Political Meetings and Diplomacy

Scenes from political meetings with officials discussing important matters, set in elegant interiors with a formal atmosphere.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo shakes hands with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at Palazzo Quirinale in Rome, Italy, on October 1, 2019.

Madrid, 02/12/2016. Meeting between the acting president of the Government Mariano Rajoy and the leader of the PSOE Pedro Sánchez, in the Congress of Deputies. Photo: Ángel de Antonio ARCHDC.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Colombian President Ivan Duque in Bogota, Colombia, on September 19, 2020.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, France, on November 16, 2020.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with French President Emmanuel Macron, in Paris, France on June 25, 2021.

Madrid, 06/28/2017. Solemn act of Legislature in the Congress of Deputies, presided over by His Majesty. the Kings, Felipe VI and Letizia, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the first general elections of democracy. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 04/25/2000. Investiture session of José María Aznar in the Congress of Deputies. Photo: Chema Barroso, Archdc.

Madrid, 11/17/2016. Their Majesties the Kings, King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, accompanied by Their Royal Highnesses, the Princess of Asturias, Leonor, and the Infanta Doña Sofía, preside over the solemn opening of the XII Legislature, a joint session of the Cortes Generales in The deputies congress. Photo: Ignacio Gil. ARCHDC.

03/26/2007. 03-27-07-Madrid-conference by Mariano Rajoy, president of the Popular party.Photo. Chema Barroso.Archdc.

Madrid, May 14, 2025. Mayor José Luis Martínez Almeida presides over the presentation of honorary distinctions by Madrid City Council on the occasion of the San Isidro festival, in the Crystal Gallery of the Cibeles Palace. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo shakes hands with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at Palazzo Quirinale in Rome, Italy, on October 1, 2019.

President Barack Obama concludes a Bilateral Meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia at Winfield House in London, Englad, April 1, 2009.

Barcelona, 01/26/2016. Meeting at the Palau de la Generalitat, between President Carles Puigdemont and the President of the Parliament of Catalonia, Carme Forcadell. Photo: Inés Baucells ARCHDC.

Madrid, 12/04/2018. Commemorative event of the fortieth anniversary of the Constitution at the headquarters of the Constitutional Court. Photo: Ángel de Antonio. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 02/22/2017. Official visit of the president of Agentina Mauricio Macri. The president and his wife are received by His Majesty. the Kings in the Royal Palace. Photo: Ernesto Agudo. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 07/14/2015. King Felipe VI receives in audience the president of Castilla la Mancha Emiliano García Page. Photo: Ángel de Antonio ARCHDC.

Madrid, 07/30/2014. Mariano Rajoy Receives Arthur Mas at the Moncloa. Photo Oscar del Pozo Archdc.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 23, 2020.

Madrid, 01/12/2016. Visit of the president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, received by the president of the Government Mariano Rajoy. Photo: Ángel de Antonio ARCHDC.

Madrid, 10/03/2013. Europa Press informative breakfast with the president of the Junta de Andalucía, Susana Díaz, with the presence of Pérez Rubalcaba, Griñán and Pere Navarro. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez with Vera Hartman

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, in Washington, D.C., on July 14, 2021.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan meeting with President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C., USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, September 30, 1983

Deputy Secretary Antony Blinken welcomes the Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 13, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Ambassador Beyrle, and Assistant Secretary Philip Gordon meet President Medvedev during a meeting at the Barvikha residence outside Moscow, March 19, 2010.

16/01/2023 Lesmo, Villa Gernetto. Presentation of the Forza Italia lists for the Lombardy regional elections. In the photo Silvio Berlusconi and Marta Fascina with Licia Ronzulli, Alessandro Cattaneo, Cristina Rossello

Barcelona, 03/15/2021. The leader of the PP, Pablo Casado, in the Labor Promotion debate "The fight against inequality, a basic factor of economic progress", at the Palau Macaya. Photo: Inés Baucells. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 10/10/2024. Pedro Sánchez receives the president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, at the Moncloa palace. Photo: Jaime García ARCHDC.

Barcelona, 11/05/2006. Meeting of Pascual Maragall and Artur Mas, at the Palace of the Generalitat. Photo: Yolanda Cardo. ARCHDC.

Situation in the Middle East conflict: Annalena Baerbock, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, invites to cloverleaf meeting in Berlin. Pictured here on the way to a press conference after the joint talks (L-R) : Catherine Colonna, Foreign Minister of France, Ayman Safadi, Foreign Minister of Jordan, Sameh Shoukry, Foreign Minister of Egypt, and Annalena Baerbock, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs. Berlin, 11.05.2023., Berlin, Germany, Europe

Situation in the Middle East conflict: Annalena Baerbock, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, invites to cloverleaf meeting in Berlin. Pictured here on the way to a press conference after the joint talks (L-R) : Catherine Colonna, Foreign Minister of France, Ayman Safadi, Foreign Minister of Jordan, Sameh Shoukry, Foreign Minister of Egypt, and Annalena Baerbock, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs. Berlin, 11.05.2023., Berlin, Germany, Europe

Madrid, 01/31/2019. Antonio Ledezma participates in the New Economy Forum presented by Pablo Casado. Photo: Ignacio Gil. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 12/02/2015. Meeting at the Moncloa Palace of the president of the government Mariano Rajoy with the president of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos and members of Colombian society. Photo: Jaime García.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waves to the crowd outside the National History Museum in Tirana, Albania, on February 14, 2016, as he arrives for a meeting with young Albanian civil society members.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stands with Belgian King Philippe after he arrived at the Royal Palace in Brussels, Belgium, on March 25, 2016, to pay condolences on behalf of the American people following the twin terrorists attacks earlier in the week on the city and country.

The new president accompanies Francois Hollande to his car. Emmanuel Macron inauguration as france's new president at the Elysée Palace in Paris , France, on May 14 2017.

Madrid. July 30, 2014. Mariano Rajoy Receives Arthur Mas at the Moncloa. Photo Oscar del Pozo Archdc.

madrid, 16-1-2012.-ss.mm. The kings during the imposition of the golden fleece on the president of the French Republic Nicolas Sarkozi.-photo Ernesto Acute.archdc.

Madrid, 11/16/2023. Pelayo Award for Jurists of Recognized Prestige with the presence of Conde-Pumpido, Vicente Guilarte, Francisco Marín Castán, Magdalena Valerio, Enriqueta Chicano and Álvaro García Ortiz. Photo: Tania Sieira. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 10/12/2024. Their Majesties King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, and Princess Leonor, preside over the parade of the Armed Forces on October 12. Photo: Ignacio Gil. Archdc.

Trip to Europe: Italy, Rome: President Kennedy at the Campidoglio (City Hall). President John F. Kennedy walks through the Palazzo Senatorio, the building which houses Rome's city hall. Mayor of Rome, Glauco Della Porta (right, wearing sash), escorts President Kennedy. Also pictured: U.S. State Department interpreter, Neil Seidenman; White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring. Italy.

Madrid, 01/06/2023. Royal Palace. Celebration of Military Easter presided over by SS.MM. Kings Felipe VI and Doña Letizia, attended by the president of the government, Pedro Sánchez, and the ministers Margarita Robles and Grande Marlaska. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Palma de Mallorca, 07/25/2008. Audience of HM the King with the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, at the Marivent Palace. Photo: Ernesto Agudo. ARCHDC.

Madrid 03-11-2014/// meeting in Moncloa between President Mariano Rajoy and President Juan Manuel Santos PHOTO..JAIME GARCIA....ARCHDC....in the image.

JUAN CARLOS I. REY DE ESPAÑA. ROMA 1938-. FOTO 1989. VISITA EN BARCELONA A LA EXPOSICION DEL CENTENARIO JUNTO A JORDI PUJOL Y PASCUAL MARAGALL.

June 14, 2000. Madrid...15..6..00..Interview of Jose Maria Aznar with Jordi Pujol...Photo Chema Barroso..Archdc.

Madrid, 07/16/2018. Meeting in Moncloa between the President of the Government Pedro Sánchez and the President of the Xunta de Galicia Alberto Núñez Feijóo. Photo: Ángel de Antonio ARCHDC.

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken participates in an interview on the margins of a ministerial meeting hosted by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris, France, on October 20, 2016.

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

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

Madrid, 24/09/2024. Inauguration ceremony of José Luis Escrivá replacing Hernández de Cos as Governor of the Bank of Spain. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 07/17/2015. King Felipe VI Receives Artur Mas at the Zarzuela Palace. Photo: Isabel Permuy Archdc.

Event honoring the Washington National Opera in the Benjamin Franklin Room, with appearances by Secretary Condoleezza Rice and other Department officials

Madrid, 02/23/2017. Meeting at the Moncloa Palace between presidents Mariano Rajoy and Mauricio Macri. Photo: Jaime García ARCHDC.

16/01/2023 Lesmo, Villa Gernetto. Presentation of the Forza Italia lists for the regional elections of Lombardy. In the photo Silvio Berlusconi and Marta Fascina with Licia Ronzulli, Alessandro Cattaneo

Madrid, 06/28/2017. Solemn act of Legislature in the Congress of Deputies, presided over by His Majesty. the Kings, Felipe VI and Letizia, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the first general elections of democracy. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 16/06/2011. The President of the Government, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, receives the Secretary General of NATO, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, at the Moncloa Palace. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Jordanian King Abdullah II, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 20, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Jordanian King Abdullah II, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 20, 2021.

Madrid, March 5, 2025. ARCO Contemporary Art Fair. Ifema. The King and Queen of Spain, Felipe VI and Letizia, visit the ABC Cultural stand with Pierre Gonnord's photography exhibition. In the image, the King and Queen, along with the president of Vocento, Ignacio Ybarra; the director of ABC Cultural, Jesús García Calero; Pierre Gonnord's husband, José Luis Maroto; gallery owner Concha Aizpuru; and ABC Cultural editor, Javier Díaz-Guardiola. Photo: De San Bernardo. ARCHDC.

Welcome of the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, by Olaf Scholz (SPD), Federal Chancellor, with military honours at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin, 25.05.2023., Berlin, Germany, Europe

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

Madrid, 05/13/2018. Meeting at the Moncloa Palace between the presidents of Spain and Colombia, Mariano Rajoy and Juan Manuel Santos. Photo: Jaime García ARCHDC.

Madrid, June 5, 2025. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez receives King Abdullah II of Jordan at Moncloa Palace. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 11/10/2015. Mariano Rajoy receives the general secretary of the Psoe Pedro Sánchez at the Moncloa. Photo: Oscar del Pozo Archdc.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson chats with his counterparts at the 2017 Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial Council in Vienna, Austria on December 7, 2017.

Greece, Athens on 2023-02-15. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis attends and speaks at the presentation of the architectural plan for the expansion and upgrading of the National Archaeological Museum. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Grece, Athenes le 2023-02-15. Le Premier Ministre Grec Kyriakos Mitsotakis assiste et prend la parole lors de la presentation du plan architectural d'agrandissement et de mise a niveau du Musee Archeologique National. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Madrid, 05/30/2022. Don Felipe presides over the event marking the 40th anniversary of Spain's entry into NATO. Photo: Ignacio Gil. Archdc.

Madrid, 06/28/2017. Solemn act of Legislature in the Congress of Deputies, presided over by His Majesty. the Kings, Felipe VI and Letizia, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the first general elections of democracy. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, U.S. Ambassador to the Belgium Ronald Gidwitz and U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland listen on as President Donald J. Trump addresses Tri- Mission Brussels during a meet-and-greet in Brussels, Belgium on July 11, 2018.

Sir Vince Cable (born 1943), British politician who was Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2017 to 2019. (Centre , rear row).Seen following the return of Parliament after the Supreme Court annulment of the prorogation of Parliament, September 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets former British Prime Minister Tony Blair as the two attend the World Economic Forum in Dead Sea, Jordan, on May 26, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara, Turkey on September 12, 2014.

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken speaks with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin at the U.S. ambassador's residence in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 6, 2015.

Madrid, 11/24/2022. The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, attends the vote for the approval of the General State Budgets 2023. Photo: Ángel de Antonio. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 07/07/2022. Presentation of the Mariano de Cavia, Luca de Tena and Mingote awards, by HM King Felipe to Andrés Trapiello, Inés Artajo and Emilio Morenatti. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 04/04/2024. Abc House. Presentation of the XV Abc bullfighting award given to Curro Romero. Ignacio Higuero talks with Pepa Millán. Photo: Jaime García. Archdc.

(R-L) Olaf Scholz, Federal Chancellor, receives. Petteri Orpo, Prime Minister of the Republic of Finland, with military honours at the Federal Chancellery. Berlin, 14.07.2023., Berlin, Germany, Europe

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok, in The Hague, the Netherlands, on June 3, 2019.

Madrid, 21/11/2024. The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, chairs the First Intergovernmental Meeting Spain Palestine, together with the Prime Minister of Palestine, Muhamad Mustafa, at the La Moncloa complex. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 09/12/2016. The acting president Mariano Rajoy receives Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, at La Moncloa. Photo: Ángel de Antonio ARCHDC.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Japanese National Security Advisor Takeo Akiba, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on August 9, 2021.

Oviedo 10-22-2004 presentation of Medals to the Laureates of the Prince of Asturias Awards photo Jaime García.

Annalena Baerbock (Alliance 90/The Greens), Federal Foreign Minister, is travelling to Israel, the Palestinian Territories, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Republic of Lebanon, the Republic of the Philippines and Malaysia from 7 January to 14 January 2024

Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Richard Stengel presents the inaugural Emerging Young Leaders Award to Samuel Grzybowski of France during a ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 20, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel, on October 18, 2019.

United Nations Secretary-General Ant�nio Guterres welcomes U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Nikki Haley to his office for a meeting in New York, New York on July 20, 2018.

Madrid, 03/31/2015. Meeting of Mariano Rajoy with Donald Tusk at the Moncloa palace. Photo: of San Bernardo Archdc.

King Charles III holds an audience with Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney at Rideau Hall, Ottawa, as part of his two-day visit to Canada. Picture date: Monday May 26, 2025.

Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Catherine Colonna, Minister for Foreign Affairs of France, photographed during a joint Franco-German meeting in Lauterbourg, 21.07.2023., Lauterbourg, Germany, Europe

Madrid, 05/03/2023. State visit of the President of the Republic of Colombia, Gustavo Petro and the first lady, Mrs. Verónica Alcocer. Arrival reception by SS. MM. King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia in the Royal Palace, with the presence of Pedro Sánchez and Meritxell Batet, among other authorities. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks with Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari on April 8, 2016, at his residence in Baghdad, Iraq, amid a series of meetings that will also include conversations with Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi and Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani.

Madrid 09-27-2006 interview at the Abc house with the Presidents of Real Madrid and Atletico de Madrid Ramon Calderon and Enrique Cerezo respectively before the derby this weekend photo Jaime Garcia Archdc.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo welcomes Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray Caso to the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 5, 2018.

Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve travels to Rennes (off). Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve travels to Rennes in Rennes in the presence of Jean-Yves Le Drian Minister of Defense and President of the Regional Council of Brittany, Emmanuelle Cosse Minister of Housing and Nathalie Appéré Deputy of Ille-et-Vilaine and Mayor of Rennes . Déplacement du Premier Ministre Bernard Cazeneuve à Rennes (off). Déplacement du Premier Ministre Bernard Cazeneuve à Rennes à Rennes en présence de Jean-Yves Le Drian Ministre de la Défense et Président du Conseil Régional de Bretagne,Emmanuelle CosseMinistre du Logement etNathalie Appéré Députée d'Ille-et-Vilaine et Maire deRennes.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Portuguese Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva in Lisbon, Portugal, on December 5, 2019.

FRANCO BAHAMONDE, FRANCISCO MILITAR Y POLITICO ESPAÑOL. EL FERROL 1892-1975. JEFE DE ESTADO ESPA¿OL 1937-1975 CON EL GOBIERNO TRAS UN CONSEJO DE MINISTROS ESTIVAL EN EL PALACIO DE AYETE DE SAN SEBASTIAN.

Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister�s office in Jerusalem on May 20, 2010.

Madrid, 03/31/2015. Meeting of Mariano Rajoy with Donald Tusk at the Moncloa palace. Photo: of San Bernardo Archdc.

Madrid, 24/09/2024. Inauguration ceremony of José Luis Escrivá replacing Hernández de Cos as Governor of the Bank of Spain, in the presence of Soledad Núñez, Deputy Governor. Attendees at the event: Félix Bolaños, Josep Oliu, Carlos Torres, Patricia Botín, Miguel Ángel Fernández Ordóñez, Goirigolzarri and a large group of banking representatives. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

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