Diplomatic Negotiations and Events

Professional meetings including diplomats and officials discussing significant matters, with an emphasis on international relations and strategy.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with the Foreign Ministers of Japan and the Republic of Korea at the Palace Hotel, in New York City, New York, on September 22, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry - flanked by National Security Council Senior Director for Iran, Iraq, Syria and the Gulf States Robert Malley, U.S. Energy Secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, and European Union Deputy Secretary General Helga Schmid - sits across from Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and other advisers on June 27, 2015, in Vienna, Austria, as they address reporters before resuming negotiations about the future of Iran's nuclear program.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels, Belgium, on March 4, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with the Foreign Ministers of Japan and the Republic of Korea at the Palace Hotel, in New York City, New York, on September 22, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with the Foreign Ministers of Japan and the Republic of Korea at the Palace Hotel, in New York City, New York, on September 22, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his team - including Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Toria Nuland - sit across from NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and their counterparts for a check-in conversation on May 19, 2016, before the biannual Foreign Ministerial Meetings.at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

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.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the Act on Climate: Act on Climate: Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) Celebration of Energy and Environment Cooperation panel at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 23, 2015.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosts a Afghanistan Task Force and Relocation Volunteers Recognition Ceremony from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 20, 2021. The Secretary recognized the Department�s efforts to evacuate and resettle more than 124,000 U.S. citizens and Afghans over the past five months.

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.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds an Energy Transition Roundtable , in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on December 15, 2021.

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 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.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as President Obama addresses a SICA (Central American Integration System) Heads of State Meeting on the sidelines of the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama, on April 10, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus and their fellow delegation members, speaks during a plenary session on June 7, 2016, in a villa at the Diaoyutai Guest House complex in Beijing, China, amid a two-day Strategic and Economic Dialogue between U.S. and Chinese officials.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, with Ambassador Sung Kim, Special Representative for North Korea Policy, Kristie Kenney, Counselor of the Department, and Chief of Staff Jon Finer, meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his delegation at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 23, 2016.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks to the press at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 2, 2022.

Flanked by U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew and U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry participates in a climate meeting during the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 23, 2015.

President Barack Obama and President Hu Jintao of China attend a meeting with business leaders in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Jan. 19, 2011.

President Barack Obama convenes a meeting with Arab coalition leaders in the fight against the terrorist group ISIL in Iraq and Syria, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, N.Y., Sept. 23, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as Burmese Foreign Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin addresses the U.S.-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the margins of the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on September 26, 2014.

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 13, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid in Riga, Latvia, on March 7, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with U.K. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs David Miliband in Brussels, Belgium December 4, 2009.

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.

Office of the Secretary - Central American Trade And Labor Ministers

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman meets with Slovenian Foreign Minister Anze Logar 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 Antony J. Blinken holds a Democracy and Civil Society Roundtable in Quito, Ecuador, on October 19, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully, and their respective staffs sit before a bilateral meeting on November 7, 2014, as a group of 21 Foreign Ministers gathered for the 2014 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Ministerial meeting in Beijing, China.

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

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, in Reykjavik, Iceland, on May 19, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks to the International Security Advisory Board (ISAB) at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 15, 2015. Also pictured are Hon. Gary Hart, ISAB Chairman and President of Hart International, Ltd., seated to the left of the Secretary, and Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller, seated to the right of the Secretary.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits across from Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni on February 2, 2016, at the Italian Foreign Ministry at the outset of a bilateral meeting preceding an assembly of the multinational counter-ISIL coalition.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a meet and greet with U.S. Embassy Kyiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 19, 2022.

U.S Secretary of State John Kerry chats with U.S. Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Doug Lute and State Department Deputy Chief of Staff Tom Sullivan before a NATO-Ukraine Commission Meeting amid a NATO Ministerial meeting on December 2, 2015, at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry - flanked by Chief of Staff Jon Finer, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, U.S. Energy Secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz, and National Security Council Senior Director for Iran, Iraq, Syria and the Gulf States Robert Malley - checks his BlackBerry while sitting across from Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, Dr. Ali Akbar Salehi, the Vice President of Iran for Atomic Energy and President of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, and other advisers on March 20, 2015, in Lausanne, Switzerland, before resuming negotiations about the future of Iran's nuclear program.

Flanked by Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman and Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry participates in the U.S.-ASEAN meeting on the sidelines of the 70th Regular Session of the UN General Assembly in New York, New York, on September 30, 2015.

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.

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

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson 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.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits across from Arab League Secretary-General Nabil al-Araby at Arab League Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, on July 22, 2014, before a discussion about a possible cease-fire between Israeli and Hamas forces fighting in the Gaza Strip.

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry joins Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken's meeting with his counterparts, Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki and Republic of Korea Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yong, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 15, 2015. Also pictured are Ambassador Sung Kim, Special Representative for North Korea Policy, and Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Danny Russel.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, in Hanoi, Vietnam on October 30, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and and Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh participate in the signing of a three year Memorandum of Understanding for U.S. bilateral assistance to Jordan in Washington, D.C., on February 3, 2015.

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.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi after delivering closing remarks at the Strategic Track Oceans Meeting, part of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 24, 2015.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks to the press at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 2, 2022.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price briefs reporters at the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 23, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze deliver statements to the press, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 11, 2019.

Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman briefs foreign press correspondents on the Iran deal at the Daily Press Briefing in Washington, D.C., on July 16, 2015.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks on the virtual release of the 2020 Trafficking in Persons Report on June 25, 2020 at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers the keynote address at the Department of State�s Foreign Affairs Day for Active and Retired Employees of the Department of State and other Foreign Affairs Agencies on May 4, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, with the U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman, participates in the opening session of the APEC Ministerial meetings in Beijing, China, on November 7, 2014.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, in London, United Kingdom, on May 3, 2021.

U.S Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders before a NATO-Ukraine Commission Meeting amid a NATO Ministerial meeting on December 2, 2015, at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens to Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli during a brief bilateral meeting before he addressed delegates and before he signed the COP21 Climate Change Agreement on Earth Day, April 22, 2016, at the United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York, N.Y.

State Department Spokesperson Ned Price introduces Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland during a Department Press Briefing, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on January 11, 2022.

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.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Burmese President U Thein Sein before a bilateral meeting preceding the East Asia Summit in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on October 10, 2013.

Office of the Secretary - United States / Vietnam Signing Ceremony

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin provide an update on Iran Policy and Sanctions at the Foreign Press Center in Washington, D.C., on November 5, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi deliver remarks after their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 19, 2013.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade Small Group Meeting

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by Mongolian Foreign Minister Lundeg Purevsuren, addresses a news conference held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on June 5, 2016, following a bilateral meeting and preceding another conversation with Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj.

Office of the Deputy Secretary - DEPUTY SECRETARY SAMUEL BODMAN MEETING WITH ETHIOPIAN PRIME MINISTER MELES ZENWAI

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Boston Police Commissioner Edward David sign a Memorandum of Understanding to increase cooperation aimed at building foreign law enforcement capacity at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 13, 2013. The Boston Police Department has a long history of promoting partnerships in both the public and private sectors to reduce violence and strengthen public safety initiatives. Plans for this new partnership predate the marathon bombings in the Secretary's hometown.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Ivorian Prime Minister Patrick Achi on March 14, 2022, in Washington, DC.

Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken holds a press conference with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki and Republic of Korea Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yong following their trilateral meetings at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 16, 2015.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Icelandic Foreign Minister Gudlaugur Thor Thordarson, in Reykjavik, Iceland, on May 18, 2021.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Gutierrez with Uruguay Minister

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson hosts the 2017 Trafficking in Persons Report Launch Ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 27, 2017.

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.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez with Ukraine Minister of Economy Serhity Teriokhin

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.

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.

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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo met with High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of EU Commission Josep Borrell Fontelles in Berlin, Germany, on January 19, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini pass documents to aides on December 6, 2016, after signing a U.S.-E.U. Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement 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.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 31, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Central American Integration System (SICA) and Mexican Foreign Ministers, in San Jose, Costa Rica on June 1, 2021.

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall, center right, speaks with Norwegian State Secretary Bent-Joacim Bentzen during a meeting at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., April 7, 2022. Kendall and Bentzen discussed NATO partnership and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, in Hanoi, Vietnam on October 30, 2020.

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

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Indian Minister of External Affairs Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, in London, United Kingdom, on May 3, 2021.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena hold a joint press conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on October 28, 2020.

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

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Iraqi Foreign Minister Dr. Fuad Hussein, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 23, 2021.

Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland participates in a bilateral meeting with Ireland Political Director Sonja Hyland in New York, on September 20, 2021.

President Donald J. Trump and Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participate in a press conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, on February 28, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, new Georgian Foreign Minister Tamar Beruchashvili, and their respective aides sit down at the outset of a bilateral amid the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Ministerial Council meeting in Basel, Switzerland, on December 4, 2014.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, in Liverpool, United Kingdom on December 11, 2021.

Brian Hook is the U.S. Special Representative for Iran and Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of State and Nathan Sales, Coordinator for Counterterrorism address the media at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 8, 2019.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks to employees at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 27, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry signs an Accession Protocol to continue Montenegro's admission to the North American Treaty Organization amid the biannual Foreign Ministerial Meetings on May 19, 2016, at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in an interview with Kompas TV in Jakarta, Indonesia, on December 14, 2021.

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