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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.

President of Palau Surangel Whipps Jr. signs the guestbook at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 4, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in an interview with Jeune Afrique, in Dakar, Senegal, on November 20, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan 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 Antony J. Blinken meets with Chilean Foreign Minister Andr�s Allamand, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 16, 2021.

Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland meets with EU European External Action Service Deputy Secretary General and Political Director Enrique Mora in New York on September 21, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong, in London, United Kingdom, on May 3, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi in Jakarta, Indonesia, on December 14, 2021.

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

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual U.S.-Republic of Korea Alliance Outreach youth event, in Seoul, Republic of Korea, on March 18, 2021.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - U.S. - China Strategic Economic Dialogue Signing , Environmental Protection Agency

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 Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - 2009 LULAC National Convention & Exposition, Puerto Rican Convention Center , Environmental Protection Agency

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

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

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

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and U.S. Ambassador to Suriname Karen L. Williams meet with Surinamese President Chandrikapersad Santokhi, in Paramaribo, Suriname, on September 17, 2020.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price briefs reporters at the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 16, 2022.

Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry as he, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, and members of their delegation arrive on June 7, 2016, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, to attend a bilateral meeting following a two-day Strategic and Economic Dialogue between U.S. and Chinese officials.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 18 2022.

Chilean Foreign Minister Roberto Ampuero Espinoza signs the guest book before meeting with Deputy Secretary Sullivan at the U.S. Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on May 10, 2018.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts Somali President Hassan Sheikh for a meeting at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 15, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders)

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 Antony J. Blinken meets with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on August 5, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Costa Rican Foreign Minister Rodolfo Solano, in San Jose, Costa Rica, on June 1, 2021.

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 huddles with, clockwise from bottom, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, National Security Council Senior Director for Iran, Iraq, Syria and the Gulf States Robert Malley, and State Department Chief of Staff Jon Finer on April 2, 2015, in Lausanne, Switzerland, before the P5+1 member nations held a meeting to discuss ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a Meet and Greet with U.S. Tri-Mission Italy, in Rome, Italy on June 27, 2021.

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, joined by Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian Nichols, holds a virtual multilateral meeting with CARICOM officials during the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 21, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by U.S. Ambassador to Rwanda Erica Barks-Ruggles and Memorial Manager Honore Gatera, walks through the Gisozi Memorial Center - commemorating the 1994 Rwandan genocide - as he stops by during a visit to the Rwandan capital of Kigali on October 14, 2016, to attend a conference focused on amending the Montreal ozone layer protection protocol.

Secretary Blinken Delivers a Speech on �Making Democracy Deliver for the Americas�

Yang Bo, an IBM employee from China, displays a 10-year business and tourism visa - the first of its kind issued under a reciprocal deal President Obama and President Xi Jinping announced this week - after it was presented to him by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during a ceremony at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China, on November 12, 2014.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken arrives in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 17, 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.

Office of the Secretary - JCCT BILATERAL

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Director-General Ahmet Uzumcu before a meeting at The Hague, the Netherlands, on March 24, 2014.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosts a virtual roundtable with the Department�s Thursday Luncheon Group (TLG) Employee Affinity Group (EAG) along with the Association of Black American Ambassadors (ABAA), Blacks in Government Carl T. Rowan chapter (BIGCTR), and the Pickering and Rangel Fellows Association (PRFA) in honor of Black History Month and to discuss the contributions of African American diplomats: past, present and future, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 28, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne, and Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton participate in Australia-U.S. Ministerial (AUSMIN) consultations photo spray, at the U.S. Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on September 16, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets Comoran President Ikililou Dhoinine before the start of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit Session One on Investing in Africa’s Future,” at the U.S. Department of State for the final day of the U.S.-Africa Summit in Washington, D.C., on August 6, 2014.

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 meets with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on August 5, 2021.

Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL Brett McGurk provides an update on counter-ISIL efforts at the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 5, 2016.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III participates in a joint press availability the State Department with Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Richard Marles, and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong following the 2022 Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations.(DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)

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.

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.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry signs a guest book in Nairobi, Kenya on May 4, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton attends a CARICOM ministerial meeting in Bridgetown, Barbados, on June 10, 2010.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets virtually with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on April 27, 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 Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren for talks at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., July 13, 2022. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

Bureau of Industry and Security - Indian Hi Tech Forum

Events at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. on July 18, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry shake hands after signing a U.S.-Egypt cultural property agreement, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 30, 2016.

(L-R) Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, meets Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, for joint talks in Jeddah, 15.05.2023. Baerbock travels to Saudi Arabia and Qatar on her three-day trip, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Asia

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

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.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price briefs reporters at the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 25, 2022.

Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Bundesaussenministerin, trifft John Kerry, Sondergesandter des US-Praesidenten fuer das Klima, auf dem Weg ins Plenum der COP28 in Dubai, 13.12.2023

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Anchorage, the largest city in Alaska, on August 30, 2015, to meet with foreign ministers and high-level leaders from the seven other Arctic nations, as well as countries in intergovernmental bodies with strong interest in the Arctic, at the Global Leadership in the Arctic: Cooperation, Innovation, Engagement, and Resilience (GLACIER) Conference.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts Japan's Minister of Defense Yasukazu Hamada for talks at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 14, 2022.

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman virtually Convenes U.S. allies and partners to discuss Afghanistan, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 13, 2021.

Insular Areas Health Summit ("The Future of Health Care in the Insular Areas: A Leaders Summit") at the Marriott Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined senior federal health officials and leaders of the U.S. territories and freely associated states to discuss strategies and initiatives for advancing health care in those communities. Among the federal agency representatives participating in the Summit along with Secretary Kempthorne were Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake, Defense Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness David S.C. Chu, and Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Health Joxel Garcia.

President Trump delivers remarks with, Canadian President Trudeau, and Mexican President Enrique Pe�a Nieto at the signing the USMCA trade agreement on the margins of the G-20 Leaders' Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina on November 30, 2018.

Plenary session of January 2021 in the European Parliament. Presentation of the programme of activities of the Portuguese Presidency of the European Council. Brussels on 20/01/2021.Session pleniere de Janvier 2021 au Parlement Europeen. Presentation du programme de la Presidence Portugaise du Conseil Europeen. Bruxelles le 20/01/2021.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo is greeted by U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic Stephen B. King before participating in a roundtable discussion with the Tech Community in Prague, Czech Republic, on August 12, 2020.

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

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on November 8, 2021.

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, and glifaa President Jeff Anderson delivered remarks at a flag raising ceremony to fly the Progress flag at the Department of State�s Harry S. Truman Building on June 25, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looks at a book presented to him by Indian Minister for the Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Shri Prakash Javadekar before their bilateral meeting on the margins of the COP21 climate change summit in Paris, France, on December 8, 2015.

Secretary Antony J. Blinken tours an In-Processing Center, in Doha, Qatar, on September 7, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken attends the U.S.-Colombia High-Level Dialogue, in Bogota, Colombia, on October 21, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his team sit across from Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayef, Deputy Crown Prince, Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud, Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, and other advisers before a bilateral meeting at the King's Residence in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on August 24, 2016.

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

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

Bureau of Industry and Security - Indian Hi Tech Forum

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson poses for a family photo with (L to R) U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Robert F. Godec, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto and Kenya's Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Monica Juma at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nairobi, Kenya on March 9, 2018

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Senegalese President Macky Sall in Dakar, Senegal, on November 20, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh before a bilateral meeting at the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Guesthouse in Hanoi, Vietnam, on August 7, 2015.

Announcement of Interior's Cooperative Conservation Awards at Main Interior, with remarks by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Chief of Staff Brian Waidmann, and other officials

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)

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo holds a joint press availability with Guyanese President Irfaan Ali, in Georgetown, Guyana, on September 18, 2020.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets virtually with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on April 27, 2021.

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