Diplomatic Military Meetings

Photos capturing high-level military and diplomatic meetings, reflecting international relations and defense discussions among leaders.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin speaks with Latvian Prime Minister Arturs Krisjanis Karins following a meeting at the Latvian Council of Ministers in Riga, Latvia, August 10, 2022 (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Julian W. Kemper).

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, flanked by U.S. Charge d'Affaires James Carouso and U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis, attend Australia�U.S. Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) at NSW Government House in Sydney, Australia, on June 5, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by their respective delegations, discuss Syria and Ukraine during their bilateral meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on March 24, 2016. Also pictured are Chief of Staff Jon Finer and U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Tefft, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin speaks with Latvian Prime Minister Arturs Krisjanis Karins following a meeting at the Latvian Council of Ministers in Riga, Latvia, August 10, 2022 (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Julian W. Kemper).

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III greets Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, June 10, 2022. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)

Dr. Artis Pabriks, minister of defense and deputy prime minister of Latvia, speaks with Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall during a meeting at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., March 30, 2022. Pabriks and Kendall discussed NATO partnership and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz, in Warsaw, Poland, on August 15, 2020.

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Administrator Mike Leavitt meets Assistant Secretary of the Army John Paul Woodley , Environmental Protection Agency

Reportage: U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Japan's Minister of Defense Takeshi Iwaya conclude a bilateral meeting at the ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting, Singapore, Oct. 19, 2018.

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Thai Prime Minister and Defense Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha hold a bilateral meeting at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 12, 2022.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne meeting at Main Interior with government delegation from the Republic of Palau, led by Palau President Tommy Remengesau. Secretary Kempthorne and President Remengesau discussed, among other subjects, the possibility of creating a National Heritage Area on the Palau island of Peleliu, along with the upcoming Review of the Palau-U.S. Compact of Free Association.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III welcomes Australian Minister of Defense Richard Marles to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Camp Smith, Hawaii, Oct. 1, 2022. Austin met with Marles and Japanese Minister of Defense Yasukaza Hamada to strengthen the bonds between them. Photo by Chad J. McNeeley)

Top officials from the Russian Federal Space Agency and NASA hold a Soyuz post-docking press conference at the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia on Thursday, April 7, 2011. The Soyuz TMA-21 docked to the International Space Station carrying Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev, NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko.

Secretary of Defense James Mattis chats with Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani at the Ministerial Working Luncheon of the Global Coalition Working to Defeat ISIS at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on March 22, 2017.

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Inter-American Defense College Leadership greeted Mexican dignitaries for a Mexican Independence Day Celebration hosted by students at the IADC on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Sept. 16, 2022. IADC students celebrate the Independence Day of all nations represented by students with a presentation about the country, food and a 5k run.

Under Secretary of the Army, Gabe Camarillo, hosts an office call with the Uruguayan Minister of Defense, Dr. Javier Garcia, at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., March 29, 2023.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Norwegian Defense Minister Bjørn Arild Gram engage in a bilateral exchange at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 20, 2022.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III greets Czech President Miloš Zeman in Prague, Czech Republic, Sept. 9, 2022. Austin is visiting the NATO ally after hosting the Ukraine Defense Contact Group with other NATO and international counterparts at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. This is the the fifth such meeting of defense leaders from around the world since Russias unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine.

Delegates from 50 countries meet to discuss current and future defense needs of Ukraine at the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 9, 2022. Ministers of defense and leaders from 50 countries attended the meeting in person and virtually to discuss support from NATO Allies and partners.

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 Defense Kathleen H. Hicks hosts South Korean Vice Minister of National Defense Shin Beom-chul at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 15, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders)

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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel B. Shapiro prepares to present his credentials to Israeli President Shimon Peres at the President's residence in Jerusalem on August 3, 2011.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo visits Prince Sultan Air Base and meets with U.S. service members, in Saudi Arabia, on February 20, 2020.

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur during a bilateral exchange at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Oct. 18, 2022.

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Josip Tito and Jimmy Carter hold a meeting between U.S. and Yugoslavian officials. March 7, 1978

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Embassy Riyadh Deputy Chief of Mission Timothy Lenderking sit with Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayef on March 11, 2016, at King Khalid Military City outside Hafr al-Batin, Saudi Arabia, before a trlateral meeting also attended by Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir.

North Macedonia commemorates its NATO accession at the Department of State on March 27, 2020.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Greek Defense Minister Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos engage in a bilateral exchange at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., July 18, 2022.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the NATO Defense Ministerial in Brussels, Belgium, Oct. 13, 2022. Austin met with NATO defense leaders to discuss the implementation of decisions made at the Madrid Summit in June and steps the Alliance is taking to meet evolving security needs.

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Expedition 64 crew members NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, left, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, center, and Russian cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos meet with mission managers ahead of their Soyuz qualification exams Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Italian Minister of Defense Lorenzo Guerini engage in a bilateral exchange at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., July 14, 2022.

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Retired U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Valerie Benton, the 8th command chief master sergeant of the Air National Guard (ANG), fields questions from Airmen attending the 2022 ANG Enlisted Leadership Symposium (ELS), Camp Shelby, Mississippi, September 13-15, 2022. More than 170 Airmen representing ANG units from each state, territory, and District of Columbia attended the symposium, a three-day event, hosted by Chief Master Sgt. Maurice Williams, ANG command chief, focused on the theme Empowering Airmen to Accelerate.

Inter-American Defense College Leadership welcomed General Laerte de Souza Santos, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the Brazilian Armed Forces and other distinguished guests for a visit to the IADC Campus on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Oct. 17, 2022. During the visit, the guests conducted an office call with IADC Leadership, received an IADC brief, and concluded the visit with a tour of the campus.

jsc2017e039453 (04/03/2017) --- At the Gagarin Museum at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 51 crewmember Jack Fischer of NASA (front row, right) signs a commemorative book in a traditional ceremony April 3. Looking on are crewmate Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, front row, left) and in the back row, backup crewmembers Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos (back row, left) and Randy Bresnik of NASA (back row, right). Fischer and Yurchikhin will launch April 20 on the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a four and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo: NASA/Rob Navias

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., right, speaks with Maj. Gen. Rolf Folland, chief of the Royal Norwegian Air Force, during a meeting at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., June 30, 2022. Brown and Folland discussed partnership between their services.

Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. Jay Raymond, left, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the Department of the Air Forces fiscal year 2023 budget request, Washington, D.C., May 3, 2022.

FRA - POLITICS - MOUNIR MAHJOUBI AND FLORENCE PARLY VISIT MANAGEMENT GENERAL ARMAMENT. On Monday, October 2nd, Mounir Mahjoubi, Secretary of State for Digital, and Florence Parly, Minister of Armed Forces, visit the Directorate General of Armaments - Information Management (DGA - MI) in Bruz.FRA - POLITIQUE - MOUNIR MAHJOUBI ET FLORENCE PARLY VISITENT LA DIRECTION GENERALE DE L'ARMEMENT. Le Lundi 2 Octobre, Mounir Mahjoubi, Secrétaire d'Etat chargé du Numérique, et Florence Parly, Ministre des Armées, visitent la Direction Générale de l'Armement - Maîtrise de lInformation ( DGA - MI ) à Bruz en Ille-et-vilaine.

Joe Lukacsffi, department head of the Range Systems Engineering Department of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division, speaks with Jeremy Werner, chief science advisor for the Office of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, as part of a tour of the warfare center in Norco, California, June 21, 2022. During his visit, Werner was given an overview of the command.

Members of the House Armed Service Committee hear testimony from U.S. Secretary of Defense Les Aspin and U.S. Army General Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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(L-R) Jose Manuel Albares, Foreign Minister of Spain, Luminia-Teodora Odobescu, Foreign Minister of Romania, Tobias Billstroem, Foreign Minister of Sweden, Annalena Baerbock, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Melanie Joly, Foreign Minister of Canada, Antony Blinken, Secretary of State of the United States of America, Ceremony on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the signing of the founding document of the North Atlantic Treaty. Brussels, 04.04.2024. Photographed on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur during a bilateral exchange at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Oct. 18, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III greets Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak during an armed forces full honor cordon at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., April 20, 2022.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Army Gen. Mark A. Milley conduct a press briefing after hosting world leaders in a virtual meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Nov. 16, 2022.

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Rep. Mike Bost, Illinois 12th District congressman, listens to the U.S. Air Force 86th Airlift Wing command team discuss current operations during an immersion tour at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, June 28, 2023. During the visit, Bost spoke with a number of senior leaders from the 86th AW in order to gain a deeper understanding of their needs.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak for talks at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., April 20, 2022. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Norwegian Defense Minister Bjørn Arild Gram engage in a bilateral exchange at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 16, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders)

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Ukrainian Minister of Defense, Oleksii Reznikov the Ukraine Defense Contact Group with NATO and international counterparts at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 8, 2022. This is the the fifth such meeting of defense leaders from around the world since Russias unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III greets Ukrainian Minister of Defense, Oleksii Reznikov at the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 8, 2022. This is the the fifth such meeting of defense leaders from around the world since Russias unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)

Richard H. Breen, Jr., Defense Health Agency Director of Strategic Communications delivers remarks at the Patriot's Day Observance Ceremony held at the Defense Health Headquarters on Sept. 9, 2022 in memory of the 21st anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks.

Richard H. Breen, Jr., Defense Health Agency Director of Strategic Communications delivers remarks at the Patriot's Day Observance Ceremony held at the Defense Health Headquarters on Sept. 9, 2022 in memory of the 21st anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL Brett McGurk and Senior Adviser to the President on ISIS Robert Malley, talks with officials at Brussels National Airport in Brussels, Belgium, on March 25, 2016, as he visited and laid a wreath at the terminal attacked by terrorists earlier in the week while paying condolences on behalf of the American people following the twin terrorists attacks on the city and country.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Stephen Beecroft and National Security Council Director for the Middle East, North Africa, and Gulf Region Robert Malley, sit with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and their counterparts at the Ittihadiya Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt, at outset of a bilateral meeting following a series of security and economic discussions during a Strategic Dialogue between the United States and Egypt on August 2, 2015.

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. speaks with Lt. Gen. Thomas Süssli, Swiss chief of defense, during a meeting at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., June 28, 2023.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III is greeted upon arrival to the Ministry of Defense in Berlin by German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius and Ambassador Amy Gutmann Jan 19, 2023.

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Federal Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius, SPD, visits together with the Minister of Defence of Lithuania, Arvydas Anusauskas, the troops of the eVA Brigade at the exercise GRIFFIN STORM in Pabrade. Pabrade, 13.02.2013., Pabrade, Lithuania, Europe

Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, Douglas R. Bush, smiles as he listens to U.S. and Polish leaders during an informational meeting about the Abrams Tank Training Academy at Biedrusko, Poland, Sept. 7, 2022. The Abrams Tank Training Academy was established to teach Polish tank crewmen on operations, tactics and maintenance of the M1 Abrams tanks, bringing the U.S. and Poland closer as allies.

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Seville, 10/02/2024. Central event of Police Day, framed in the commemorative activities of the 200th anniversary of the body in the Plaza de España. Attended by: Juanma Moreno, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, Antonio Sanz, Juan Espadas, José Luis Sanz and Francisco Pardo Piqueras. Photo: Raúl Doblado. ARCHSEV.

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Governor Ned Lamont asks Staff Sgt. Grace Seddon and her commander Col. Steve Gwinn about her efforts supporting Operation Allies Welcome in a conversation while waiting to receive Vice President Kamala Harris at Bradley Air National Guard Base in East Granby, CT on October 5, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in NATO Session 5: Western Balkans, in Riga, Latvia, on December 1, 2021.

Inter-American Defense College Leadership greeted Brazilian dignitaries for the Brazilian 200th Independence Day Celebration event hosted by students at the IADC on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Sept. 7, 2022. IADC students celebrate the Independence Day of all nations represented by students with a presentation about the country and food from the same.

President Barack Obama meets with Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the service secretaries, service chiefs, and senior enlisted advisors to discuss sexual assault in the military, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, May 16, 2013.

FRA - POLITICS - MOUNIR MAHJOUBI AND FLORENCE PARLY VISIT MANAGEMENT GENERAL ARMAMENT. On Monday, October 2nd, Mounir Mahjoubi, Secretary of State for Digital, and Florence Parly, Minister of Armed Forces, visit the Directorate General of Armaments - Information Management (DGA - MI) in Bruz.FRA - POLITIQUE - MOUNIR MAHJOUBI ET FLORENCE PARLY VISITENT LA DIRECTION GENERALE DE L'ARMEMENT. Le Lundi 2 Octobre, Mounir Mahjoubi, Secrétaire d'Etat chargé du Numérique, et Florence Parly, Ministre des Armées, visitent la Direction Générale de l'Armement - Maîtrise de lInformation ( DGA - MI ) à Bruz en Ille-et-vilaine.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III greets Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov at the third meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at NATO headquarters, Brussels, Belgium, June 15, 2022.(DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a press availability with U.S. Secretary of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, in Brussels, Belgium on April 14, 2021.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks tours the 2022 Pentagon Energy Expo, which showcases emerging energy technologies to advance the combat capabilities of the Joint Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 21, 2022.

Vermont Governor Phil B. Scott, The Republic of Austria Minister of Defense Klaudia Tanner and Maj. Gen. Gregory Knight Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard met together at the State House to recognize the formal beginning of their military partnership during a signing ceremony in Montpelier, Vermont, May 11, 2022. The National Guard Bureaus State Partnership began in 1993 and now includes over 90 countries and state National Guards. Vermont also began partnerships with North Macedonia in 1993 and Senegal in 2008.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in NATO Session 1: Arms Control, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation, in Riga, Latvia, on November 30, 2021.

FRA - POLITIQUE - CYBERDEFENSE - Florence Parly, ministre des Armées, à RennesFlorence Parly, ministre des Armées, se rend jeudi 3 octobre 2019 au quartier Stéphant à Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande ( 35 ), où elle inaugurere le premier btiment du Commandement de la cyberdéfense ( COMCYBER ), spécifiquement conçu pour répondre aux besoins techniques et opérationnels du COMCYBER et accueillir ses différentes unités.FRA - POLITICS - CYBERDEFENSE - Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, in RennesFlorence Parly, Minister of the French Armed Forces, will visit the Stéphant district in Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande ( 35) on Thursday, October 3, 2019, where she will inaugurate the first building of the Cyber Defence Command (COMCYBER), specifically designed to meet the technical and operational needs of the COMCYBER and accommodate its various units.

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King Philippe of Belgium and Gitanas Nausėda, the President of the Republic of Lithuania, observe a dynamic display during Exercise Iron Wolf 22 at Pabradė Training Area, Lithuania, Oct. 26, 2022. Belgium and Lithuania proudly work alongside 1st Infantry Division, NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward deployed corps in Europe.

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