International Diplomatic Meetings

Group discussions involving government officials in formal settings, highlighting collaboration on international issues, complete with flags and professional atmospheres.

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 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 participates in a discussion with Moldovan civil society representatives on EU integration in Chisinau, Moldova on March 6, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his team - including Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Toria Nuland - sit across from NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and their counterparts for a check-in conversation on May 19, 2016, before the biannual Foreign Ministerial Meetings.at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi during a pull aside meeting during the NATO Summit in Brussels, Belgium on July 12, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, and fellow members of their delegation, delivers opening remarks at a session focused on climate change during the sixth U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Beijing, China on July 9, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security John F. Kelly co-host a high-level dialogue with their Mexican counterparts on strategies to combat transnational criminal organizations at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 18, 2017. Participants from the Government of Mexico include Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray Caso, Secretary of Government Miguel Angel Osorio Chong, and Center for Investigation and National Security Director General Eugenio Imaz Gispert. Other participants include Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs William Brownfield, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Francisco Palmieri, and representatives from additional U.S. government agencies.

U.S Secretary of State John Kerry addresses attendees at the the U.S.-Georgia Strategic Partnership Commission Meeting - including Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili - on July 6, 2016, at the Chancellery in Tbilisi, Georgia, after the Secretary arrived for meetings with Margvelashvili, Georgian Foreign Minister Mikhail Janelidze, and young Georgian entrepreneurs and activists.

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Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken listens to U.S. Ambassador to Morocco Dwight L. Bush, Sr. make remarks at the 22nd Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change on July 20, 2016 in Morocco.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in an interview with Asiri Fernando of Daily FT in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on October 28, 2020.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with 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.

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in the U.S.-Kenya Strategic Dialogue with Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs Raychelle Omamo, in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 17, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waves across the room before a bilateral meeting with acting Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on January 13, 2017, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hanoi, Vietnam, during the Secretary's final trip abroad.

Secretary Antony J. Blinken participates in a G7 Session on China, in London, United Kingdom, on May 4, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in meeting on Venezuela hosted by President Donald J. Trump in New York City, New York on September 25, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his advisers sit across from Omani Foreign Minister Yusef bin Alawi, Central Bank of Oman Executive President Hamood Sangour Al-Zadjali, and Bank Muscat Chief Executive Abdulrazak Ali Issa on January 22, 2016, before a meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo meets with Chilean President Sebastian Pinera, in Santiago, Chile on April 12, 2019

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waves across the room before a bilateral meeting with acting Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on January 13, 2017, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hanoi, Vietnam, during the Secretary's final trip abroad.

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 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 Michael R. Pompeo meets with Ethiopian Foreign Minister Workneh Gebeyehu, on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York City on September 28, 2018.

U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke participates in the Strategic Track Plenary Session during the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in the Loy Henderson Auditorium at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 11, 2013.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Icelandic Foreign Minister Gudlaugur Thor Thordarson, in Reykjavik, Iceland, on May 18, 2021.

Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Rick Stengel meets with his South Korean counterpart to discuss the strong U.S.-Republic of Korea bilateral relationship at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Seoul, South Korea, on July 8, 2014.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in Reykjavik, Iceland, on May 19, 2021.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo hosts a working luncheon for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Small Group Ministerial, at the Department of State in Washington D.C. on November 14, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on the sidelines of the U.S.-Africa Business Forum 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 meets with Bahraini Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 2, 2022.

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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 Michael R. Pompeo participated in a joint press availability with Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. in Manila, Philippines on February 28, 2019.

With Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson looking on, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry makes an announcement that Bernie Aronson, left, serve will serve as the new Special Envoy for the Colombian Peace Process, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 20, 2015.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a women�s economic and digital roundtable in Dakar, Senegal, on November 20, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Uzbekistan Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 9, 2022.

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

Bureau of Industry and Security - SIGNING CEREMONY WITH UNITED STATES AND CHINA

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with State Councilor Yang Jiechi during a bilateral meeting in Beijing, China, on March 18, 2017.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), Roundtable, Standards and Competiveness

U.S. Secretary of State Micheal R. Pompeo meets with recently accredited Chiefs of Diplomatic Missions posted to Washington, D.C., at the U.S. Department of State on October 14, 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.

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.

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.

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken, with Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Toria Nuland, meets with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 16, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew introduce U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang before they discuss the conclusion of the 5th Annual U.S.-China People-to-People Exchange and Sixth Strategic and Economic Dialogue between the two nations on July 10, 2014.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - United States and China Cooperative Agreement on the Environment , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry welcomes the Inaugural Class of Veterans Innovation Partnership Fellows at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 13, 2015.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III speaks during the 2023 U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee meeting co-hosted with Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosting Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa and Japanese Defense Minister Hamada Yasukazu, at the Department of State. Washington, D.C., Jan 11, 2023.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken Blinken holds a Meet and Greet with U.S. Mission Indonesia, in Jakarta, Indonesia, on December 14, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, in Paris, France on June 25, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Republic of Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 1, 2022.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts Somali President Hassan Sheikh for a meeting at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 15, 2022.

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

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.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry makes comments to Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman and Rada Speaker Andriy Parubiy at the Rada in Kyiv, Ukraine, at the outset of a meeting on July 7, 2016.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken prepares with Acting Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs Robert F. Godec to meet virtually with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Raychelle Omamo, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on April 27, 2021.

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

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a roundtable discussion with Jamaican Foreign Minister Kamina Johnson Smith, Bahamian Foreign Minister Darren Henfield, Belizean Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington, Dominican Republic Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas Maldonado, Haitian Foreign Minister Bocchit Edmond, St. Kitts and Nevis Foreign Minister Mark Brantley, and Saint Lucian External Affairs Minister Sarah Flood-Beaubrun, in Kingston, Jamaica on January 22, 2020.

With Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Tom Malinowski looking on, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gives remarks at the U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 13, 2015.

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

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken tours the Kuwaiti National Assembly and meets with Speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly Marzouq Ali Mohammed Al-Ghanim in Kuwait City, Kuwait on July 29, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong sign an updated Memorandum of Understanding for continuation of the U.S.-China High-Level Consultation on People-to-People Exchange (CPE) at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 21, 2013.

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Regional Heads of Delegations to discuss the situation in South Sudan at the U.S. Department of State 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.

Office of the Secretary - PHOTOS OF SECRETARY DONALD EVANS AND PUTIN FROM MOSCOW, RUSSIA

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

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.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se at the outset of a bilateral meeting in Seoul, South Korea, on February 13, 2014.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS IN ROMANIA

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a bilateral meeting with President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte in Manila, Philippines on February 28, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew confer before delivering their closing statements at the conclusion of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) / Consultation on People-to-People Exchange (CPE) at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 24, 2015.

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

Colombian Foreign Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo signs the official State Department guest book prior to meeting with Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, at the Department of State, in Washington, DC on October 9, 2019.

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

Acting Prime Minister Freundel Stuart holds a bilateral meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Bridgetown, Barbados, on June 10, 2010.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Mongolian Foreign Minister Lundeg Purevsuren at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on June 5, 2016, before the Secretary held bilateral meetings with the Minister and Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj.

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz signs Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken's guestbook before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on December 9, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a commercial diplomacy event and MOU signing in Dakar, Senegal, on November 20, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a commercial diplomacy event and MOU signing in Dakar, Senegal, on November 20, 2021.

U.S Secretary of State John Kerry walks with Georgian Foreign Minister Mikhail Janelidze on July 6, 2016, after deplaning at Tbilisi International Airport in Tbilisi, Georgia, following an overnight flight from Washington, D.C., for meetings with Janelidze, Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili, Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, and a group of young entrepreneurs.

Office of the Deputy Secretary - Acting Deputy Secretary David Sampson with Dutch Secretary General

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shows NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen the desk on which the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783 in the John Quincy Adams State Drawing Room at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 30, 2013.

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.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Singapore Foreign Minister K. Shanmugam display official documents after signing a memorandum of understanding focused on joint capacity-building efforts on August 4, 2015, following a working breakfast at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore, Singapore, and during a visit to meet with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, discuss regional issues, and celebrate the country's 50th anniversary.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Indonesia Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi before 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 John Kerry, watched by a group of news photographers, bids farewell to Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Louise Mushikiwabo after he visited the Presidential Office in Kigali, Rwanda, to call President Paul Kagame on October 14, 2016, during a visit to the nation's capital to attend a conference focused on amending the Montreal ozone layer protection protocol.

President Barack Obama chats with Botswana's President Ian Khama and Benin's President Yayi Boni before delivering remarks at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit Session One on �Investing in Africa�s Future,� at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 6, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participated in a MOU signing with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah in Kuwait City, Kuwait on March 20, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shows Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida the desk where the 1783 Treaty of Paris, ending the Revolutionary War, was signed, in the John Quincy Adams State Drawing Room during his visit to the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 7, 2014.

United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, joined by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, addresses reporters on September 9, 2016, at the Hotel President Wilson in Geneva, Switzerland, after the United States and Russia agreed to work together to target terrorists in Syria and relieve humanitarian suffering in the war-ridden country.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken joins President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.�s meeting with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore on the margins of the G20 Summit in Rome, Italy, on October 31, 2021.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary's Gutierrez's Trip from Brussels, Chongging China, Cairo and Beijing

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa and Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong in Honolulu, Hawaii, on February 12, 2022.

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U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns, with Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel R. Russel, sits down for a meeting with Japan�s Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida in Tokyo, Japan, on January 24, 2014.

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

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participated in a MOU signing with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah in Kuwait City, Kuwait on March 20, 2019.

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