High-Level Meetings

Formal gatherings involving international leaders and officials, depicted in discussions and conferences, emphasizing diplomacy and collaboration.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks to the press at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 26, 2022.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with U.S. University Research Community, in California on January 14, 2020.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a press availbilty with Colombian Foreign Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo, at the Department of State, in Washington, DC on October 9, 2019.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a press availability with Israeli Alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 13, 2021.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a video recording on the Palau Spur undersea cable with Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi in Tokyo, Japan on October 6, 2020.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a meet and greet with U.S. Mission Kuwait, in Kuwait City, Kuwait on July 29, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 6, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks to the press at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 26, 2022.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in an interview with Indeewari Amuwatte of Derana TV in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on October 28, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with U.S.-Mexico High Level Group at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City, New York September 26, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the dedication ceremony of the new U.S. Embassy building in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, October 31, 2015, as Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Erlan Abdyldaev and U.S. Ambassador Sheila Gwaltney listen.

Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland participates in a bilateral meeting with Ecuador Foreign Minister Mauricio Montalvo in New York, on September 20, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov at the President�s Residential Compound in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on November 1, 2015, at the outset of a bilateral meeting, and before a broader group discussion with all five Central Asian nations.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Geneva, Switzerland, on January 21, 2022.

Secretary of State's 2006 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) ceremony and reception, Benjamin Franklin Room, with Secretary Condoleezza Rice hosting and Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Josette Shiner, Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Daniel Sullivan, and Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon, Jr. among the other Department speakers. Corporations honored included Sambazon for its operations in Brazil, General Motors for its operations in Colombia, and Goldman Sachs for its operations in Chile.

Flanked by Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird, left, and Mexican Foreign Secretary Jose Antonio Meade, right, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks during the North American Trilateral Ministerial at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 17, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry launches the �MissionOne� Initiative, at the Washington Passport Agency, in Washington, D.C. on July 12, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by Chief of Staff Jon Finer and Brookings Institution President Strobe Talbott, delivers remarks at the Foreign Affairs Policy Board meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 28. 2016.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on December 15, 2021.

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

Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Energy Resources Frank Fannon delivers remarks to the media in the Press Briefing Room, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 15, 2020.

Deputy Secretary Antony Blinken delivers remarks during the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) on June 15, 2015 at the OAS Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Secretary Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual U.S. Embassy London meet and greet, in London, United Kingdom, on May 4, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, hosts the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) meeting with foreign ministers from 17 countries, including Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey, as well as top envoys from the United Nations, Arab League, and European Union in New York City on December 18, 2015.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks virtually to the UN Security Council, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 30, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions convene the Second U.S.-Mexico Strategic Dialogue on Disrupting Transnational Criminal Organizations with their Mexican counterparts, Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray, Secretary of Government Miguel Osorio, and Acting Attorney General Elias Beltran, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 14, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, with U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo Greg Delawie and Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Toria Nuland, meets with Kosovo's Prime Minister Isa Mustafa and Kosovar Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci in Pristina, Kosovo, on December 2, 2015.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks on Modernizing American Diplomacy at the Foreign Service Institute in Arlington, Virginia, on October 27, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson joins President Donald J. Trump for a bilateral meeting with Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam on November 12, 2017.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevl�t �avu_o_lu on the margins of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 76) in New York, New York, on September 21, 2021.

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Secretary Pompeo, Vice President Pence, and Secretary Nielsen, along with Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray and Secretary of Government Alfonso Navarrete, co-host the second Conference for Prosperity and Security in Central America, at the Department of State, October 11, 2018.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Jacob Lew participate in an interview with CCTV at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 30, 2014. The Secretaries discussed the upcoming U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, which will take place in Beijing, China, July 9-10, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (right of the Secretary) holds a bilateral meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, New York, on September 23, 2010.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, with U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Peter Mulrean, meets with Haitian President Michel Martelly and Haitian Prime Minister Evans Paul at the Presidential Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on October 6, 2015.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin hold a joint press availability with Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah, in Doha, Qatar, on September 7, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with the Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council Nations on the margins of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 76) in New York, New York, on September 23, 2021. Additional U.S. participants include: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Yael Lempert, Counselor of the Department of State Derek Chollet, Director of Policy Planning Salman Ahmed, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Tom Sullivan, Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa at the National Security Council Brett McGurk, Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley. GCC participants include Secretary-General Nayef Al-Hajraf, Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani, Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah, Oman's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mohamed Al Hassan, Qatar's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affai

Denton, Texas, March 11, 2013 FEMA Region 6 Administrator Tony Robinson speaks about career opportunities in FEMA with a group of students from the University of North Texas. .. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Moldovan Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu on the margins of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial Council in Stockholm, Sweden, on December 2, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a town hall meeting with Department employees at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 3, 2021.

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a Meet and Greet with U.S. Mission Ecuador in Quito, Ecuador, on October 19, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a Meet and Greet with U.S. Mission France, in Paris, France on June 25, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Italian President Sergio Mattarella, in Rome Italy on June 28, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin on December 7, 2016, before a bilateral meeting as they both attend a North Atlantic Treaty Organization Ministerial Session at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong delivers remarks at the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) / Consultation on People-to-People Exchange (CPE) Joint Opening Session at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 23, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Bob Taylor, the CEO of Taylor Guitars in Cameroon, which received the Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence in the small business category, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 29, 2014.

Defense Innovation Board members meet in the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Jan. 26, 2023.

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 delivers remarks at the Foreign Affairs Policy Board meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 28. 2016. Also pictured is Brookings Institution President Strobe Talbott.

Secretary of State's 2006 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) ceremony and reception, Benjamin Franklin Room, with Secretary Condoleezza Rice hosting and Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Josette Shiner, Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Daniel Sullivan, and Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon, Jr. among the other Department speakers. Corporations honored included Sambazon for its operations in Brazil, General Motors for its operations in Colombia, and Goldman Sachs for its operations in Chile.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a joint press availability with Fijian Acting Prime Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum in Nadi, Fiji, on February 12, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a D-ISIS Ministerial Opening Session, in Rome, Italy on June 28, 2021.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks to the Three Seas Virtual Summit and Web Forum, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 19, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini, delivers a statement to waiting reporters on June 27, 2016, at the Berlaymont Building - the headquarters of the European Commission - in Brussels, Belgium, on June 27, 2016, following a round of E.U. and European Commission meetings in the aftermath of last week's Brexit vote in the United Kingdom.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, sits with Pakistani Climate Change Secretary Sved Abu Ahmed Akif and their respective delegations at the outset of a bilateral meeting at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Kigali, Rwanda, on October 14, 2016, amid negotiations about amending the Montreal ozone layer protection protocol.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Latvian Prime Minister Kri_j_nis Kari__ in Riga, Latvia, on March 7, 2022.

Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Michelle Giuda delivers opening remarks and introduces Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo at a reception supporting the U.S. Pavilion at Expo 2020, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. on July 29, 2019.

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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers a speech on "The U.S. in Asia: Economic Engagement for Good" in Bangkok, Thailand on August 2, 2019.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in an MOU Signing Ceremony with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi and Indonesian Minister of Education and Culture Nadiem Makarim in Jakarta, Indonesia, on December 14, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong in London, United Kingdom, on May 5, 2021.

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 Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh sign the Joint Action Plan on Cooperation to Counter Nuclear Smuggling, on January 11, 2016, in Washington, D.C.

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 John Kerry sits among his counterparts on December 8, 2016, as he attends a meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe hosted by German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and held at the Hamburg Messe in Hamburg, Germany.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken testifies before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on �Afghanistan 2001- 2021: Evaluating the Withdrawal and U.S. Policies � Part 1�, in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry participates in the Central Asia Ministerial at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on August 3, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State Susan Coppedge honors outstanding individuals around the world who are fighting to end human trafficking at the Annual Meeting of the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (PITF) at the White House in Washington, D.C., on October 24, 2016.

Press briefing, concerning the President's International Initiative to Combat Kleptocracy, featuring remarks by Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Josette Shiner, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich, and Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Pat O'Brien, among other officials.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo holds a joint press statement with NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg, in Brussels, Belgium, October 18, 2019.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, and French Political Director Philippe Errera, in Brussels, Belgium on April 14, 2021.

Greece, Athens on 2023-02-21. US Secretary of State, Head of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Antony J. Blinken, sometimes known as Tony Blinken, visiting the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue and meeting with his Greek counterpart Minister Nikos Dendias. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Grece, Athenes le 2023-02-21. Le Secretaire d'Etat des Etats-Unis, le chef département charge des Affaires etrangeres, Antony J. Blinken, dit parfois Tony Blinken, en visite au Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres Grec pour le U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue et une rencontre son homologue grec le Ministre Nikos Dendias. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenaz, in Jerusalem on May 25, 2021.

Secretary Dirk Kampthorne and aides meeting at Main Interior with delegation led by Mexico's Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Jose Luis Luege. Among Interior officials joining the Secretary were Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Mark Limbaugh, Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Matt Hogan, along with Chris Kearney, Kathryn Washburn, and Karen Senhadji.

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a joint press availability with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielus Landsbergis in Vilnius, Lithuania, on March 7, 2022.

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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.

Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh holds up a photograph of presented to him by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry before a bilateral meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, on December 16, 2013.

President Trump delivers remarks with, Canadian President Trudeau, and Mexican President Enrique Pe�a Nieto at the signing the USMCA trade agreement on the margins of the G-20 Leaders' Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina on November 30, 2018.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III co-hosts the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit's Peace and Security Governance Forum with Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., Dec. 13, 2022. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)

Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 3, 2022.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 3, 2022.

Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Toria Nuland explains, to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, the handpainted designs by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama in his private office in the Prime Ministry in Tirana, Albania, where the Secretary arrived on February 14, 2016, before they participate in a bilateral meeting.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo is greeted by U.S. Embassy Iraq Charg� d�affaires Joey Hood and Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, David Satterfield as he arrives in Iraq on May 7, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan host Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya for a Security Consultative Committee (�2+2�) meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 19, 2019.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Garneau, in Reykjavik, Iceland, on May 19, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini delivers a statement to waiting reporters on June 27, 2016, at the Berlaymont Building - the headquarters of the European Commission - in Brussels, Belgium, on June 27, 2016, after the Secretary held a round of E.U. and European Commission meetings in the aftermath of last week's Brexit vote in the United Kingdom.

Acting Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Uzra Zeya participates in U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry�s rollout of the annual Human Rights Report at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 27, 2014.

Vice President Mike Pence, center, speaks during the National Space Council meeting titled, Moon, Mars, and Worlds Beyond, Winning the Next Frontier, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018 at the National War College at Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington. Chaired by the Vice President, the council's role is to advise the President regarding national space policy and strategy, and review the nation's long-range goals for space activities.

Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland meets with EU European External Action Service Deputy Secretary General and Political Director Enrique Mora in New York on September 21, 2021.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a Science and Technology Agreement Signing Ceremony, in Thessaloniki, Greece on September 28, 2020.

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual joint press conference with United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, in London, United Kingdom, on May 3, 2021.

Greece, Athens on 2023-02-21. US Secretary of State, Head of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Antony J. Blinken, sometimes known as Tony Blinken, visiting the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue and meeting with his Greek counterpart Minister Nikos Dendias. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Grece, Athenes le 2023-02-21. Le Secretaire d'Etat des Etats-Unis, le chef département charge des Affaires etrangeres, Antony J. Blinken, dit parfois Tony Blinken, en visite au Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres Grec pour le U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue et une rencontre son homologue grec le Ministre Nikos Dendias. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson poses for a photo with Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida before their trilateral meeting at the United Nations in New York City on April 28, 2017. The Secretary is in New York City to chair a UN Security Council Meeting on Denuclearization of the Democratic People�s Republic of Korea (DPRK).

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