Formal International Gatherings

Images of world leaders engaging in formal meetings and ceremonies, set against a backdrop of grandeur, highlighting diplomacy and international relations.

US Secretary of State (Foreign Minister) Colin Powell meets Mexican President Vicente Fox Quesada at the Miguel Aleman residence at Los Pinos, the seat of the Mexican Presidency.

(R-L) Olaf Scholz, Federal Chancellor, and Ferdinand Marcos Jr, President of the Republic of the Philippines, pictured during a joint meeting in Berlin, 12 March 2024

(R-L) Olaf Scholz, Federal Chancellor, and Ferdinand Marcos Jr, President of the Republic of the Philippines, pictured during a joint meeting in Berlin, 12 March 2024

President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during an arrival ceremony at the Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 19, 2009

Madrid, 07/09/2016. The President of the United States Barack Obama arrives in Madrid. Photo: Ángel de Antonio Archdc.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with a counterpart on January 15, 2017, outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Conference Center in Paris, France, before a group photo at the outset of a French-hosted conference on Middle East peace.

US Secretary of State (Foreign Minister) Colin Powell meets Mexican President Vicente Fox Quesada at the Miguel Aleman residence at Los Pinos, the seat of the Mexican Presidency.

Vice President of the United States Kamala D. Harris arrived at Yokota Air Base, Japan, onboard Air Force Two, Sep. 26, 2022. Vice President Harris will join other dignitaries and world leaders to pay tribute to the life and memory of former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during his state funeral.

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

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama attend a reception in the Kremlin with Russian President Dimitry Medvedev, his wife Svetlana Medvedeva, and the Russian Orthodox Patriarch Moscow, Russia, July 7, 2009

(R-L) Olaf Scholz (SPD), Federal Chancellor, and Ferdinand Marcos Jr, President of the Philippines, pictured during a joint meeting in Berlin, 12 March 2024

Nixon and Premier CHou En-lai.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Directorate Director Josefina Duval on March 20, 2015, after he arrived at Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba, to accompany President Obama during his visit to the island nation, and to attend his own meetings with government leaders.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with African Union High Representative for the Horn of Africa Olusegun Obasanjo, at the Department of State, on October 12, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, speaks to reporters before their meeting at the UN headquarters in New York City on July 25, 2013.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan walking with President of the People's Republic of China at Reagan's arrival ceremony, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, People's Republic of China, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, April 26, 1984

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela in Panama City, Panama on October 18, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Hakim in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 9, 2019.

Lee Kuan Yew, GCMG, CH (born Harry Lee Kuan Yew, 16 September 1923 - 23 March 2015), was a Singaporean politician. He was the first Prime Minister of Singapore, governing for three decades. He has been described as the 'founding father' and 'architect' of modern Singapore. As the co-founder and first Secretary-General of the People's Action Party (PAP), he led the party to eight victories from 1959 to 1990, and oversaw the separation of Singapore from Malaysia in 1965 and its subsequent transformation from a relatively underdeveloped colonial outpost with no natural resources into a 'First World' Asian Tiger. He was one of the most influential political figures in Asia.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado in San Jose, Costa Rica on June 1, 2021.

William Samoei Ruto (President of the Republic of Kenya), Elke Büdenbender (woman of the Federal President) and Frank-Walter Steinmeier (President of the Federal Republic of Germany) at the Federal President's Citizens' Festival in the Bellevue Palace Gardens, Berlin, 13 September 2024

President Bush welcomes Chinese President Hu Jintao

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama bid farewell to Saudi officials at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 27, 2015.

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.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo arrives in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on September 18, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with the Sultan of Brunei Darussalam, Hassanal Bolkiah, as he represents President Obama at the inauguration of President-elect Joko Widodo in Jakarta, Indonesia, on October 20, 2014.

President Barack Obama is escorted to Air Force One by Foreign Minister Wang Yi at Beijing Capital International Airport, prior to departure from Beijing, China en route to Burma, Nov. 12, 2014.

Olaf Scholz, Federal Chancellor, receives Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (not pictured), President of the Republic of the Philippines, in front of the Chancellery during a joint meeting in Berlin, 12 March 2024

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.

President Barack Obama and President Hu Jintao of China wait in the Green Room of the White House before their press conference in the East Room, Jan. 19, 2011.

President Bush welcomes Chinese President Hu Jintao

President Barack Obama walks through the Great Hall of the People to his motorcade after attending a state dinner in Beijing, China, Nov. 17, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry watches as the Pakistani delegation departs after their trilateral meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Brussels, Belgium, on April 24, 2013.

President Barack Obama talks with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner during the G20 Summit in Cannes, France, Nov. 4, 2011.

President Barack Obama during the welcoming ceremony at Bellevue Palace with the German President Joachim Gauck, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III greets Republic of Korea(ROK) Minister of National DefenseLee Jong-Sup at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, June 11, 2022. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)

Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera greets U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry after he arrived in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 2, 2015, for meetings with President Maithripala Sirisena, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, and other officials.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with staff from U.S. Embassy Tokyo, in Tokyo, Japan, on October 6, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo is greeted by Indian Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi, India on September 5, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 31, 2020.

Indonesian President Suharto is welcomed as he arrives for a visit.

Secretary of State Micheal R. Pompeo meets with Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia and Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani, in Tbilisi, Georgia, on November 18, 2020.

Madrid, May 14, 2025. Mayor José Luis Martínez Almeida presides over the presentation of honorary distinctions by Madrid City Council on the occasion of the San Isidro festival, in the Crystal Gallery of the Cibeles Palace. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

U.S. Deputy Secretary James Steinberg shakes hands with Indian Ambassador to the U.S. Meera Shankar at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 22, 2010.

El Pardo, Madrid.09/08/2014. Audience at the Zarzuela Palace of HM the King with the President of Panama Juan Carlos Varela Rodríguez. Photo: Ernesto Agudo. ARCHDC.

Ferdinand Marcos Jr, President of the Philippines, speaks to the media after a joint meeting with Olaf Scholz (not pictured), German Chancellor, in Berlin, 12 March 2024

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin walk off the stage after making statements to assembled reporters before their bilateral meeting on November 24, 2015, at the President�s Office in Jerusalem.

Madrid, 10/30/2015. Interview with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. Photo: Ernesto Agudo ARCHDC.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia, Prime Minister Tony Abbott of Australia and other regional Heads of State and Foreign Ministers as he represents President Obama at the inauguration of President-elect Joko Widodo in Jakarta, Indonesia, on October 20, 2014.

US President George W Bush accompanied by his wife

Nguyn Tn Dung (born November 17, 1949 in Ca Mau province, southern Vietnam) is the Prime Minister of Vietnam. He was confirmed by the National Assembly on June 27, 2006, having been nominated by his predecessor, Phan Van Khai, who retired from office. Since a party congress in January 2011, Dung has been ranked fourth in the hierarchy of the Communist Party of Vietnam, under the Party General secretary, President and the Minister of Defense.

Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) with Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister of Malaysia, at a press conference at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin, 11 March 2024

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.

Wellington, New Zealand, 14th November 2012: The Prince Of Wales And Duchess Of Cornwall Visit Wellington in New Zealand, Oceania

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on August 5, 2015, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, after they posed for a group photo with their counterparts before the 5th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers Meeting.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry wave to well-wishers after addressing the opening plenary session of the 7th Vibrant Gujarat Summit in Gandhinagar, India, on January 11, 2015.

President Kennedy with Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York). President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York) following the presentation of a report of the Presidents Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime; Representative Farbstein and other members of the committee presented the report to President Kennedy. At right, Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia) speaks with Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; all others are unidentified. West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks down the steps of the Zojoji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan, on April 14, 2013.

President Ferdinand E. Marcos of the P Philippines pauses to wave to the people waiting to welcome him as he arrives for a visit to Washington D.C. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Chuck Hagel US Defence Secretary, meets Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak Def Min Hishammuddin Tun Hussein 2013

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waves to the assembled media as he arrives at the offices of Indian National Security Adviser Ajit Doval in New Delhi, India, for meeting as part of a Strategic Dialogue between the two countries on July 31, 2014.

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives for his bilateral meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on March 24, 2016, to discuss Syria and Ukraine at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses an audience at the Milan Expo in Milan, Italy, on October 17, 2015.

Madrid, 01/28/2015. H.H. Mm. the Kings at the inauguration of Fitur. Photo: Ernesto Agudo. Archdc.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo departs Erbil, Iraq on January 9, 2019.

Ferdinand Marcos Jr, President of the Philippines, speaks to the media after a joint meeting with Olaf Scholz (not pictured), German Chancellor, in Berlin, 12 March 2024

Abdulla Ibrahim A.S. Al-Hamar Qatar at the Federal President's New Year's Reception at Bellevue Palace, Berlin 14 January 2025

U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim en route to substantive and detailed meetings with DPRK Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui and DPRK Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials in Singapore on June 10, 2018.

Panamanian President-Elect Juan Carlos Varela, his wife, journalist Lorena Castillo, and his daughter, Adrian, arrive for his inaugural festivities at Rommel Fernandez Stadium in Panama City on July 1, 2014.

Chairman Kim Jong Un of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea arrives for a working lunch with Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo in Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea on October 7, 2018.

President Barack Obama greets Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra of Thailand. At the ASEAN Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Nov. 18, 2011. (BSLOC_2015_3_143)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Indian Minister for the Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Shri Prakash Javadekar before their bilateral meeting on the margins of the COP21 climate change summit in Paris, France, on December 8, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Deputy Prime Minister Korbsak Sabhavasu answer questions from the press following the bilateral meeting at Government House in Bangkok, Thailand July 21, 2009.

G7 summit 2015, arrival of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie ABE, Franz-Josef Strauss Airport Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

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

President Joe Biden walks with Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin en route to a press conference Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.

OM PURI and AQIB KHAN in WEST IS WEST (2010), directed by ANDY DE EMMONY.

Paracuellos del Jarama (Madrid), 05/08/2010. Visit of the President of the Government, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, accompanied by the North American Vice President Joe Biden, to the Bricac Base Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Benigno Aquino III (1960 - 2021), known as Noynoy Aquino. Filipino politician who served as the 15th president of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016. Before being elected president, Aquino was a member of the House of Representatives and Senate from 1998 to 2010, and also served as a deputy speaker of the House of Representatives from 2004 to 2006.

President Barack Obama and President Lee Myung-Bak of the Republic of South Korea at a joint press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House on June 16, 2005.

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo departs Jeddah, Saudi Arabia as Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Abizaid and Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir bid him farewell on June 24, 2019.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on October 28, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waves to members of the Indonesian media as he and the rest of a delegation representing President Obama arrive in Jakarta, Indonesia, on October 20, 2014, to attend the inauguration of President-elect Joko Widodo.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini on August 6, 2015, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, before they both attended the 22nd ASEAN Regional Forum Retreat Session amid the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting.

Ferdinand Marcos Jr, President of the Philippines, speaks to the media after a joint meeting with Olaf Scholz (not pictured), German Chancellor, in Berlin, 12 March 2024

Secretary of State Micheal R. Pompeo and Mrs. Susan Pompeo visits Rustem Pasha Mosque, in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 17, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks with Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama on August 23, 2016, after arriving at Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja, Nigeria, following meetings with Nigerian President Muhummadu Buhari and Governor� of the country�s Northern region.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama on August 23, 2016, after arriving at Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja, Nigeria, following meetings with Nigerian President Muhummadu Buhari and Governor� of the country�s Northern region.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Minister of Interior Raya El Hassan in Beirut, Lebanon on March 22, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi before a bilateral meeting on August 31, 2016, at the Prime Minister's Residence in New Delhi, India.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waves to a group of waiting golfers after shaking hands Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel on July 17, 2016, at the Grand Ducal Golf Club in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, before the two held a working lunch on July 17, 2016.

Former NBA player Yao Ming listens as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pays tribute to his activism during an anti-wildlife trafficking event on the sidelines of the sixth U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Beijing, China on July 9, 2014.

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.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his delegation are greeted by President Begnino Aquino of the Philippines before a bilateral meeting and dinner at Malacanang Palace in Manila on December 17, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo arrives in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on February 2, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is greeted by Abuja Permanent Secretary of the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olukunle Bamgbose at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria on March 12, 2018.

Sirikit Kitiyakara, the queen of Thailand, smiles as she meets officials gathered to greet her upon her arrival on base. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland(MD) Country: United States Of America(USA)

Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, photographed after arrival in Doha, 16.05.2023. Baerbock is travelling to Saudi Arabia and Qatar on her three-day trip., Doha, Qatar, Asia

Madrid, 02/23/2017. Colloquium between Mauricio Macri and Mario Vargas Llosa at the Casa de América. Photo: Isabel Permuy Archdc.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko waits for U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to arrive at the Presidential Meeting Room in the Bankova in Kyiv, Ukraine, for a bilateral meeting on July 7, 2016.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers Joint Statements with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, in Jakarta, Indonesia on October 29, 2020.

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