Bilateral Diplomatic Engagements

Formal meetings between government officials featuring discussions on international relations in sophisticated environments.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier applauds U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry before he receives the Order of Merit - the higher civilian award in Germany - from government officials during a ceremony at the German Foreign Ministry in Berlin, Germany, on December 5, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati in the Prime Minister's private office in the Prime Ministry in Tirana, Albania, where the Secretary arrived on February 14, 2016, before they participate in a bilateral meeting.

U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry flanked by U.S. Ambassador to France, Jane Hartley chats with French Foreign Minister Fabius prior to their bilateral meeting on November 17, 2015.

Syrian High Negotiations Committee General Coordinator Riad Hijab enters a meeting room with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and their counterparts on December 10, 2016, at the Quai d'Orsay - the French Foreign Ministry - in Paris, France, amid a multinational meeting focused on Syria.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier applauds U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry before he receives the Order of Merit - the higher civilian award in Germany - from government officials during a ceremony at the German Foreign Ministry in Berlin, Germany, on December 5, 2016.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns meets with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle during the Istanbul Conference for Afghanistan at the Ciragan Palace in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 1, 2011.

07/18/2000. Madrid..19..7..00..Presentation of the Foundation for a culture of Peace..Mayor Zaragoza, Gorbachev and Gallardon.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, in Rabat, Morocco, on December 5, 2019.

15/03/2019 Metaponto, Silvio Berlusconi during the electoral campaign for the elections in Basilicata given the Palatine Tables with the center-right candidate Vito Bardi.

Madrid, 10/22/2015. Second day of the European PP Congress. Photo: Jaime García. Archdc.

A group of dignitaries, including French Minister of Ecology S�gol�ne Royal, Prince Shah Karim Al Hussaini, the Aga Khan IV, and U.S. Ambassador to France Jane Hartley, listen as French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault prepares to award U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry the Grand Officer of the L�gion d'honneur, the second-highest level of the French award, during a ceremony on December 10, 2016, at the Quai d'Orsay - the French Foreign Ministry - in Paris, France.

With the Honor Guard looking on, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria Marcie Ries speak with Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev before their bilateral meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria, on January 15, 2015.

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

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

President Barack Obama, looks up at the ceiling of the Cabanas Cultural Center during the Trilateral meeting with Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexico's President Felipe Calderon at the North American Leaders' Summit in Guadalajara, Mexico, August 10, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson shakes hands with Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel after he arrived at the Prime Minister�s Residence in Brussels, Belgium, on December 5, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson climbs the stairs in No. 10 Downing Street, London, ahead of his meeting with the United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May, on September 14, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on June 28, 2015, in Vienna, Austria, before a working lunch amid their negotiations with Iranian leaders about the future of their nuclear program.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, on the margins of the NATO Ministerial, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 3, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio at Villa Madama in Rome, Italy, on October 2, 2019.

Madrid, 02/26/2020. The King presents the in memoriam award to Plácido Arango posthumously. His daughter, Maite Arango, picks him up. Photo: Ernesto Agudo. ARCHDC.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rink_vi_s in Riga, Latvia, on March 7, 2022.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez with Afghan President Hamid Karzai

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, in Brasilia, Brazil, January 2, 2019.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a working lunch with UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in London, United Kingdom on July 21, 2020.

Madrid, 09/24/2024. Former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero participates in the presentation of the book "Democracy and its rights" of which he has been coordinator, this Tuesday at the Ateneo de Madrid. Photo by Tania Sieira. ARCHDC.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Masrour Barzani in Munich, Germany, on February 14, 2020.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, in Paris, France, November 10, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela in Panama City, Panama on October 18, 2018.

21/10/2022 Rome, Consultations, exit of the delegation of the Fratelli d'Italia, Forza Italia and Lega at the end of the consultations. In the photo Matteo Salvini Silvio Berlusconi and Giorgia Meloni, in the second row Alessandro Cattaneo and Maurizio Lupi

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

Madrid, 07/29/2014. YE. King Felipe VI Receives Pedro Sanchez at the Zarzuela Palace. Photo: Ignacio Gil. Archdc.

Madrid, 04/22/2016. Visit of Prince Albert Ii of Monaco to King Felipe Vi, at the Zarzuela Palace. Photo: Ángel de Antonio Archdc.

Acting Secretary of State John Sullivan poses for a photo with Mrs. Sullivan, Vice President Mike Pence and Mrs. Pence and French President Emmanuel Macron and Mrs. Macron before the state luncheon at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on April 24, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry prepares to participate in a joint press availability with Afghan President Ghani in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 9, 2016.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko enters a meeting room at the Bankova - the Presidential Palace - in Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 5, 2015, before U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held a round of meetings with him, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson in London, United Kingdom on May 4, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson in London, United Kingdom on May 4, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini in Bratislava, Slovakia, on February 12, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, Russia March 18, 2010.

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz before the start of the Transatlantic Dinner in New York City on September 24, 2014. The Secretary is participating in events in conjunction with the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly.

Madrid, 07/05/2017. 15 years of Vocento. Forum of former presidents of the Government with the presence of Felipe González, José María Aznar and José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. Photo: Ignacio Gil ARCHDC.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, in Paris, France, November 10, 2018.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Latvian President Egils Levits in Riga, Latvia, on March 7, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo arrives at Carlton Gardens, the formal residence of UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, for a working lunch in London, United Kingdom, on May 8, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni as she arrives at the U.S. ambassador's residence, the Villa Taverna, in Rome, Italy, for talks focused on securing Middle East peace on May 8, 2013.

Madrid, October 19, 2011. Rodriguez Zapatero receives the participants in the Ideas Foundation's Global Progress Conference in Moncloa. Felipe Gonzalez. Jesus Caldera, Lula da Silva, Elena Valenciano and Perez Rubalcaba. Photo: © IGNACIO GIL....archdc.

Madrid, 12/10/2024. Their Majesties the King and Queen, Don Felipe and Doña Letizia, and HRH the Princess of Asturias, Doña Leonor, preside over the reception on the occasion of Spain's National Holiday at the Royal Palace. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 03/04/2016. Interview with the acting President of the Government Mariano Rajoy at the Moncloa palace. Photo: Matias Nieto, Jaime García ARCHDC.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo attends a joint press conference with President Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Blue House, Seoul Korea on June 29, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon after the Quartet dinner in Moscow at the Osobnyak of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow, Russia March 18, 2010.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo arrives in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on September 19, 2019.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte in Rome, Italy, on September 30, 2020.

10/11/2001. Madrid. 10/12/01. Reception at the Royal Palace of Madrid on the day of the Virgen del Pilar. In the image: Adolfo Suárez and HM Juan Carlos I greeting each other affectionately. Photo José García. ARCHDC.

Margot Friedländer (Holocaust survivor, r.) points to the Brandenburg Tor on the tie of Mathias Döpfner (CEO of Axel Springer SE, l.), in the middle Kai Wegner (Governing Mayor of Berlin) at the award ceremony for Friede Springer at the Rotes Rathaus, Berlin, 26.02.2025

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman meets with UK Minister for Europe and the Americas Wendy Morton at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 7, 2021.

President Joe Biden poses for photos with King Phillipe of Belgium and the Prime Minister of Belgium Alexander De Croo on Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at the Royal Palace in Brussels.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with the Leader of Lebanon's Druze Community, Walid Jumblatt, in Beirut, Lebanon, on March 22, 2019.

02/05/2011 Rome, trilateral meeting Italy - Russia - United States. In the photo, US Vice President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters before a bilateral meeting with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris, France, on January 13, 2014.

George W. Bush and Dick Cheney walk into the East Room of the White House to sign HR.7081, the US-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act on October 8, 2008.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Portuguese Prime Minister Ant�nio Costa in Lisbon, Portugal, on December 5, 2019.

President Barack Obama tours La Fortaleza, the official residence of the Governor of Puerto Rico, with Rep. Pedro Pierluisi, left, Gov. Luis Fortuño, and First Lady Lucé Vela de Fortuño in San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 14, 2011.

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 and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov take their respective seats before a bilateral meeting on July 15, 2016, at the Russian Foreign Ministry's Osobnyak Guesthouse in Moscow, Russia.

Madrid, 10/12/2015. Official reception offered at the Royal Palace offered by Kings Felipe Vi and Doña Letizia, on the occasion of the National Holiday. Photo: Ángel de Antonio ARCHDC.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on May 10, 2016, at the Westin Vendome Hotel in Paris, France, before a bilateral meeting after both attended a multilateral session focused on Syria hosted by the French government.

Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) welcomes Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of Poland, at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin, 15 March 2024

President George W. Bush on visit to Main Interior, talking and posing with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and top aides in and around the Secretary's office

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stands in the library with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the Rodina Hotel in Sochi, Russia, before the two held a bilateral meeting and the Secretary met with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo holds a joint press availability with Peruvian Foreign Minister Nestor Popolizio, in Lima, Peru, April 13, 2019.

Trip to Europe: Germany, Bonn: President Kennedy with Heinrich Lübke. President John F. Kennedy (left foreground) stands with President of West Germany, Dr. Heinrich Lübke, on the steps of Villa Hammerschmidt in Bonn, West Germany (Federal Republic). Head of the Office of the Federal President, Hans-Heinrich Herwarth von Bittenfeld, stands at far left.

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

Rober Solsona.....20100617.....Valencia.....The president of the Generalitat Francisco Camps presents the coexistence prize of the Professor Manuel Broseta Foundation to the Soviet President and father of The "Prerestroika", Mikhail Gorbachev.Archdc.

Christian Lindner (FDP), Federal Minister of Finance, photographed during his participation in the World Economic Forum in Davos. 'Photographed on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Finance'

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, 11/28/2012. Debate between Felipe González and Dolores de Cospedal. Photo: Ángel de Antonio. Archdc.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Fox Filmed Entertainment Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jim Gianopulos and DreamWorks Animation Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Kaztenberg before meeting with a group of movie industry executives during a visit to Universal Studios in Burbank, California, on February 16, 2016.

Reportage: Vice President Mike Pence and Mrs. Karen Pence arrive at the Vatican Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, and are greeted by the Regent of the Prefecture of the Papal Household Monsignor Leonardo Sapienza.

Prime Minister of Belgium Wilfried Martens, President of the European Commission Jacques Delors, Prime Minister of Japan, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Prime Minister of United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher, U.S. President Ronald Reagan, Prime Minister of Italy Amintore Fanfani, President of France Francois Mitterand, Chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl and Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney attending G-7 Economic Leaders Summit, Giorgio Cini Foundation, Venice, Italy, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, June 9, 1987

07/13/2009. MADRID, 07/14/09.- The Prince and Princess of Asturias, who received today in audience at the Zarzuela Palace a representation of the General Directorate of Traffic and the Traffic Group of the Civil Guard, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary .-photo ernesto acute.archdc ABC/Editorial.

U.S. Ambassador to Argentina Noah Mamet introduces U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to his staff and their families on August 4, 2016, during a U.S. Embassy Buenos Aires meet-and-greet at Bosch Palace, the U.S. Ambassador�s Residence.

Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, speaks with John Schlossberg, son of U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy, as the Secretary and Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende tour displays on September 15, 2016, during the Our Ocean Conference at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Latvian Prime Minister Kri_j_nis Kari__ in Riga, Latvia, on March 7, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia on May 14, 2019.

19/11/2022 Milan, Inauguration of the new Forza Italia headquarters. In the photo Silvio Berlusconi

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, in Vienna, Austria, on August 14, 2020.

07/18/2000. Madrid..19..7..00..Presentation of the Foundation for a culture of Peace..Mayor Zaragoza, Gorbachev and Gallardon.

EL PRESIDENTE DE EE.UU. JIMMY CARTER JUNTO AL PRESIDENTE ADOLFO SUAREZ DURANTE UNA VISITA OFICIAL A ESPAÑA. 1977.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Greek Foreign Minister Nikolaos Dendias in Athens, Greece, on October 5, 2019.

Viktor Yengibaryan Armenia 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

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 6, 2021.

Mathias Döpfner (CEO of Axel Springer SE), Kai Wegner (Governing Mayor of Berlin) and Margot Friedländer (Holocaust survivor) at the awarding of honorary citizenship to Friede Springer in the Rotes Rathaus, Berlin, 26 February 2025

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 John Kerry sits with his colleagues from Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom on April 10, 2016, at the Grand Prince Hotel in Hiroshima, Japan, before they began the first working session of the G-7 Ministerial Meeting.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry joins Chilean Foreign Minister Heraldo Mu�oz, Prince Albert II of Monaco, Richard Branson, Foreign Ministers, NGO leaders, and celebrities at the Our Ocean Conference 2015 in Valpara�so, Chile, on October 5, 2015.

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

Madrid, 10/12/2017. National Day, King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia preside over the reception at the Royal Palace. Photo: Ernesto Agudo 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.

French Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development, and Energy S�gol�ne Royal and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo chat on July 14, 2016, as they both await the beginning of a Bastille Day parade - also attended by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry - that would pass their reviewing stand in the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France.

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