International Diplomacy Meetings

Group meetings with officials discussing international relations, featuring flags and formal settings, indicating global collaboration.

National Secretary Advisor Robert O�Brien delivers remarks to the media on Iran Snapback Sanctions, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 21, 2020.

Flanked by Dutch Agriculture Minister Sharon Dijksma and the Secretary's Special Representative for Global Food Security, Dr. Nancy Stetson, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at a reception for the Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture in New York City on September 24, 2014. Secretary Kerry is participating in events in conjunction with the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the High-level Event on Afghanistan, on the sidelines of the 70th Regular Session of the UN General Assembly in New York, New York, on September 26, 2015. Also pictured are Afghan CEO Abdullah Abdullah and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens to Mongolian Foreign Minister Lundeg Purevsuren address a news conference held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on June 5, 2016, following a bilateral meeting and preceding another conversation with Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj.

Office of the Secretary - Meeting with Turkish Minister of Trade Kursadtuzman

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - North American Competitiveness Council - US, Canada and Mexico

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides, including Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks R. Lyle Laverty, Jr., to Ottawa, Canada for bilateral talks with Canada's Minister of the Environment, John Baird, concerning the status of the polar bear and other cross-border issues

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Mexican Cement Signing

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

Meeting and press conference, hosted by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne at Main Interior, on inter-state water issues arising from the drought affecting the southeastern U.S., with the Secretary joined by Alabama Governor Bob Riley, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, Florida Governor Charlie Crist, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and the Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lieutenant General Robert Van Antwerp

National Secretary Advisor Robert O�Brien delivers remarks to the media on Iran Snapback Sanctions, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 21, 2020.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez Trip from Japan

Office of the Secretary - Labor Leaders Management with President Bush and Secretary Elaine Chao

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Argentinian Foreign Minister Felipe Sola in Bari, Italy, on June 29, 2021.

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

Court of Federal Claims Chief Judge Edward Damich, Assistant Attorney General Thomas Sansonetti, Secretary Gale Norton, President of the Quinault Indians, Pearl Capoeman-Baller, and Trust for Public Land Vice President Alan Front, left to right, at forest habitat protection agreement signing

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias deliver opening remarks for the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue and sign the renewal of the U.S.-Greece Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 14, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias deliver opening remarks for the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue and sign the renewal of the U.S.-Greece Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 14, 2021.

Office of the Deputy Secretary (David Sampson) - Deputy Secretary with Bulgarian Minister

Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 22, 2021.

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken participates in a roundtable with journalists at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, Japan, on October 5, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers his opening remarks to his fellow Foreign Ministers from Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on August 5, 2015, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, at the outset of a U.S.-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting.

Secretary Gale Norton, third from left, with Mexico's Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, Alberto Cardenas-Jimenez, to Norton's right, at Department of Interior headquarters, Washington, D.C. signing ceremony for agreement to extend U.S.-Mexico wildlife protection pact an additional ten years

Zhang Jialong, a reporter at Tencent Finance, takes a photograph of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry as he meets with a group of Chinese bloggers for a roundtable discussion about press freedom and regional issues in Beijing, China on February 15, 2014.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez Trip from Japan

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo announces the formation of Commission on Unalienable Rights to the press at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. on July 8, 2019.

Office of the Secretary - Meeting with Turkish Minister of Trade Kursadtuzman

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh sit across from each other before a bilateral meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, on December 16, 2013.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO RUSSIA

Office of the Secretary - SIGNING E. COMMERCE AGREEMENT SINGAPORE PM

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba hold a joint press availability at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 10, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosts a Afghanistan Task Force and Relocation Volunteers Recognition Ceremony from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 20, 2021. The Secretary recognized the Department�s efforts to evacuate and resettle more than 124,000 U.S. citizens and Afghans over the past five months.

Office of the Secretary - MUTUAL RECOGNITION SIGNING CEREMONY WITH MEXICO AND CANADA

Office of the Deputy Administrator - EPA and European Union (EU) Energy Star Labeling Program , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh shake hands after signing 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 Central American Integration System (SICA) and Mexican Foreign Ministers, in San Jose, Costa Rica on June 1, 2021.

Office of the Deputy Secretary - DEPUTY SECRETARY SAMUEL BODMAN MEETING WITH ETHIOPIAN PRIME MINISTER MELES ZENWAI

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry presents a loan letter of interest to Fulbright University of Vietnam President Dam Bich Thuy during a ceremony at Ho Chi Minh University of Technology and Education in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on January 13, 2017, before the Secretary delivered a speech during his final trip abroad.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Romanian Foreign Minister Cristian Diaconescu deliver remarks during a signing ceremony for the Protocols of Exchange of Instruments of Ratification for the U.S.-Romania Mutual Legal Assistance Protocol and the U.S.-Romania Extradition Treaty at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC May 8, 2009.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA)

International Trade Administration - JCCT SIGNING CEREMONY

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses the inaugural Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women/U.S. Department of State Entrepreneurship Program at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 9, 2015. The Empower Women program leverages the expertise of the public and private sectors to form a partnership that encourages inclusive economic growth in the Middle East and Northern Africa.

Office of the Deputy Secretary - BOEING-PAKISTAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT - SIGNING

Office of the Secretary - United States / Vietnam Signing Ceremony

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - North American Competitiveness Council - US, Canada and Mexico

Office of the Secretary - UNITED STATES / KAZAKHASTAN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION

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

U.S. Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price briefs reporters during a Department Press Briefing, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on November 3, 2021.

Signing ceremony, at Main Interior, for the annual funding agreement covering operation of the National Bison Range Complex, located in Moiese, Montana, within the boundaries of the Flathead Reservation. Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett joined Montana Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester, Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks R. Lyle Laverty, Jr., Acting Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs George Skibine, and the Chairman of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, James Steele, among the dignitaries on hand.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits across from Mexican Foreign Secretary Jos� Antonio Meade before a bilateral meeting in the Secretary's hometown of Boston, Massachusetts, on January 31, 2015, that followed a North American Ministerial meeting with the two and Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird.

U.S.-Mexico Memorandum of Understanding signing event at the Mexican Embassy in Washington, D.C., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and Mexico's Ambassador to the U.S., Arturo Sarukhan, leading the proceedings

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo conducts joint press availability with Angolan Foreign Minister Manuel Domingos Augusto in Luanda, Angola, on February 17, 2020.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - North American Competitiveness Council - US, Canada and Mexico

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Mexican Cement Signing

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini stand together on December 6, 2016, after signing a U.S.-E.U. Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement at the European External Action Service Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, before the Secretary attended meetings with European Union officials, followed by sessions with NATO officials and counterparts in Brussels for the alliance's annual Ministerial meeting.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a meet and greet with U.S. Embassy Kyiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 19, 2022.

Office of the Secretary - JCCT BILATERAL

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'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.

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.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Partnership for Prosperity Good Partner Award

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chinese State Councilor Liu Yandong sign the U.S.-China Consultation on People-to-People Exchange agreement at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing, China, May 25, 2010.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Signing Ceremony

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Foreign Minister of Brazil Ernesto Ara�jo speak to the press at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on September 13, 2019

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini sign a U.S.-E.U. Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement on December 6, 2016, at the European External Action Service Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, before the Secretary attended meetings with European Union officials, followed by sessions with NATO officials and counterparts in Brussels for the alliance's annual Ministerial meeting.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Gryshchenko sign a strategic partnership memorandum of understanding on trafficking in persons at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 15, 2011.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez Trip from Japan

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).

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah deliver statements to the press at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 26, 2022.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo conducts a meet and greet with staff members from the U.S. Embassy in Bogota, Colombia, on January 21, 2020.

Office of the Secretary - Labor Leaders Management with President Bush and Secretary Elaine Chao

Office of the Secretary - United States / Vietnam Signing Ceremony

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary with Russian Minister of Atomic Energy Sergei Kiriyenko

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo holds a joint press conference with Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, July 20, 2019.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Spanish Foreign Minister Jos� Manuel Albares at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 18, 2022.

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken listens as Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama addresses reporters at a joint press conference with the Deputy Secretary and Republic of Korea First Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam following their trilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 5, 2017.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Partnership for Prosperity Good Partner Award

Office of Business Liaison - Secretary Donald Evans Luncheon with Hispanic CEO's

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Partnership for Prosperity Good Partner Award

International Trade Administration - Swearing-In James Sitton

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini shake hands on December 6, 2016, after signing a U.S.-E.U. Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement at the European External Action Service Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, before the Secretary attended meetings with European Union officials, followed by sessions with NATO officials and counterparts in Brussels for the alliance's annual Ministerial meeting.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade Small Group Meeting

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with Tunisian Foreign Minister Taieb at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tunis, Tunisia, on November 13, 2015, before a bilateral meeting that followed the plenary session of a Strategic Dialogue between their two countries, and preceded the Secretary�s meeting at the Presidential Palace with President Beji Caid Essebsi.

U.S..-Mexico Binational Commission (BNC) agreement signing event at Main Interior for the Joint Declaration of Sister Park Partnerships, with Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett and Mexican counterpart, Undersecretary Felipe Adrian Vasquez of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, officially designating seven parks for cooperative efforts on natural resource management

Ecuador Artemis Accords Signing. Ecuador Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility Gustavo Manrique Miranda delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at the Embassy of Ecuador in Washington. Ecuador is the twenty sixth country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASAs Artemis program.

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

Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan addresses embassy staff during a meet and greet in Seoul, South Korea on October 19, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Vice President Mike Pence host a State Luncheon in honor of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Mrs. Morrison, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 20, 2019.

Office of the Secretary - CANADIAN MINISTER PETTIGREW

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein deliver opening remarks at the U.S.-Iraq Strategic Dialogue, at the U.S. Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on August 19, 2020.

Technology Administration - SIGNING CEREMONY WITH SECRETARY DONALD EVANS AND RUSSIAN MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a discussion with Moldovan civil society representatives on EU integration in Chisinau, Moldova on March 6, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press conference with Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, in Mexico City, Mexico, on October 8, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks to the press on the announcement of a U.S. Refugee Admissions Program Priority 2 Designation for Afghan Nationals, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on August 2, 2021.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, and other senior officials meeting at Main Interior with Guatemala delegation, led by Carlos Fion, Chief of Staff to the President of Guatemala, and Salvador Lopez, Director of the Ministry of Culture and Sports. The Secretary joined the Guatemala leaders in signing a Memorandum of Understanding providing for a ten-year U.S.-Guatemala partnership in support of the conservation of significant natural and cultural resources in Guatemala.

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

Office of the Deputy Secretary (David Sampson) - Deputy Secretary with Afghanistan Minister of Commerce Hedayat Amin Arsala

Arctic Council Chairman Leona Aglukkaq of Canada looks on as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry outlines the agenda the United States will pursue during the next two years as it assumes the Council chairmanship during a meeting of its eight member nations and seven Permanent Representatives in Iqaluit, Canada, just below the Arctic Circle, on April 24, 2015.

Deng Xiaoping and Jimmy Carter sign diplomatic agreements between the United States and China circa 01/31/1979.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - House Hearing , Environmental Protection Agency

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