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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.
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.
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MORGAN FREEMAN in INVICTUS (2009), directed by CLINT EASTWOOD.Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, in hat, stands with newly sworn-in President Muhammadu Buhari amid his inauguration ceremony - attended by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and other members of a delegation representing President Obama - at Eagle Square in Abuja, Nigeria, on May 29, 2015.Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi participates in a video recording on the Palau Spur undersea cable in Tokyo, Japan on October 6, 2020.U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Mrs. Susan Pompeo attend a presidential exchange ceremony and speech on the occasion of the inauguration of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, in Brasilia, Brazil, January 1, 2019.Madrid, 05/05/1996. Jose Maria Aznar at the Zarzuela Palace during the swearing-in of his position as President of the Government.U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is greeted by Ghanaian Honor Guard upon her arrival at President John Atta Mills' funeral in Accra, Ghana, on August 10, 2012.President Ferdinand E. Marcos of the Philippines, followed by Minister of Defence Juan Enrile, pauses to wave to the people waiting to welcome him from a PAL 747 for a visit to Washington D.C.Madrid, 10/30/2015. Interview with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. Photo: Ernesto Agudo ARCHDC.U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks with Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Valentina Matviyenko at the APEC - Women and the Economy Forum reception at the Catherine Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia, on June 29, 2012.Madrid, 11/09/2024. Interview with the North Korean ambassador to Spain, Lim Soosuk. Photo: Ernesto Agudo. ARCHDC.Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi addresses the media at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, China, on January 27, 2016, amid a series of meetings between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and high-level Chinese officials focused on the Democratic People�s Republic of Korea and other regional issues.Elke Büdenbender (woman of the Federal President), Rachel Ruto, William Samoei Ruto (President of the Republic of Kenya) 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 2024Olaf Scholz, Federal Chancellor (not pictured), and Ferdinand Marcos Jr, President of the Republic of the Philippines, at a joint meeting in Berlin, 12 March 2024U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Chinese President Xi before the APEC Leaders' Official Dinner in Bali, Indonesia, on October 7, 2013.Madrid, 01/23/2020. Interview with the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Korea, Park Yang-woo. Photo: Ernesto Agudo. ARCHDC.U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks with U.S. Embassy Wellington in New Zealand staff and their families in Wellington, New Zealand, on November 5, 2010.U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with former NBA player Yao Ming after 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.Joko Widodo, the President of Indonesia, takes selfies during a visit to Manila, Philippines 11/01/2024U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China, on March 19, 2017.(L-R) Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, meets Ronald S. Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress, for talks in New York City, 17.07.2023. Annalena Baerbock travels to New York to attend the ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the Rome Statute of the International Court of Justice., New York City, United States, North AmericaU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with South Sudan President Salva Kiir before the conclusion of the 50th anniversary African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on May 26, 2013.(L-R) Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, pictured during a joint press conference in Doha, 17.05.2023. Baerbock is travelling to Saudi Arabia and Qatar on her three-day trip., Doha, Qatar, AsiaVice President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the State Funeral of Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem on January 13, 2013.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 2024Qin Gang, Foreign Minister of China. Berlin, 09.05.2023, Berlin, Germany, EuropeTurkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 16, 2013.U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks with Chinese students at the USA Pavilion, part of the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, China, May 22, 2010.(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 2024Joko Widodo, the President of Indonesia, takes selfies during a visit to Manila, Philippines 11/01/2024U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, President of the Congress Party Sonia Gandhi, former Union Minister Karan Singh and All-India Congress Committee General Secretary Rahul Gandhi meet in New Delhi, India July 20, 2009.Trương Tấn Sang (born 21 January 1949) is the president of Vietnam. He became state president following a vote of the National Assembly in July 2011. The office is a ceremonial position, but Sang is also ranked second after General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng on the party's Central Secretariat, a body which directs policy making. Sang has been a member of the Central Politburo, the executive committee of the Communist Party, since 1996. He was party secretary for Ho Chi Minh City from 1996 to 2000. He was promoted to the national partys number two slot in October 2009.Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister of Malaysia recorded during a press conference at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin, 11 March 2024Annalena Baerbock (Alliance 90/The Greens), Federal Foreign Minister, is travelling to Israel, the Palestinian Territories, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Republic of Lebanon, the Republic of the Philippines and Malaysia from 7 January to 14 January 2024Hugh Hewitt gives Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo a guided tour of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library, in Yorba Linda, California, on July 23, 2020.U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, at the Royal Court at al-Salam Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on June 24, 2019.U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters during a news conference at the U.S. Consulate General's Residence in Lagos, Nigeria, after he met with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and his re-election challenger, retired Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, in Lagos on January 25, 2015, for meetings urging both candidates to accept the results of their upcoming general-election vote.Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations speaks to South Sudan Television (SSTV), during the Republic of South Sudan Independence Day celebrations in Juba, South Sudan on July 9, 2011.President Leopold Senigor of Senegal is welcomed upon his arrival in the United States for a visit. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi addresses reporters as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, China, following a bilateral meeting on May 16, 2015.Photograph of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of the Republic of Turkey, attending the NATO Summit in London, December 2019.U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is greeted by Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja, Nigeria on March 12, 2018.Kim Jong Il at a joint meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK.Al Sharpton Trayvon Martin RalleyFerdinand 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(R-L) Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Ahmed Awadh bin Mubarak, Foreign Minister of Yemen, photographed during a joint meeting in Jeddah, 16 May 2023. Baerbock is travelling to Saudi Arabia and Qatar during her three-day trip., Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, AsiaSecretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 6, 2021.U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte at the Malaca�ang Palace in Manila on August 7, 2017.U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, poses for a photo with a visiting delegation of Indian parliamentarians at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 17, 2010.Mao Zedong greets Zhou Enlai (1898 - 1976), Premier of the People's Republic of China. Zhou was China's head of government, serving from October 1949 until his death in January 1976. Zhou served under Chairman Mao Zedong and was instrumental in the Communist Party's rise to power, and later in consolidating its control, forming foreign policy, and developing the Chinese economy.10/31/1993. Yasser Arafat with Felipe González.South Africa's president, Nelson Mandela, takes time to bid farewell to those waiting near by on the flight line prior to his departure..Elke Büdenbender (woman of the Federal President), Rachel Ruto, William Samoei Ruto (President of the Republic of Kenya) 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 2024Jin-Pyo Kim, President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea. Berlin, 22 March 2024Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, and Amelie De Montchalin, Secretary of State for European Affairs, inaugurates Brittany Ferries' new training centre in Saint-Malo.Jean-Yves Le Drian, Ministre de l'Europe et des Affaires Etrangeres, et Amelie De Montchalin, Secretaire d'Etat chargee des Affaires Europeennes, inaugure le nouveau centre de formation de Brittany Ferries à Saint-Malo.Al Sharpton Trayvon Martin RalleySecretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks at the unveiling of the Ronald Reagan Statue at the U.S. Embassy, in Berlin, Germany on November 8, 2019.1980 - President Leopold Senigor of Senegal is welcomed upon his arrival in the United States for a visit.. China: Xi Jinping (1953 - ), General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (2012 -), 2013U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson pays respects to Mahatma Gandhi at Gandhi Smriti in New Delhi, India October 25, 2017.01/ 0872013. Madrid. Spain. Senate. Interview with the Deputy Secretary General of Organization of the PP Carlos Floriano. Photo: De San Bernardo. archdc.The Dalai Lama greeting the crowd as he leaves his hotel, Bamberg, Upper Franconia, Franconia, Germany, EuropeFerdinand 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 2024Joko Widodo, the President of Indonesia, takes selfies during a visit to Manila, Philippines 11/01/2024Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister of Malaysia recorded during a press conference at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin, 11 March 2024Ferdinand Marcos (1917 - 1989) Filipino politician; president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986, He ruled as a dictator under martial law from 1972 until 1981 and kept most of his martial law powers until he was deposed in 1986.Barcelona. 11/09/2014. The president of the Generalitat, Artur Mas, in the 9th Vote. Independentist Consultation. Catalonia. Photos Ines Baucells. Archdc.Annalena Baerbock, Bundesaussenministerin, und Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Generaldirektorin der Welthandelsorganisation, im Rahmen der Eroeffnung der Konferenz der Leiterinnen und Leiter der deutschen Auslandsvertretungen. Berlin, 04.09.2023Abdulla Ibrahim A.S. Al-Hamar Qatar at the Federal President's New Year's Reception at Bellevue Palace, Berlin 14 January 2025U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala Stephen G. McFarland speaks with press prior to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's arrival to Guatemala City, Guatemala, on June 22, 2011.Olaf Scholz (SPD), Federal Chancellor, speaks to the media after a joint meeting with Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (not pictured), President of the Philippines, in Berlin, 12 March 2024Omar Alien Touray, Praesident der Kommission ECOWAS, Hassoumi Massoudou, Aussenminister von Niger, aufgenommen beim Gymnich-Treffen in Toledo, 31.08.2023Madrid, 11/14/2017. Interview with Nobel Prize winner Takaaki Kajita. Photo: Oscar del Pozo 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 2024Narendra Damodardas Modi, 14th Prime Minister of India Copyright: xChouxChiang/DinodiaxPhotoxAfghan President Hamid Karzai listens as President Barack Obama delivers remarks during the strategic partnership agreement signing ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 1, 2012.Doorman at the exclusive Raffles Hotel resort in Singapore.Jose Daniel Ortega (born 11 November 1945) Nicaraguan politician serving as President of Nicaragua since 2007. Previously, he was leader of Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990, first as Coordinator of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979-1985) and then as President of Nicaragua (1985-1990). A leader in the Sandinista National Liberation Front, he implemented policies to achieve leftist reforms across NicaraguaEmmanuel Macron (President of the French Republic) with his woman Brigitte Trogneux and Frank-Walter Steinmeier (President of the Federal Republic of Germany) with his woman Elke Büdenbender lay wreaths at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Berlin, 27 May 2024Ban Ki-moon; born 13 June 1944 is the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations; taking office in 2007Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos (September 11, 1917 - September 28, 1989) was the 10th President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He was a lawyer, member of the Philippine House of Representatives (1949-1959) and a member of the Philippine Senate (1959-1965). He was Senate President from 1963-1965. In 1983, his government was implicated in the assassination of his primary political opponent, Benigno Aquino, Jr. The implication caused a chain of events, including a tainted presidential election that served as the catalyst for the People Power Revolution in February 1986 that led to his removal from power and eventual exile in Hawaii.Photograph of President Robert Gabriel Mugabe of Zimbabwe (1924-) Leader of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front. Dated 2014Secretary 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.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.Madrid, 03/03/2016. Interview with South Korean ambassador Park Hee Kwon. Photo: Ernesto Acute Archdc.Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Dr. John Chipman, Director-General and Chief Executive, IISS, prior to addressing the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, June 11, 2022. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)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.FRA - POLITIQUE - DIDIER GUILLAUME AU SPACELe Ministre de l'Agriculture et de l'Alimentation Didier Guillaume visite le salon international de l'élevage SPACE à Rennes.FRA - POLITICS - DIDIER GUILLAUME AU SPACEThe Minister of Agriculture and Food Didier Guillaume visits the international livestock exhibition SPACE in Rennes.Abuja, Nigeria. 29th May 2023. Nigeria Vice President/elect, Senator Kashim Shettima was sworn into office. The ceremony took place amid tight security at the 5,000/capacity Eagle Square venue in the capital, Abuja.Vice President Ekwueme from Nigeria is welcomed upon his arrival for a visit to the United States. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)Chairman Mao and Kang Sheng are in Yangjialing, Yenan. (1945). Mao Zedong (1893 - September 9, 1976), was a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Kang Sheng (1898 - 1975) was a Communist Party of China (CPC) official best known for having overseen the work of the CPC's internal security and intelligence apparatusMadrid, 11/14/2017. Interview with Nobel Prize winner Takaaki Kajita. Photo: Oscar del Pozo Archdc.U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba meet on the margins of the NATO Summit in Chicago, Illinois, on May 21, 2012.Republic of Korea (ROK) Minister of Foreign Affairs Yun Byung-se delivers remarks during a press conference with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 19, 2016.Milan 03-05-06 Palazzo Reale Silvio Berlusconi Presents The List Of Candidates Of Forza Italia To The Municipality In The Photo Silvio Berlusconi04/23/1996. His Majesty presented Camilo Jose Cela with the Cervantes Prize in an event held in the auditorium of the University of Alcala de Henares. In the image, Cela giving his speech.12/06/2022 Milan. Silvio Berlusconi at the polling station for the vote in the referendum for justiceTaiwanese PresidentMadrid, 01/13/2016. Interview with the Foreign Minister of Bolivia David Choquehuanca. Photo: Isabel Permuy ARCHDC.05/31/2002. Julio Iglesias and Pele at a Mastercard press conference.U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham is greeted by Libyans upon arrival at Tripoli International Airport in Libya on October 18, 2011.