International Diplomatic Meetings

Images depict formal meetings between international diplomats, showcasing discussions with flags, official attire, and business settings.

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

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken meets with Japanese Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Akitaka Saiki at the Iikura Guest House in Tokyo, Japan, on February 13, 2015.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, in Jerusalem, Israel on November 18, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russia Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov shake hands before a group of reporters at the start of a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of an APEC Ministerial Meeting in Beijing, China, on November 8, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsia, and European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton sit across from one another in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 17, 2014, before a quadrilateral meeting focused on Ukraine.

International Trade Administration - PARTNERSHIP FOR PROSPERITY

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Swiss President and Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis in Geneva, Switzerland, on January 21, 2022.

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shows Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov a pair of giant Idaho potatoes -- once a subject of discussion between them -- before a bilateral meeting with their respective staffs in Paris, France, on January 13, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Tunisian Foreign Minister Mongi Hamdi address reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 4, 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 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 Michael Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks with the International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on October 18, 2021.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Joint Committee on Environmental Cooperation. Meeting between the U.S. EPA and the State Environemental Protection Administration of the People's Republic of China , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and State Department Executive Assistant Jennifer Davis, bangs the gavel to begin a meeting of more than 60 anti-ISIL coalition parties held on December 3, 2014, at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 6, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks to employees at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 27, 2021.

Office of the Deputy Secretary (David Sampson) - Egyptian Foreign Minister

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with the Foreign Ministers of Japan and the Republic of Korea at the Palace Hotel, in New York City, New York, on September 22, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in the U.S.-Qatar Strategic Dialogue with Qatari Minister of Commerce and Industry Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari, Qatari Minister of Finance Ali Sharif Al Emadi, Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, at the U.S. Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on September 14, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses with the Foreign Ministers of Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania - Edgar Rinkevies, Marina Kaljurand, and Linas Linkevicius - for a trilateral meeting after they joined their colleagues in signing an Accession Protocol to continue Montenegro's admission to the North American Treaty Organization amid the biannual Foreign Ministerial Meetings on May 19, 2016, at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides, and Ambassador Nicholas Emiliou, Permanent Mission of Cyprus to the United Nations, on the sidelines of the 70th Regular Session of the UN General Assembly in New York, New York, on September 26, 2015.

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.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pays tribute to his new colleague � Nobel Peace Prize winner and Myanmar Foreign Minister Aun Sun Suu Kyi - as he delivers opening comments to his fellow Ministers at the National Convention Center in Vientiane, Laos, on July 25, 2016, at the outset of a Lower Mekong Initiative Meeting on the sidelines the annual meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO RUSSIA

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 5, 2022.

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with alumni from the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education�s Top 500 Innovators program in Warsaw, Poland, on November 5, 2013.

Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E. Biegun meets with Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Dr. A. K. Abdul Momen in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on October 15, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj and Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, addresses reporters during a news conference at the Palais Niederosterreich Hotel in Vienna, Austria, on May 16, 2016, following a Libya Ministerial Meeting attended by representatives of 22 countries - including Libya - and four international organizations.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters during a joint news conference with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on March 7, 2015, in the Quai d'Orsay - the French Foreign Minister building - in Paris, France, following a bilateral meeting focused on the Secretary's recent Iran nuclear negotiations, his meeting with the Gulf Cooperation Council in Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, and other regional issues.

U.S Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters as he and Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili hold a joint news conference on July 6, 2016, at the Chancellery in Tbilisi, Georgia, following their attendance at the U.S.-Georgia Strategic Partnership Commission Meeting and a conversation between the Secretary and Georgian Foreign Minister Mikhail Janelidze.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, joined by Department Spokesperson Ned Price, holds a virtual roundtable with emerging journalists, in Tokyo, Japan on March 17, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken virtually chairs the UN Secretary Council briefing and consultations on the humanitarian situation In Syria, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 29, 2021.

Office of the Secretary - BILATERAL WITH POLISH PM LISZAK MILLER

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a Joint Press Availability with Colombian President Iv�n Duque, in Bogota, Colombia, on October 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.

The United States delivers 500,000 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses to Jordan on July 17, 2021.

Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland delivers remarks to the press on Afghanistan in the Press Briefing Room at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 1, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, sitting with his fellow Foreign Ministers from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations before a Lower Mekong Initiative meeting on August 5, 2015, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, tells reporters about how he is being assisted by a cane once used by the late U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy as he recovers from a broken leg.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo conducts a press conference at U.S. Embassy Kabul in Kabul Afghanistan on June 25, 2019.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper hold a joint press availability with Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Minister of Defence Shri Rajnath Singh, at the U.S. Department of State, in Washington, DC, on December 18, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken, reads over his notes before meeting with a series of business leaders about the future of job creation on January 9, 2016, while attending the Innovation Forum at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers a speech on U.S. foreign policy at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 3, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who speaks fluent French, points to his French interpreter on standby as he meets with Central African Republic (CAR) President Faustin-Archange Touad�ra after both officials signed the COP21 Climate Change Agreement on Earth Day, April 22, 2016, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, N.Y.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken virtually meets with the Jefferson Science Fellows from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 3, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, sitting among his fellow Foreign Ministers and other national leaders, looks over his notes on June 14, 2016, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, during a plenary session of the annual Organization of American States General Assembly.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stands with Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf as they hold a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Djibouti, Djibouti, on May 6, 2015, following the Secretary's visit to a local mosque and meetings with President Ismail Omar Guelleh and the Foreign Minister, and before a call on the U.S. Embassy and its staff, and a visit with U.S. forces at Camp Lemonnier.

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 May 11, 2021.

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.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a Joint Press Availability with Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on December 15, 2021.

Bureau of Industry and Security - Under Secretary KEN JUSTER WITH KOREAN DELEGATION

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry - flanked by National Security Council Senior Director for Iran, Iraq, Syria and the Gulf States Robert Malley, U.S. Energy Secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, and State Department Chief of Staff Jon Finer - sits across from Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and other advisers on June 28, 2015, in Vienna, Austria, before resuming negotiations about the future of Iran's nuclear program.

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.

Flanked by Senior Advisor to the President Valerie Jarrett and U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry participates in the Equal Futures Partnership event in New York City on September 22, 2014. The Secretary is participating in events in conjunction with the 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

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

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in an interview with Maupeogun Yusuf of Channels Television, in Abuja, Nigeria, on November 19, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid in Riga, Latvia, on March 7, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, sitting among seats formerly occupied by Russian interlocutors, puts the final touches on remarks he delivered at a news conference following a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 17, 2014, with Russian, Ukrainian, and European Union officials about Ukraine.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a moderated conversation with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels, Belgium, on March 23, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a Civil Society Roundtable, in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 17, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets virtually with Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 26, 2021. Secretary Blinken was joined by Deputy Chief of Staff Tom Sullivan, Senior Director Juan Gonzalez, Charge d'Affaires John Creamer, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary Julie Chung, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, Senior Bureau Official Nancy Jackson, Director General of North American Affairs Roberto Velasco, and Legal Advisor Alejandro Celorio Alcantara.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, sitting among his fellow Foreign Ministers and other national leaders, receives a binder from an aide on June 14, 2016, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, before a plenary session of the annual Organization of American States General Assembly.

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.

Bureau of Industry and Security - FINANCING INNOVATION FORUM UNITED STATES and INDIA

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Senegalese Foreign Minister Aissata Tall Sall, in Dakar, Senegal, on November 20, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in an interview with Linus Kaikai of Citizen TV in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 18, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry reviews a draft statement with Deputy Chief of Staff Jon Finer, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Toria Nuland, and Spokesperson Jen Psaki before the start of meetings in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 17, 2014, with Russian, Ukrainian, and European Union officials about Ukraine.

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.

Office of the Deputy Secretary (David Sampson) - Deputary Secretary with Bahrain Trade Minister Shaikh Mohammed Bin Issa Al Khalifa

Office of the Secretary - UNITED STATES / KAZAKHASTAN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks on our efforts in Afghanistan since August 14 and the way forward, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 30, 2021.

Embassy Beijing Deputy Chief of Mission Dan Kritenbrink introduces U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during an event highlighting the shift from annual business and tourism visas to ones lasting for 10 years - made possible by a reciprocal deal announced this week by President Obama and President Xi Jinping - before the Secretary presented the first such documents to 11 Chinese nationals during a ceremony at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China, on November 12, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, flanked by U.S. Ambassador Kelly Craft, Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland and Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. David MacNaughton, participate in a working luncheon at the Global Affairs in Ottawa, Canada on December 19, 2017.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Raychelle Omamo, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 16, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Chilean Foreign Minister Heraldo Mu�oz sign a series of Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) related to economic and trade cooperation at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 30, 2014.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a Security Partnership Signing Ceremony with Costa Rican Foreign Minister Rodolfo Solano, in San Jose, Costa Rica, on June 1, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters during a joint news conference with Philippines Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila, Philippines, following their bilateral meeting on July 27, 2016.

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 of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Lithuanian President Gitanas Naus_da in Vilnius, Lithuania, on March 7, 2022.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez Trip to Moscow, Russia

Christine Todd Whitman Meeting with Mexico's Ambassador , Environmental Protection Agency

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris receive a weekly economic briefing in the Oval Office of the White House Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. To the Presidents left are Secretary of the Treasury Dr. Janet Yellen and member of the Council of Economic Advisers Jared Bernstein. To the Vice Presidents right are Director of the National Economic Council Brian Deese and member of the Council of Economic Advisers Heather Boushey.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a press availability in Jakarta, Indonesia, on December 14, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry holds a bilateral meeting with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 6, 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 virtually meets with State Department employees affected by Anomalous Health Incidents from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 16, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stands with Bhutanese Prime Minister Ushering Tobgay before a bilateral meeting on the margins of the 7th Vibrant Gujarat Summit in Gandhinagar, India, on January 11, 2015.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price addresses the media at the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 1, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers a speech on �The United States and Africa: Building a 21st Century Partnership�, in Abuja, Nigeria on November 18, 2021.

Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan hosts a roundtable with foreign ministers from Pacific Island countries, on the margins of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York City on September 27, 2018.

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

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.

Technology Administration - SIGNING CEREMONY WITH CHINESE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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

Office of the Secretary - JCCT BILATERAL

Office of the Secretary - Press Conference- Decatur House Secretary Carlos Gutierrez & EU Consr.

Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan delivers remarks and officiates the swearing-in ceremony for Ambassador Daniel B. Smith as Director of the Foreign Service Institute, at the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center, in Arlington, Virginia, on October 26, 2018.

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.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 14, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and a group of advisers stand with Brunei Foreign Minister Pehin Lim at the National Convention Center in Vientiane, Laos, on July 25, 2016, before a bilateral conversation on the sidelines the annual meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan attends a Trade and Investment Luncheon in Luanda, Angola on March 21, 2019.

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