High-Level Political Meetings

Images capturing significant political meetings and discussions, featuring officials in formal settings, emphasizing diplomacy.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo along with Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale and Special Representative for Syria Engagement, Ambassador James Jeffrey, meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevl�t �avu_o_lu in Ankara, Turkey on October 17, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York, New York, on September 20, 2011.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, U.S. Ambassador to India Richard Verma, and Assistant Secretary of State for South Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal, meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 31, 2016, at the Prime Minister's Residence in New Delhi, India.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo along with Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale and Special Representative for Syria Engagement, Ambassador James Jeffrey, meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevl�t �avu_o_lu in Ankara, Turkey on October 17, 2018.

Vice President Michael Pence, joined by USAID Administrator Mark Green and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Francisco Palmieri, meets with Venezuelan Opposition Leaders Antonio Ledezma, Julio Borges, Carlos Vecchio, and David Smolansky, in Lima, Peru, April 13, 2018.

U.S. Secretary Kerry meets with former Senate colleagues, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), on February 9, 2015, in his Outer Office at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C.

Throughout the negotiations, Secretary Kerry held formal and informal bilateral meetings with his E.U. and P5+1 colleagues. Here he, Energy Secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz, and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman meet with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, and their counterparts on June 27, 2015, at the Imperial Hotel in Vienna.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al Faisal at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York, New York, on September 21, 2010.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by U.S. Ambassador to Morocco Dwight Bush and State Department interpreter Thomas Ronkin, is greeted by King Muhammed VI of Morocco at the start of a bilateral meeting in Casablanca on April 4, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 11, 2012.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Qatari Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, at the Qatari Mission to the UN in New York, New York, on September 22, 2011.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on February 20, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton provides remarks during talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari during trilateral consultations with Afghanistan and Pakistan at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC May 6, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Ambassador Beyrle and Under Secretary Burns meeting with Russian Prime Minister Putin during a meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo just outside Moscow, March 19, 2010.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with the United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May at No. 10 Downing Street in London, United Kingdom, on September 14, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with Tajikistan Foreign Minister Sirodjiddin Muhriddinovich Aslov after he arrived on November 3, 2015, at Dushanbe International Airport in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, for a bilateral meeting with President Emomail Rahmon and a greeting with local U.S. Embassy staff.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry participates in the Gulf Cooperation Council Strategic Cooperation Forum in New York City on September 26, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Costa Rican President �scar Arias at the Waldorf Astoria hotel during the 64th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, New York September 21, 2009.

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul, Afghanistan on April 15, 2021.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo speaks at the Institut Montaigne in Paris, France, on November 14, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, holds a bilateral meeting with Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, right, at the State House in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on June 13, 2011.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hosts a bilateral meeting with Elmar Mammadyarov, Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan in the Treaty Room of the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC May 5, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Ambassador to Argentina Noah Mamet sit with Argentina President Mauricio Macri in the Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires, Argentina, before a bilateral meeting on August 4, 2016.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on the margins of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 76) in New York, New York, on September 23, 2021.

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman meets with Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita in Rabat, Morocco, on March 8, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson hosts a working dinner for UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 14, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on the margins of the NATO Ministerial, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 4, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Greek officials in Athens, Greece, on July 18, 2011. Accompanying Secretary Clinton are Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs Robert Hormats, top left; U.S. Ambassador to Greece Daniel B. Smith, right of the Secretary; and Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Gordon, left of the Secretary.

Photograph of United States Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (1946-) meeting with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia (1949-). Dated 2013

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi listen during the U.S. Pakistan Strategic Dialogue meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., March 24, 2010.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra sit side-by-side, flanked by their respective delegations, as the Algerian government welcomes the Secretary with a traditional tea ceremony upon his arrival in Algiers on April 2, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Indonesian Foreign Minister R.M. Marty Natalegawa in New York City on September 27, 2013.

Madrid, 25/03/2004. Meeting at the La Moncloa Palace between Jose Maria Aznar and Rodriguez Zapatero. Photo: Jaime Garcia.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with British Foreign Secretary William Hague during a series of calls to allies focused on Ukraine, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 25, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi deliver opening remarks at the U.S.-Pakistan Dialogue Plenary Session at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC October 21, 2010.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 22, 2011.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, in Rome, Italy, on October 30, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton participates in a lunch with women Heads of State and Foreign Minsters at the Waldorf Astoria hotel during the 64th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, New York September 24, 2009.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during a meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo just outside Moscow, March 19, 2010.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shakes hands with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 2, 2012.

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Omani Foreign Minister Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah in Paris, France on July 31, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Albanian Foreign Minister Edmond Haxhinasto at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 9, 2010.

With Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal looking on, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Nepalese Ambassador to the U.S. Arjun Kumar Karki at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 11, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with India's business leaders. From left to right: Ratan Tata, Charmain of the Tata Group; Secretary Clinton; Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries in Mumbai, India July 18, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Beirut, Lebanon, on March 22, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton participates in the Gulf Cooperation Council Meeting in New York, New York, on September 23, 2011.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton attends a working lunch with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Baku, Azerbaijan, on June 6, 2012.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed with U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat at the Prime Minister's Office in Dhaka, Bangladesh, before a bilateral meeting on August 29, 2016

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili at the Waldorf Astoria hotel during the 64th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, New York September 21, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds at the historic State Capitol building in Des Moines, Iowa on March 4, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj address reporters before their bilateral meeting during the U.S.-India Strategic and Commercial Dialogue, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 22, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 7, 2011.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, meets with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, right, and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, not pictured, at the Dolmabache Palace in Istanbul, Turkey, on August 11, 2012.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Foreign Minister Jorge Alberto Da Silva Borges of Cape Verde during an impromptu meeting while the Secretary's airplane refueled on Sal Island on May 5, 2014.

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton with Foreign Minister Ali Babacan (left) and President Abdullah Gul (right) at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey March 7, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and King Abdullah II of Jordan commiserate about how quickly children grow up before they meet in Amman on January 5, 2014, to discuss Middle East negotiations.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari during a visit to Islamabad, Pakistan, on August 1, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets Salvadoran President-Elect Salvador Sanchez Ceren during their meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on May 12, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hosts a bilateral meeting with Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete in the Treaty Room of the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC May 21, 2009.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, in Rabat, Morocco, on December 5, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is greeted by U.S. Charge d'Affaires MaryKay Carlson and Indian government officials upon arrival in New Delhi, India on October 24, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Cypriot Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Markoullis at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 20, 2011.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry holds a bilateral meeting with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 15, 2013.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, at the U.S. Department of State, in Washington, DC, on December 18, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a press availability with His Excellency Nouri al-Maliki, Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC July 24, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane addresses reporters before the start of the U.S.-South Africa Strategic Dialogue at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 16, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with President Mahmoud Abbas at Palestinian Authority headquarters in Ramallah, West Bank, on June 30, 2013.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has an audience with His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan, in Amman, Jordan, on May 26, 2021.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Ara�jo, at the Department of State on March 11, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, Deputy Prime Minister Qubud Talabani, and Chief of Staff Dr. Faud Hussein on April 8, 2016, at the Chief of Mission Residence at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, following similar meetings with Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi and Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives in Kuwait to a welcome from Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Ali Al-Sammak (left) and U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait Deborah K. Jones (left) in Kuwait City, Kuwait April 24, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Ambassador-At-Large for International Religious Freedom Suzan Johnson Cook in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 15, 2011.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York City on September 28, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry holds a bilateral meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in New York City on September 23, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with His Excellency Hoshyar Zebari, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC July 16, 2009.

Secretary of State Micheal R. Pompeo meets with Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili, in Tbilisi, Georgia, on November 18, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for a photo with U.S. Ambassador to India Rich Verma and Indian Embassy to the U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission, Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu, at Ambassador Verma's swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 19, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry discusses Arctic issues with Admiral Robert J. Papp, Jr., USCG (Ret.), Special Representative for the Arctic, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 16, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses the staff of Embassy Kuwait City, Kuwait, on June 26, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval pose for a photo before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 2, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with King Abdullah II of Jordan, in Amman, Jordan, on January 8, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks with President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai during their bilateral meeting in the Ben Franklin Room at the U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., May 11, 2010.

Flanked by their respective Ambassadors, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika outside Algiers, Algeria, following a Strategic Dialogue between their two countries on April 3, 2014.

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman meets with Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 2, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Indonesian Foreign Minister Raden Mohammad Marty Muliana Natalegawa during a press conference after their meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, September 3, 2012.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss in New York City, New York, on September 20, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Lebanese President Michel Aoun in Beirut, Lebanon, on March 22, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on September 28, 2017.

US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates, with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, meeting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Sharm El Sheikh, July 31, 2007

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman meets with Portugal Minister of Foreign Affairs Augusto Santos Silva during the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 21, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with AU Chair-Designate Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma in Johannesburg, South Africa, on August 7, 2012.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Alaraby and Qatari Foreign Minister Khalid al-Attiyah, opens a meeting of the Arab Peace Initiative focused on Middle East peace in Paris on October 21, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha at the Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on May 11, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Ministers office in Jerusalem, November 20, 2012.

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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, during the U.S.-Qatar Strategic Dialogue, at the U.S. Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on September 14, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as African Union Commission Chairperson Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma addresses the third iteration of the U.S.-African Union High Level Dialogue at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 13, 2015.

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