International Meetings

Images of formal meetings between government officials, featuring discussions at tables with documents and flags, depicting diplomatic interactions.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita during a pull-aside meeting at the Meeting of the Ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 6, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, in Amman, Jordan, on April 30, 2018. (

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with New Zealander officials, including Prime Minister Bill English and Foreign Minister Gerry Brownlee, in Wellington, New Zealand, on June 6, 2017.

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken meets with Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 11, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry - flanked by U.S. Ambassador to Georgia Ian Kelly and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Toria Nuland- sits with with Georgian Foreign Minister Mikhail Janelidze on July 6, 2016, at the Chancellery in Tbilisi, Georgia, at the outset of a pullaside meeting following another meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili and their joint attendance at the U.S.-Georgia Strategic Partnership Commission Meeting.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Lunch with National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC, China) , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with business and industry leaders during a roundtable discussion in New Dehli, India, on June 25, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita during a pull-aside meeting at the Meeting of the Ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 6, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses the C5+1 Ministerial Meeting, which includes the five countries of Central Asia -- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan -- and the United States, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, November 1, 2015. The flags of the nations appear in the background of the photograph.

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

Polish Foreign Minister Radislow Sikorski introduces U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to his staff upon the Secretary's arrival at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Warsaw for a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of President Obama's visit on June 3, 2014.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez with Afghan President and Business Roundtable Bilateral

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Argentine Foreign Minister Susana Malcorra, and their respective delegations sit together on August 4, 2016, at San Martin Palace in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at the outset of a bilateral meeting.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez with Chinese Ambassador Zhou

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.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Central America Free Trade Agreement Trade Mission to El Salvador (Arrival Airport, Bilat with C. A. Presidents, Working Lunch, Press Conference, One on One)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, backed by members of his delegation, 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).

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with members of the Ukrainian Rada in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 6, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry - flanked by 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 European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini and other advisers on June 28, 2015, in Vienna, Austria, before they exchange notes about ongoing negotiations over the future of Iran's nuclear program.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a press availability with Israeli Alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and 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.

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

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Bahrain Crown Prince Shaihk Salman

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

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Cabinet Secretaries, in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 17, 2021.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony' Blinken hosts a working luncheon with Vietnam Vice Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc and his counterparts at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on August 1, 2016.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO RUSSIA

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

Ecuador Artemis Accords Signing. NASA Associate Administrator for International and Interagency Relations Karen Feldstein, right, delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at the Embassy of Ecuador in Washington. Ecuador is the twenty sixth country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASAs Artemis program.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez with Ambassador to Spain Eduardo Aguirre

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Donald Evans with Members of Congress

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Polish Foreign Minster Radoslaw Sikorski in Brussels, Belgium December 4, 2009.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Gutierrez with Uruguay Minister

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry participates in a American Chamber of Commerce board meeting on August 4, 2016 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Director General of the International Organization on Migration Antonio Vitorino at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on November 15, 2021.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez with German Gref, Russian Minister for Economic Development

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with outgoing Dominican President Danilo Medina in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on August 16, 2020.

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

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 sits with Indian Minister for Energy Piyush Goyal, Indian Minister for Environment Prakesh Javadekar, and their respective advisers on April 22, 2016, at the outset of a three-way meeting at the Lotte Palace Hotel in New York, N.Y., after they participated in ceremonies marking the signing of the COP21 Climate Change Agreement.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary with Russian Minister of Atomic Energy Sergei Kiriyenko

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, in Cairo, Egypt, on January 10, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin shake hands after their joint press conference at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 29, 2014.

Office of the Secretary - Central American Trade And Labor Ministers

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken participates in a joint press conference with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama and Republic of Korea (ROK) First Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam following their trilateral consultations in Tokyo, Japan, on October 27, 2016.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in an interview with Piotr Krasko of TVN2 in Rzeszow, Poland, on March 7, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with American Chamber of Commerce in Kazakhstan Executive Director Doris Bradbury and other officials during a working breakfast with with Kazakhstan Prime Minister Karim Massimov on November 2, 2015, at the Rixos Hotel in Astana, Kazakhstan.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses members of the anti-ISIL coalition - including leaders from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, and Bahrain - before their meeting with President Obama on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York City on September 23, 2014.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary with French Minister Christine Lagarde

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, in Washington, D.C. on August 25, 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.

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken, with U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy, meets with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama, and Republic of Korea (ROK) First Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam in Tokyo, Japan, on October 26, 2016.

President Joe Biden participates in a restricted bilateral meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in Friday, May 21, 2021, in the Oval Office of the White House.

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken and U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea Mark Lippert pose for a photo with prominent South Korean experts and opinion-makers at the U.S. Ambassador's residence in Seoul, South Korea, on February 9, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Polish Foreign Minister Radislow Sikorski exchange copies after signing an Innovation Framework Agreement in advance of President Obama's visit to Warsaw on June 3, 2014.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary with Russian Minister of Atomic Energy Sergei Kiriyenko

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Kenneth Kannappan, the CEO of Plantronics, Inc. in Mexico, which received the first-ever Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence for a medium-sized business, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 29, 2014.

Office of the Deputy Secretary (David Sampson) - Deputy Secretary with Afghanistan Minister of Commerce Hedayat Amin Arsala

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.

Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Bundesaussenministerin, aufgenommen im Rahmen ihrer Reise nach Texas, USA. Hier in Austin bei einem Treffen mit Gouverneur von Texas, Greg Abbott

Office of the Secretary - United States / Vietnam Signing Ceremony

A technician applies a lapel microphone to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry before he begins an interview with NBC News Correspondent Ann Curry, focused on the Sochi Olympics and Iran nuclear talks, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 6, 2014.

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken meets with Tunisian Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs M�hamed Ezzine Chelaifa at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 20, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo attends President Donald J. Trump's Signing Ceremony for Commercial Trade Agreements with Vietnamese President Nguy_n Ph� Tr_ng in Hanoi, Vietnam, on February 27, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, addresses the media on February 12, 2016, at the Hilton Hotel join Munich, Germany, following a meeting of the International Syria Support Group.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - China and EPA Lunch , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Thai Deputy Prime Minister of Commerce Somkid Jatursrintak

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister Vu Duc Dam in the Vietnamese Office of Government in Hanoi, Vietnam, at the outset of a meeting on August 7, 2015, focused on the newly launched Fulbright University Vietnam.

Office of the Secretary - United States / Vietnam Signing Ceremony

Office of the Secretary - United States / Vietnam Signing Ceremony

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel listens to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the National Convention Center in Vientiane, Laos, on July 25, 2016, as he speaks at the outset of a bilateral meeting with Chinese officials on the sidelines the annual meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

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

Office of the Secretary - United States / Vietnam Signing Ceremony

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

Office of the Secretary - United States / Vietnam Signing Ceremony

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Burmese State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and their counterparts hold a bilateral meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before holding a joint press conference in Naypyidaw, Burma on November 14, 2017.

With Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se looking on, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets a member of the South Korean delegation before his meeting with the Foreign Minister in New York City on September 23, 2014. The Secretary is holding meetings in conjunction with the 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

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

Office of the Secretary - Digital Files of Secretary Donald Evans Tenure 01-04

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with a fellow Foreign Minister on August 22, 2016, at the Villa Rosa Kempinski Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, before a meeting focused on Somalia between Eastern Africa Ministers from Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Uganda.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken attends a working lunch with Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, in New Delhi, India on July 28, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with North Macedonia Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and North Macedonia Cabinet Ministers in Lake Ohrid, North Macedonia, on October 4, 2019.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Gutierrez Trip to St. Petersburg, Russia

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with Ho Chi Minh Cit Party Secretary Dinh La Thang on January 13, 2017, at Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on January 13, 2017, at the outset of a bilateral meeting during the Secretary's final trip abroad.

Office of the Secretary - PTO Office Site Visit with Secretary Carlos Gutierrez

Office of the Secretary - United States / Vietnam Signing Ceremony

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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson discusses bilateral relations with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Don Pramudwinai at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bangkok, Thailand, on August 8, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec meet with Kenyan Chief Justice Willy Mutunga and other officials in Nairobi, Kenya in May 4, 2015.

President Barack Obama meets with the U.S. and Chinese co-chairs at the conclusion of the dialogues. Bilateral Meeting Participants.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and other senior officials meeting at Main Interior with delegation from Mexico--led by Mexico's Secretary for Environment and Natural Resources, Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada; and Mexico's Ambassador to the U.S., Arturo Sarukhan--for discussion of continued U.S.-Mexican cooperation on conservation efforts, including support of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, the management and conservation of migratory birds and wetlands, and Colorado River water management

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne meeting at Main Interior with delegation led by Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry watches as Chinese President Xi Jinping signs his guestbook before a luncheon in the Chinese President's honor at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 25, 2015.

Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan co-hosts an event on �The Human Rights Crisis in Xinjiang� in New York City, New York on September 24, 2019.

Office of the Secretary - United States / Vietnam Signing Ceremony

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the margins of the G20 Summit in Rome, Italy, on October 31, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir 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 and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin meet 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.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry watches as Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc shakes hands with U.S. Special Representative for Global Food Security Nancy Stetson before a bilateral meeting on January 13, 2017, at the Prime Minister's Office in Hanoi, Vietnam, during the Secretary's final trip abroad.

Secretary Gale Norton meeting at Department of Interior headquarters with officials from The Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico, including, left to right, Executive Director Fernando Lloveras and newly appointed Trustee, and former Georgia Senator, Mack Mattingly. Trust is responsible for protection and enhancement of over 17,000 acres on the island

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 27, 2021.

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