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International Diplomatic Meetings

Images of formal meetings with flags representing U.S. and various countries. Focus on discussions and negotiations between officials in elegant settings.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in Munich, Germany, on February 18, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson shakes hands with Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili after signing the the U.S.-Georgia General Security of Information Agreement at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 9, 2017.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics, at the Department of State, on February 27, 2020.

Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E. Biegun meets with Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-kun at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Seoul, Korea, on December 9, 2020.

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry adjusts his translation earpiece before speaking with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet at the opening of the Small Business Development Center in Valpara�so, Chile, on October 5, 2015.

Office of the Secretary - BOEING SIGNING WITH CHINA

Office of the Deputy Secretary (David Sampson) - Equador Minister of Economy

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba at the Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on February 22, 2022.

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo meets with Pastor Andrew Brunson at the State Department, October 23, 2018.

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall, right, exchanges gifts with Hideki Tsuchimoto, commissioner of the Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency, Japanese Ministry of Defense, after a meeting at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., Sept. 9, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken departs Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, on May 26, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the U.S.-Africa Clean Energy Finance Initiative Signing Ceremony in Washington, D.C., on August 5, 2014. Leaders from across the African continent are in the nation's capital for a three-day U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, the largest event any U.S. President has held with African heads of state and government.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani participate in a signing ceremony and hold a press availability for the U.S.-Qatar Strategic Dialogue at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on November 10, 2021.

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

Deng Xiaoping and Jimmy Carter during the Sino-American signing ceremony. circa 01/31/1979.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly meet with senior leaders at the Conference on Prosperity and Security in Central America, at Florida International University in Miami, Florida, on June 15, 2017.

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

Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan meets with staff from U.S. Mission Germany in Munich, Germany on February 17, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry signs a book of condolences for the attack in Paris, at the French Embassy in Washington, D.C., January 9, 2015.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama deliver statements to the press, at the Department of State, in Washington D.C., on February 4, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, with Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration Anne Richard, meets with Northern Governors from Nigeria at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 19, 2016.

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken meets with South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yong at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Seoul, South Korea, on October 6, 2015.

Office of the Secretary - BOEING SIGNING CEREMONY

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Central America Free Trade Agreement Trade Mission to El Salvador (USTDA Ceremony, Reception, FCS Photos, Delegation Debrief, Young Enterp.)

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Administrator Stephen L. Johnson's Official Trip to China (The Fifth China-U.S. Strategic Economic Dialogue) , Environmental Protection Agency

Vice President Harris and President Yoon at GSFC. President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea shakes hands with Vice President Kamala Harris after delivering remarks during a tour of NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center, Tuesday, April 25, 2023, in Greenbelt, Md.

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and and Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi pose for a group photo at the U.S.-China Energy Cooperation Meeting in Beijing, China, on April 13, 2013.

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

Jimmy Carter and Omar Torrijos signing the Panama Canal Treaty. circa 06/16/1978.

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 Gale Norton, left, with Mexico's Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, Alberto Cardenas-Jimenez, at Department of Interior headquarters, Washington, D.C. signing ceremony for agreement to extend U.S.-Mexico wildlife protection pact. Photograph was used in Interior video on Norton era

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for a photo with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, UN Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change and CEO of Bloomberg LP Mike Bloomberg, and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden before delivering remarks at the U.S-Africa Business Forum Leaders Forum Session, �Game Plan: Shaping the Future of Fast-Growing Continent,� in Washington, D.C., on August 5, 2014. Leaders from across the African continent are in the nation's capital for a three-day U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, the largest event any U.S. President has held with African heads of state and government.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Iraqi President Barham Salih, Baghdad, Iraq, May 7, 2019.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers a speech on the Indo-Pacific in Jakarta, Indonesia, on December 14, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson signs the guestbook at the August 7th Memorial Park in Nairobi, Kenya, on August 7, 2018.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Central America Free Trade Agreement Trade Mission to El Salvador (USTDA Ceremony, Reception, FCS Photos, Delegation Debrief, Young Enterp.)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with members of civil society from Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, and Hungary on December 8, 2016, at the Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten in Hamburg, Germany, as the Secretary visits the German city to attend a meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

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Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 21, 2022.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO RUSSIA

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

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

Office of the Secretary - BOEING SIGNING WITH CHINA

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Iraqi Foreign Minister Dr. Fuad Hussein, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 23, 2021.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Central America Free Trade Agreement Trade Mission to El Salvador (Fusal, Amnet, Interiors, Ford Interview, Amcham Lunch, Bilat with Economy)

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 signs the appointment papers for John Bass to become the new U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 7, 2014.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRADE MISSION TO CHINA

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Guyanese Foreign Minister Hugh Todd participate in the Growth in America Agreement Signing Ceremony, in Georgetown, Guyana, on September 18, 2020.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez Visit to Iraq

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS GUADALAJARA MEXICO

Press conference on the federal response to the threat of the avian influenza pandemic, with remarks by Interior Secretary Gale Norton, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, and Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi, addresses attendees at an event focused on ocean preservation on June 6, 2016, in a villa at the Diaoyutai Guest House complex in Beijing, China, amid a two-day Strategic and Economic Dialogue between their respective countries.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Malaysian Prime Minister Dato� Sri Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on December 15, 2021.

Reportage: Defense Secretary answers a question at press conference at the Department of State, on July 28, 2020.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual U.S.-Nigeria Health Partnership Event from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 27, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson signs Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness' guestbook before their meeting in Kingston, Jamaica, on February 7, 2018.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Central America Free Trade Agreement Trade Mission to El Salvador (USTDA Ceremony, Reception, FCS Photos, Delegation Debrief, Young Enterp.)

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Madrid, 04/26/2023. The president of the government, Pedro Sánchez, receives the president of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, at the Moncloa Palace and participates in the meeting between both delegations and the subsequent signing of agreements between both governments. The Minister of Universities, Joan Subirats, and the Brazilian Minister of Education, Camilo Santana, sign the agreements. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Oct. 12, 2022) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Institute for Water Resources takes part in discussion on Africas water challenges with six Malagasy ministries and government agencies on the development of sustainable, practical steps Madagascar can take to improve its water security in a two-day workshop in Antananarivo, Madagascar. In her remarks to the group, U.S. Ambassador in Madagascar, Claire Pierangelo (pictured) stated, Access to clean water is a critical human need and essential to the commercial and agricultural needs of the nation. This event was sponsored by the United States Africa Command, and included representatives from the U.S. Embassy/Department of State (DOS), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the United States Geological Survey (USGS), UNESCO International Hydrologic Program (IHP), United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the World Bank. IWR co-facilitated along with other agency leads. (

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo signs the appointment papers for Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Intelligence and Research Ellen E. McCarthy before her swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 15, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looks on U.S. Senator Bob Corker shakes hands with Issa Kouyate of Senegal, a 2016 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report Hero, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 30, 2016. The TIP Report Heroes are nine men and women from around the world who fought against human trafficking.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO RUSSIA

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO RUSSIA (9-21-05 TO 9-23-05)

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO RUSSIA

Office of the Secretary - BOEING SIGNING WITH CHINA

FEMA hosted a formal ceremony to implement the terms of the newly signed Memorandum of Cooperation between the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Cabinet Office of Japan which formalizes FEMA's engagement with the Japanese government. Pictured are Associate Administrator for response and Recovery Elizabeth Zimmerman and Director for Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction Masatoshi Yokkaichi. FEMA hosted a formal ceremony to implement the terms of the newly signed Memorandum of Cooperation between the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Cabinet Office of Japan which formalizes FEMAs engagement with the Japanese government. Pictured are Associate Administrator for Response and Recovery Elizabeth Zimmerman and Director for Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction Masatoshi Yokkaichi. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Secretary - BOEING SIGNING WITH CHINA

Office of the Secretary - BOEING SIGNING WITH CHINA

Madrid, September 3, 2014. Interview with Wadee Batti Hanna, Iraqi ambassador to Spain. Photo: Ignacio Gil..... Archdc.

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

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Belize Foreign Minister Wilfred Peter Erlington in Kingston, Jamaica on January 22, 2020.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Administrator Stephen L. Johnson's Official Trip to China (The Fifth China-U.S. Strategic Economic Dialogue) , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Bundesaussenministerin, aufgenommen im Rahmen eines Gespraechs mit Joseph Aoun, Oberbefehlshaber der Libanesischen Streitkraefte, in Beirut, 20.10.2023

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO RUSSIA

FRA - FRANCOIS DE RUGY EN BRETAGNEFrançois de Rugy, ministre dÉtat, ministre de la Transition écologique et solidaire, signe le Contrat de transition écologique et visite la station de production de biométhane à Pontivy dans le Morbihan.FRA - FRENCH RUGY IN BRITTANYFrançois de Rugy, Minister of State, Minister of Ecological and Solidarity Transition, signs the Ecological Transition Contract and visits the biomethane production station in Pontivy, Morbihan.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Central America Free Trade Agreement Trade Mission to El Salvador (Bilat with Minister of Ecomony, Departure)

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO RUSSIA

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