Formal Discussions with Delegates

Photos from high-stakes meetings involving various delegates discussing significant topics, set in elegant rooms with circular tables.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with the Foreign Ministers of Central American Nations and Mexico on Shared Migration Challenges, at the Palace Hotel, in New York City, New York, on September 23, 2021.

Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman leads the U.S. delegation to the P5+1 talks with Iran in Geneva, Switzerland, on October 15, 2013. Also pictured in the photo are EU High Representative Catherine Ashton and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (far left), French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (second from left), Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive (third from left), Former President William J. Clinton (fourth from left), and others participate in a special session of the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission. The Commission was co-chaired by Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive and former President William J. Clinton in the Astor Room at the InterContinental hotel in New York, New York, on September 20, 2010.

International Trade Administration - President's Export Council Breakfast and Meeting

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks to members of the Foreign Affairs Policy Board, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on April 30, 2015.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO RUSSIA

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses the Foreign Ministers from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and the European Union, in Ballou Hall on the campus of Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, on September 24, 2016, at the outset of a meeting of the so-called Quintet in the Secretary's home-state of Massachusetts.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Central America Free Trade Agreement Trade Mission to El Salvador (Arrival Airport, Bilat with C. A. Presidents, Working Lunch, Press Conference, One on One)

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with the Foreign Ministers of Central American Nations and Mexico on Shared Migration Challenges, at the Palace Hotel, in New York City, New York, on September 23, 2021.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne attending National Fish and Wildlife Foundation-hosted luncheon and forum, Washington, D.C.

International Trade Administration - President's Export Council Breakfast and Meeting

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman meets with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 14, 2021.

Madrid, 21/11/2024. The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, chairs the First Intergovernmental Meeting Spain Palestine, together with the Prime Minister of Palestine, Muhamad Mustafa, at the La Moncloa complex. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TESTIFIES BEFORE SENATE BANKING COMMITTEE

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks to the media, in the Press Briefing Room, at the Department of State on March 5, 2020.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Michael Froman, right, settle in before participating in a meeting about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) held on the margins of the APEC Leader meetings in Bali, Indonesia, on October 8, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hosts a working lunch for Italian Ambassador to the U.S. Claudio Bisogniero and 28 EU Ambassadors to the U.S. in honor of Italy�s EU Presidency, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 18, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry participates in the Major Economies Forum, at the Marriott New York East Side Hotel, in New York City, New York on September 23, 2016.

Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs and Department Spokesperson John Kirby addresses the U.S. Department of State's Annual Association of Opinion Journalists Conference in Washington, D.C., on May 16, 2016.

Officials from the President-elect Donald Trump incoming administration and President Barack Obama's Cabinet and senior staff hold a transition meeting in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House, Jan. 13, 2017.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Central America Free Trade Agreement Trade Mission to Guatemala

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Kazakhstan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi, Kyrgyz Republic's Foreign Minister Ruslan Kazakbaev, Tajikistan's Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin, Turkmenistan's Foreign Minister Ra_it Meredov (Virtual), and Uzbekistan's Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov (Virtual) on the margins of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 76) in New York, New York, on September 22, 2021.

International Trade Administration - JCCT Medical Device Sub-Group

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TESTIFIES BEFORE SENATE BANKING COMMITTEE

(R-L) Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Ahmed Attaf, Foreign Minister of Algeria, photographed at a joint meeting in Berlin, 22 June 2023, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Meeting of the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, hosted by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne at Main Interior

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in the U.S.-Mexico High Level Security Dialogue in Mexico City, Mexico, on October 8, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, and their delegation sit across from Indian Minister of External Affairs Shushma Swaraj, Indian Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharama, and their counterparts 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.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini on February 12, 2016, at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich, Germany, before a meeting of the Quartet Principals - from the United States, Russia, European Union, and United Nations - on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and other senior officials meeting at Main Interior with delegation from Mexico--led by Mexico's Secretary for Environment and Natural Resources, Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada; and Mexico's Ambassador to the U.S., Arturo Sarukhan--for discussion of continued U.S.-Mexican cooperation on conservation efforts, including support of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, the management and conservation of migratory birds and wetlands, and Colorado River water management

Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Bundesaussenministerin, beim Treffen aller Leiterinnen und Leiter der vorhandenen Delegationen, der heads of delegation, zum neuen Global Stocktake (GST) Textentwurf der UNFCCC, im Rahmen der COP28 in Dubai, 1

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry participates in the International Syria Support Group Meeting in New York City, New York on September 20, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir and other regional Foreign Ministers on July 18, 2016, at The Hotel in Brussels, Belgium, at the outset of a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Under-Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC) Martin Griffiths, in Doha, Qatar, on September 7, 2021.

Anefo photo collection. Meeting Kingdom Workgroep I.V.M. Preparation conference on political future Antilles. Links Chairman Biesheuvel. 28 August 1980

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and other senior officials meeting at Main Interior with delegation from Mexico--led by Mexico's Secretary for Environment and Natural Resources, Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada; and Mexico's Ambassador to the U.S., Arturo Sarukhan--for discussion of continued U.S.-Mexican cooperation on conservation efforts, including support of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, the management and conservation of migratory birds and wetlands, and Colorado River water management

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers attends a luncheon co-hosted by U.S. Deputy Secretary Jim Steinberg and U.S. Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Robert Hormats for the U.S.-India CEO Forum at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 22, 2010.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken attends a working lunch with Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, in New Delhi, India on July 28, 2021.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH BANKING COMMITTEE

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, joined by U.S. Mission Japan Charg� d'Affaires Joseph M. Young, participates in a virtual business roundtable, in Tokyo, Japan on March 16, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita in Chisinau, Moldova on March 6.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a Roundtable Discussion with Business Leaders, in Madison, Wisconsin, on September 23, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hosts and chairs the Quarterly Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Board of Directors meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 14, 2013.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and other senior officials meeting at Main Interior with delegation from Mexico--led by Mexico's Secretary for Environment and Natural Resources, Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada; and Mexico's Ambassador to the U.S., Arturo Sarukhan--for discussion of continued U.S.-Mexican cooperation on conservation efforts, including support of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, the management and conservation of migratory birds and wetlands, and Colorado River water management

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his team settle in for a meeting with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski and their counterparts at the Foksal Palace in Warsaw, Poland, on November 5, 2013.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in the OSCE Opening Session, in Stockholm, Sweden, on December 2, 2021.

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken makes remarks at a meeting with his counterparts on July 21, 2016 in Morocco.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRADE MISSION TO CHINA

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Joint Committee on Environmental Cooperation. Meeting between the U.S. EPA and the State Environemental Protection Administration of the People's Republic of China , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Moldovan President Maia Sandu and Moldovan Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu in Chisinau, Moldova on March 6, 2022.

With the Reichstag and Brandenburg Gate in the background, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, along with Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Toria Nuland, Chief of Staff Jon Finer, holds a bilateral meeting with European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini and Deputy Secretary General for the European Union External Action Service Helga Schmid at the U.S. Embassy in Berlin, Germany, on October 22, 2015.

Following a second plenary session in the Palais Coburg�s Concert Hall that ran into the early morning hours of July 7, 2015, a tired group including Secretary Kerry, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, French Foreign Minister Fabius, German Foreign Minister Steinmeier, and British Foreign Secretary Hammond huddled to review what they had just discussed with Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a roundtable discussion with Jamaican Foreign Minister Kamina Johnson Smith, Bahamian Foreign Minister Darren Henfield, Belizean Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington, Dominican Republic Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas Maldonado, Haitian Foreign Minister Bocchit Edmond, St. Kitts and Nevis Foreign Minister Mark Brantley, and Saint Lucian External Affairs Minister Sarah Flood-Beaubrun, in Kingston, Jamaica on January 22, 2020.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a working lunch with UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in London, United Kingdom on July 21, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers opening remarks at the 2012 African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum to mark Global Economic Statecraft Day at the U.S. Department if State in Washington, D.C. on June 14, 2012.

Office of the Deputy Administrator - Minister of Trade of Indonesia , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a plenary session at the Western Hemisphere Counterterrorism Ministerial in Buenos Aires, Argentina on July 19, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry presides over a meeting of more than 60 anti-ISIL coalition parties held on December 3, 2014, at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

SPD Executive Committee, recorded in the Willy Brandt House during a board meeting in Berlin, 8 April 2024

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting, in Reykjavik, Iceland on May 20, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, listens as Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi addresses a climate change session on June 6, 2016, during a two-day Strategic and Economic Dialogue between their respective countries in a villa at the Diaoyutai Guest House complex in Beijing, China.

Participants at a breakout session at the the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. on July 17, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with APEC Leaders before their informal session in Bali, Indonesia, on October 8, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with business leaders in Orange County, California, June 19, 2020.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in the U.S.-Kenya Strategic Dialogue with Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs Raychelle Omamo, in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 17, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in the U.S.-Kenya Strategic Dialogue with Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs Raychelle Omamo, in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 17, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi settle into their respective seats as they and their teams prepare for a bilateral meeting amid the P5+1 nuclear negotiations with Iran at the Palais Coburg hotel in Vienna, Austria, on November 24, 2014.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Economic Ministers in Jakarta, Indonesia, on December 14, 2021.

Economic, Energy and Business Officer Officer Clayton Hays meets with American University students to discuss China, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., in March 2011.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Central America Free Trade Agreement Trade Mission to Guatemala

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Lithuanian President Gitanas Naus_da in Vilnius, Lithuania, on March 7, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a G7+Guests Session on Climate/Girl�s Education with USAID Administrator Samantha Power in London, United Kingdom, on May 5, 2021.

Anefo photo collection. CAO consultation between Industrial Association, Overview CAO consultation. April 19, 1973

Trip by Federal Minister of Economics and Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck to Ankara from 25-27 October 2023 Meeting with Trade Minister nmer Bolat, Ankara, Turkey, Asia

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Colombian President Ivan Duque in Bogota, Colombia, on September 19, 2020.

Office of the Administrator - Boston - Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting Boston Children's Hospital , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, and other European Union foreign ministers to discuss Ukraine in Rome, Italy, on March 6, 2014.

Bureau of Industry and Security - Government of Jordon

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry participates in a working dinner with African leaders and CEOs 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.

Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Olaf Scholz (SPD), Federal Chancellor, taken during the weekly meeting of the cabinet at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin, 05.07.2023. The cabinet intends to adopt the draft for the 2024 federal budget at this meeting, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Swiss President and Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis in Geneva, Switzerland, on January 21, 2022.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) , Environmental Protection Agency

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Ambassador Susan Rice, the President's National Security Advisor, before President Barack Obama addresses the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit Session One on �Investing in Africa�s Future,� at the U.S. Department of State for the final day of the U.S.-Africa Summit in Washington, D.C., on August 6, 2014.

Emergency Planning and Security - Washington, D. C. , Jan. 19, 2009 (L-R) Department of Homeland Security, Deputy Secretary, Paul Schneider talks with FEMA Administrator, R. David Paulison; FEMA Deputy Administrator, Harvey Johnson; and appointed Acting FEMA Administrator, Nancy Ward. The leadership was meeting at FEMA Headquarters, to conduct a Video Tele-Conference (VTC) with other government and state agencies in preparation for the Presidential Inauguration. District of Columbia 56th Presidential Inauguration. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita in Chisinau, Moldova on March 6.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in the ASEAN Regional Forum Ministerial in Bangkok, Thailand, on August 2, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Under Secretary of State David Hale meet with Central Asian (C5) Foreign Ministers on the margins of the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, New York, September 22, 2019.

Anefo photo collection. Council Ministers Cabinet; Nr. 4A, 5A: Front row Thijn, Terlouw, Den Uyl, Agt, Gardeniers, rider sea canal. September 23, 1981

International Trade Administration - President Export Council with Secretary Carlos Gutierrez

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

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Administrator Stephen L. Johnson's Official Trip to China (The Fifth China-U.S. Strategic Economic Dialogue) , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo participates in a bilateral meeting with China at the ASEAN-US Ministerial Meeting, 3 August 2018, Singapore.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a Syria Small Group meeting at the Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations, in New York City on September 27, 2018.

NASA Administrator and Deputy Administrator Meet with ISRO Chairman. S Somanath, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), center, is seen during a meeting with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy to discuss ways to enhance bilateral space cooperation on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a roundtable on health security partnerships in Melbourne, Australia, on February 9, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry participates in an event for the Chris Stevens Virtual Exchange Program in New York City on September 25, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Ambassador Beyrle, and Assistant Secretary Philip Gordon meet President Medvedev during a meeting at the Barvikha residence outside Moscow, March 19, 2010.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a trade roundtable hosted by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office with the British American Business Council in London, United Kingdom on July 21, 2020.

Office of the Secretary - Central American Trade And Labor Ministers

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