. The President of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, presides over the events commemorating the 45th anniversary of the Spanish Constitution at the Real Casa de Correos, headquarters of the President of the regional Government. Francisco Martín, Monsignor Bernardito Cleopas, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, Enrique Ossorio and José Luis Martínez-Almeida. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney of Canada during Mulroney's arrival ceremony on White House South Lawn, Washington, D.C., USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, April 27, 1988

Gerona, 06/28/2018. King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia upon arrival at the Princess of Girona Foundation awards ceremony. Photo: Inés Baucells. ARCHDC.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, with U.S. Ambassador to France Jane Hartley and other senior advisors, sits with French President Fran�ois Hollande and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius at the �lys�e Palace for a bilateral meeting before the Secretary paid homage on January 16, 2015, to the victims of last week's shooting attacks in Paris, France.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a joint press availability with Moldovan President Maia Sandu in Chisinau, Moldova on March 6, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 27, 2021.

Netherlands, The Hague on 2022-05-19. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visiting The Hague in the Netherlands for a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Rutte followed by a press conference. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.Pays-Bas, La Haye le 2022-05-19. Le Chancelier Allemand Olaf Scholz en visite pas a La Haye aux Pays-Bas pour entretien avec le Premier Ministre Mark Rutte suivi d une conference de presse. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks with Argentine Foreign Minister Susana Malcorra and Secretary General of Buenos Aires Fernando Strafe on August 4, 2016, as they depart San Martin Plaza in Buenos Aires, Argentina, following a wreath-laying ceremony before a bilateral meeting between the two diplomats.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with British Prime Minister Theresa May in the White Room No. 10 Downing Street in London, U.K., on July 19, 2016, before becoming the first U.S. government official to hold a bilateral meeting with newly installed leader.

President Bush holds press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel

McCain and Obama at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2008.

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