Formal Diplomatic Engagements

U.S. Secretary of State meeting foreign ministers and diplomats, showcasing formal handshakes and diplomatic decorum.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs Khemaies Jhinaoui at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 16, 2019.
U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs Khemaies Jhinaoui at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 16, 2019.
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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of Defense James Mattis, Indian Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj, and Indian Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at the U.S.-India 2+2 Dialogue in New Delhi, India, on September 6, 2018.
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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deliver statements to the press at the Israeli Prime Minister�s Office in Jerusalem, Israel, on August 24, 2020.
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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo poses for a photo with Robert Destro, Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, during the Assistant Secretary�s swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 22, 2019.
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 3, 2021.
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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson shakes hands with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevl�t �avuso_lu in Ankara, Turkey, on February 16, 2018.
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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping before their bilateral meeting in Beijing, China, on March 19, 2017.
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Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman meets with Republic of Korea 1st Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong Kun, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 16, 2021.
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Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman meets with European External Action Service Secretary General Stefano Sannino, at the Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on December 2, 2021.
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Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman meets with European External Action Service Secretary General Stefano Sannino, at the Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on December 2, 2021.
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson in London, United Kingdom on May 4, 2021.
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a UN Security Council Session on Middle East Peace and Security, in New York City, New York, August 20, 2019.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shakes hands with Foreign Minister Kyprianou of Cyprus during a bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC March 26, 2010.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shakes hands with Panamanian Vice President and Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Varela before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 10, 2011.
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U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George J. Mitchell meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on December 13, 2010.
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President Donald Trump and Russian Federation President, Vladimir Putin, at the G20 Japan Summit, June 29, 2019, in Osaka, Japan (BSLOC_2019_6_222)
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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with outgoing Dominican President Danilo Medina in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on August 16, 2020.
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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, at the United Nations in New York City on December 15, 2017.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shakes hands with Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi di SantAgata at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 9, 2012.
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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, with Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E. Biegun, meets with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 16, 2020.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during a statement at Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's Residence, Jerusalem, March 3, 2009.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi addresses reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, China, following a bilateral meeting on May 16, 2015.
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan John Bass in Kabul, Afghanistan on July, 9, 2018.
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at the Justus Lipsius EU Council Building in Brussels, Belgium on May 13, 2019.
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with United Arab Emirates Ambassador to the United States Yousef Al Otaiba at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., onMarch 29, 2019.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian in Munich, Germany, on February 4, 2012.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton with Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan in Busan, South Korea, on November 30, 2011.
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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at the Prime Minister's Office in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on August 3, 2018.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hosts a bilateral meeting with Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak in the Treaty Room of the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC May 7, 2009.
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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a greeting and photo with Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, July 20, 2019.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry escorts Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Garcia-Margallo up the stairs before their bilateral meeting and working dinner at the Viana Palace in Madrid, Spain, on October 18, 2015.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses the media at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, China, on January 27, 2016, after meetings with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and amid a series of discussions with high-level Chinese officials focused on the Democratic People�s Republic of Korea and other regional issues.
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat as part of the U.S.-African Union High Level Dialogue, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 11, 2022.
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Latvian Prime Minister Kri_j_nis Karin_, in Riga, Latvia, on November 30, 2021.
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Senegalese President Macky Sall in Dakar, Senegal, on February 16, 2020.
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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Slovenian Foreign Minister An_e Logar take a selfie following their meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on August 13, 2020.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 7, 2012.
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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo joins a Trilateral Strategic Dialogue Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Bishop and Japanese FM Kono at ASEAN in Singapore, Singapore, August 4, 2018.
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Colombian Vice President and Foreign Minister Marta Lucia Ramirez, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on May 28, 2021.
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hosts the Ceremonial Swearing-In Ceremony for Andrea L. Thompson as Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 19, 2018.
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Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman meets with Honduran Foreign Minister Enrique Reina, at the Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on February 24, 2022.
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Christian Lindner (FDP), Federal Minister of Finance, meets Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America for a discussion at the G20, G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, in Sao Paulo, 28 February 2024. Photographed on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF)
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U.S. Special Envoy George Mitchell with Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak before their meeting in Tel Aviv, Israel July 26, 2009.
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio at Villa Madama in Rome, Italy, on October 2, 2019.
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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with United Nations Secretary-General Ant�nio Guterres, at the United Nations in New York City on December 15, 2017.
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on May 28, 2021.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Moroccan Foreign Minister Saad-Eddine Al-Othmani at the U.S.-Morocco Strategic Dialogue at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on September 13, 2012.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with EU High Representative Catherine Ashton and European Foreign Ministers, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, New York, on September 22, 2011.
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in London, United Kingdom on May 4, 2021.
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Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan poses for a family photo with South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-Nam and Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Sugiyama Shinsuke in Seoul, South Korea on October 18, 2017.
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German Finance Minister Christian Lindner meets US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in Niigata for the G7 Finance Ministers Meeting in Niigata, 12.05.2023. Leon Kuegeler photothek.de, Niigata, Japan, Asia
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Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman meets with Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister Nicu Popescu on the margins of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 76) in New York, New York, on September 22, 2021.
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo joins President Donald J. Trump in Meetings with Vietnamese President Nguy_n Ph� Tr_ng in Hanoi, Vietnam, on February 27, 2019.
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Christian Lindner (FDP), Bundesminister der Finanzen, aufgenommen im Rahmen eines Besuchs des Deutschen Kontingents eFP auf dem NATO-Stuetzpunk in Rukla, 03.11.2023
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Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman meets with Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 7, 2022.
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Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman meets with UK Minister of State for Middle East, North Africa, and North America James Cleverly at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 7, 2022.