International Leaders' Meetings

Candid moments of global leaders and diplomats interacting at press conferences and official greetings, set in modern indoor venues with flags.

President Bush holds press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo is greeted by German Chancellor Merkel and UN Secretary General Guterres in Berlin, Germany, on January 19, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens to German Chancellor Angela Merkel speak as the two address the U.S. and German media before a bilateral meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on October 22, 2014.

Olaf Scholz (SPD), Federal Chancellor, Emmanuel Macron, President of France, Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of Poland, at a press conference at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin, 15 March 2024

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. alongside UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Angela Merkeel in Rome, Italy, on October 30, 2021.

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. alongside UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Angela Merkeel in Rome, Italy, on October 30, 2021.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, using crutches since injuring herself in a cross-country ski accident, approaches a pair of podiums before she and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry deliver statements to reporters at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on January 31, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier at a joint press availability in Berlin, Germany.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in Berlin, Germany on June 23, 2021.

President Bush holds press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel

President Bush holds press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Left to right, Foreign Ministers Lawrence Cannon of Canada, Takeaki Matsumoto of Japan, Sergey Lavrov of Russia, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, France's Alain Juppe, William Hague of Britain, Guido Westerwelle of Germany, and Franco Frattini of Italy pose for a photo during a Group of Eight foreign Ministers meeting in Paris, on March 14, 2011.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with U.S. Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Frank Lowenstein on June 3, 2016, at the MFA in Convention Center in Paris, France, before a French-sponsored conference focused on Middle East peace efforts.

Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Irakli Kobakhidze, Prime Minister of Georgia, at a press conference at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin, 12 April 2024

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks to the UN Security Council meeting on Syria, on December 18, 2015, at the United Nations in New York City, NY.

Foreign Ministers from the P5+1 nations - Philip Hammond of the United Kingdom, Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany, Wang Yi of China, Baroness Catherine Ashton of the European Union, Sergey Lavrov of Russia, John Kerry of the United States, and Laurent Fabius of France - look for their place mark before taking a "family photo" in Vienna, Austria, on November 24, 2014, amid multilateral negotiations with Iran about the future of its nuclear program.

President Bush holds press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in Berlin, Germany on November 8, 2019.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in Berlin, Germany on November 8, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin, Germany.

Olaf Scholz (SPD), Federal Chancellor, Emmanuel Macron, President of France, at a press conference at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin, 15 March 2024

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters during a joint news conference with European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini on July 18, 2016, at Justus Lipsius Building in Brussels, Belgium, after the two attended a breakfast meeting with members of the E.U. Foreign Affairs Council.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, standing next to Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, addresses reporters during a news conference on June 15, 2016, at the Prime Minister's Office Complex in Oslo, Norway, following a bilateral meeting and amid a visit during which he will also meet with King Harald and Foreign Minister Borge Brende.

French President Emmanuel Macron visits the Federal Republic of Germany at the invitation of Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and stops off in Dresden. Here he attends the Fête de l'Europe and delivers his speech on Europe, Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe

President Bush holds press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Annalena Baerbock, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, invites to cloverleaf meetings in Berlin. Here taken at a press conference after the joint talks (L-R) : Catherine Colonna, Foreign Minister of France, Sameh Shoukry, Foreign Minister of Egypt, Annalena Baerbock, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Ayman Safadi, Foreign Minister of Jordan. Berlin, 11.05.2023., Berlin, Germany, Europe

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in the Warsaw Summit in Warsaw, Poland on February 14, 2019

President Bush holds press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, accompanied by U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul, is greeted by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia, on May 7, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with U.S. Ambassador to Albania Donald Lu and young members of Albanian civil society before a conversation at the National History Museum in Tirana, Albania, on February 14, 2016.

Members of the Quartet on the Middle East, from left to right, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, EU High Representative Catherine Ashton, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and Special Envoy Tony Blair pose for photographers before a meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on February 1, 2014.

Robert Habeck (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Bundesminister fuer Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz und Vizekanzler, Olaf Scholz (SPD), Bundeskanzler und Christian Lindner (FDP), Bundesminister der Finanzen, aufgenommen im Rahmen einer Pressekonferenz nach der Einig

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz at the 2017 Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial Council in Vienna, Austria on December 7, 2017.

(R-L) Olaf Scholz, Federal Chancellor, and Petteri Orpo, Prime Minister of the Republic of Finland, photographed at a press conference after their joint talks at the Federal Chancellery. Berlin, 14.07.2023., Berlin, Germany, Europe

Kai Wegner (Governing Mayor of Berlin) delivers the laudatory speech in front of Friede Springer is awarded honorary citizenship in the Rotes Rathaus, Berlin, 26/02/2025

Madrid 03-02-2011 Joint press conference of the Xxiii bilateral summit between Spain and Germany Chaired by the president of the government Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and the German chancellor Angela Merkel photo Jaime Garcia Archdc in the image Aspects of the family photo.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson welcomes Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq Haider Jawad Al-Abadi to the stage to deliver remarks at the Meeting of the Ministers of the Global Coalition on the Defeat of ISIS at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on March 22, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo departs from Brussels, Belgium, October 18, 2019.

(R-L) Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Ahmed Attaf, Foreign Minister of Algeria, speak to the media after a joint meeting in Berlin, 22 June 2023, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo addresses the media and takes questions following the UN Security Council meeting on Iran. at the United Nations, in New York City on December 12, 2018.

Madrid, 03/04/2015. Energy summit in La Moncloa, Mariano Rajoy receives the Prime Minister of France, François Hollande; to that of Portugal, Pedro Passos Coelho, and to Jean Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission. Photo: Oscar del Pozo. ARCHDC.

09/06/2012. Moncloa Palace. Madrid. Spain. Angela Merkel-Mariano Rajoy meeting. Photo: Of Saint Bernard. archdc :Of Saint Bernard.

Angela Merkel, the German Federal Chancellor, shaking hands with TV presenter Dunja Hayali during the Goldene Sterne des Sports 2011 award ceremony, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Irakli Kobakhidze, Prime Minister of Georgia, at a press conference at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin, 12 April 2024

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton stands with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Berlin, Germany November 8, 2010.

(R-L) Annalena Baerbock (Alliance 90/The Greens), Federal Foreign Minister, and Ayman Safadi, Foreign Minister of Jordan, speak to the media after a joint meeting in Berlin, 16 April 2024 / Photographed on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office

Federal Chancellor Dr Angela Merkel giving a speech, 22nd CDU Party Congress, Messe Stuttgart trade fair grounds, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Annalena Baerbock (Alliance 90/The Greens), Federal Foreign Minister, photographed at the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, 18 March 2024. Photographed on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office

Frank-Walter Steinmeier (President of the Federal Republic of Germany) and Emmanuel Macron (President of the Republic of France) at the stage discussion in the dialogue forum at Demokratie feiern. / The Basic Law turns 75, together it will be a celebration, Berlin, 26.05.2024

Rede von Saskia Esken, Bundesvorsitzender der SPD, auf der Kundgebung GEGEN TERROR UND ANTISEMITISMUS, Solidaritaet mit Israel, vor dem Brandenburger Tor in Berlin

VLADIMIR PUTIN in PUTIN VS THE WEST (2023), directed by TIM STIRZAKER and MAX STERN.

Meeting between the President of the European Parliament David Sassoli and the Albanian Prime Minister, Edi Rama. Brussels, 01/03/2021.Rencontre entre le President du Parlement Europeen David Sassoli et le Premier ministre albanais, Edi Rama. Bruxelles le 01/03/2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shares a laugh with Special Representative for Global Partnerships Andrew O'Brien before speaking at the opening session of the Climate and Clean Energy Investment Forum at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 20, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in group photo for attendees of meetings regarding the Haiti Earthquake hosted by the Government of Canada in Montreal, Canada January 25, 2010.

madrid, 6-9-2012.-spanish-german summit at the moncloa palace; in the image the president of the government mariano rajoy receives chancellor angela merkel.-photo ernesto acute.archdc.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo met with German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer in Berlin, Germany, on November 8, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, Germany, on May 31, 2019.

Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, taken at the meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers in Oslo, 01.06.2023., Oslo, Norway, Europe

Reportage: President Donald J. Trump meets with the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen during the 50th Annual World Economic Forum meeting Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020, at the Davos Congress Centre in Davos, Switzerland.

Olaf Scholz (SPD), Bundeskanzler, aufgenommen im Rahmen der Generaldebatte zum Bundeshaushalt im Deutschen Bundestag in Berlin, 06.09.2023

Chancellor Angela Merkel, Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on May 20, 2016, at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on the sidelines of the two-day North Atlantic Treaty Organization Ministerial Meetings.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson poses for a family photo with his fellow G7+1 counterparts -- from left, European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano, France Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida -- in Lucca, Italy, on April 11, 2017.

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives for his bilateral meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on March 24, 2016, to discuss Syria and Ukraine at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.

Federal Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel and CDU Secretary-General Ronald Pofalla, 22th party convention of the CDU, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

(R-L) Annalena Baerbock, Bundesaussenministerin, trifft Xavier Bettel, Aussenminister des Grossherzogtums Luxemburg, zum gemeinsamen Gespraech im Auswaertigen Amt in Berlin, 05.01.2024

Presentation of the National Security Strategy at the Federal Press Conference f.l. Christian Lindner (FDP), Federal Minister of Finance, Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, Olaf Scholz (SPD), Federal Chancellor. Berlin, 14.06.2023., Berlin, Germany, Europe

(L-R) Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, pictured during a joint press conference in Doha, 17.05.2023. Baerbock is travelling to Saudi Arabia and Qatar on her three-day trip., Doha, Qatar, Asia

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo arrives at NATO in Brussels, Belgium, on November 20, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders at Egmont Palace in Brussels, Belgium, on April 24, 2013.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier (President of the Federal Republic of Germany) and Emmanuel Macron (President of the French Republic) on a joint tour of the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Berlin, 27 May 2024

Angela Merkel speaking at a CSU election rally in Bavaria the main slogan of which was stability for Germany. Erlangen, Germany, Europe

Reportage: U.S. Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan talks with German Minister of Defense Ursula von der Leyen before opening a defeat-ISIS defense ministerial, Munich, Germany, Feb. 15, 2019.

Annalena Baerbock (Alliance 90/The Greens), Federal Foreign Minister, photographed during her visit to Israel. Here she meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 'Photographed on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office'

Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, pictured at a joint press conference at the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. Vilnius, 12.07.2023., Vilnius, Lithuania, Europe

Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU), Germany, Europe

David Cameron, Foreign Secretary of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, meets Annalena Baerbock (Alliance 90/The Greens), Federal Foreign Minister, at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. Berlin, 07.03.2024. Photographed on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office

11/26/2005. Barcelona, 11/27/05.- Euromediterranean summit, Mrs. Merkel German Chancellor with Duran Lleida....Ftos.Elena Carreras....Archdc.

(L-R) Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, pictured during a joint press conference in Doha, 17.05.2023. Baerbock is travelling to Saudi Arabia and Qatar on her three-day trip., Doha, Qatar, Asia

Speech by Federal Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel, CDU, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe, PublicGround, Europe

Albert II, Prince Of Monaco, and his wife Charlene Wittstock, with Michael Mronz, German sports manager, and Guido Westerwelle, German Federal Minister, at a reception during a visit to Berlin. 9 July 2012

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter chat with their Australian counterparts - Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Defense Minister Marise Payne - while posing for a group photo on October 13, 2015, at the Boston Public Library in Boston, Massachusetts, before their annual AUSMIN diplomatic and defense meetings.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Generaldirektorin der Welthandelsorganisation, aufgenommen im Rahmen der Eroeffnung der Konferenz der Leiterinnen und Leiter der deutschen Auslandsvertretungen. Berlin, 04.09.2023

Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Olaf Scholz (SPD), Federal Chancellor, recorded during the Petersberg Climate Dialogue at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin, 03.05.2023., Berlin, Germany, Europe

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo holds a joint press availability with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in Berlin, Germany, on May 31, 2019.

Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, photographed during a welcome by Tobias Billstroem, Foreign Minister of Sweden, and Josep Borrell, Vice-President of the European Union, in Stockholm, 12 May 2023, Stockholm, Sweden, Europe

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Italian Foreign Minister Emma Bonino address reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome, Italy, on May 9, 2013.

(L-R) Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, pictured during a joint press conference in Doha, 17.05.2023. Baerbock is travelling to Saudi Arabia and Qatar on her three-day trip., Doha, Qatar, Asia

(R-L) Annalena Baerbock (Alliance 90/The Greens), Federal Foreign Minister, and Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates, photographed during a joint meeting in Berlin, 20 February 2024 / Photographed on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office

Olaf Scholz (SPD), Federal Chancellor, speaks to the media after a joint meeting with Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (not pictured), President of the Philippines, in Berlin, 12 March 2024

Olaf Scholz (SPD), Federal Chancellor, recorded in front of a federal press conference on current domestic and foreign policy issues Berlin, 14.07.2023., Berlin, Germany, Europe

Christian Lindner (FDP), Bundesminister der Finanzen, bei der Debatte zum Nachtragshaushaltsgesetztes im Deutschen Bundestag

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with the leadership of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission at the Hotel Bristol in Vienna, Austria on December 7, 2017.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Icelandic Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir in Reykjavik, Iceland, on May 18, 2021.

A portrait photo of French President Emmanuel Macron stands on a cabinet. Paris, 10.05.2023, Paris, France, Europe

Emmanuel Macron (President of the French Republic) with his woman Brigitte Trogneux and Frank-Walter Steinmeier (President of the Federal Republic of Germany) with his woman Elke Büdenbender lay wreaths at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Berlin, 27 May 2024

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks following his meeting with French President Francois Hollande in the Elysees Palace on November 17, 2015.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan giving remarks at Brandenburg Gate, West Berlin, Germany, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, June 12, 1987

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Greek Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos before a group photo amid a series of ministerial meetings at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on June 25, 2014.

Ana Polak Petrič Slovenia is received by Frank-Walter Steinmeier (President of the Federal Republic of Germany) in front of the Federal President's New Year's Reception at Bellevue Palace, Berlin 14 January 2025

France, Brittany, Saint-Malo on 2021-10-25. As part of Emmanuel Macron's campaign for the presidential election, a support meeting in Saint-Malo with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian and the European Deputy Marie-Pierre Vedrenne. The main points discussed were the invasion of Ukraine by Russia and the European Union. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Saint-Malo le 2021-10-25. Dans le cadre de la campagne de Emmanuel Macron pour l'election presidentielle, meeting de soutien à Saint-Malo avec le Ministre des Affaires Etrangeres Jean-Yves Le Drian et la Deputee Europeenne Marie-Pierre Vedrenne. Les principaux points abordés sont la l'invasion de l' Ukraine par la Russie et l' Union Europeenne. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

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