Diplomatic Meetings

Images of formal meetings between officials from different countries, showcasing handshakes and discussions in elegant settings.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in Berlin, Germany, on May 31, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry in Washington, D.C., on March 26, 2019.

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo meets with Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C. on November 26, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in Berlin, Germany, on May 31, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 17, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo poses for a photo with Stuart McGuigan, Chief Information Officer and head of the Bureau of Information Resource Management at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 25, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 17, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shakes hands with Dutch Foreign Minister Stephanus Blok before addressing reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 18, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo along with Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale and Special Representative for Syria Engagement, Ambassador James Jeffrey, meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevl�t �avu_o_lu in Ankara, Turkey on October 17, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on the margins of the NATO Ministerial, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 4, 2019.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg, in Vienna, Austria, on August 14, 2020.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Czech President Milos Zeman_ at the Presidential Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, on August 12, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Israeli Foreign Minister-Designate Gabi Ashkenazi in Israel on May 13, 2020

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 19, 2020.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, at the U.S. Department of State, in Washington, DC, on August 19, 2020.

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo shakes hands with Armenian President Armen Sarkissian, at the U.S. Department of State on June 29, 2018. (

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo meets with United Nations Secretary-General Ant�nio Guterres, at the Department of State, October 23, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Iraqi Speaker of Parliament Mohammad Halbousi at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 28, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in an interview with Yaakov Katz from the Jerusalem Post in Jerusalem on October 18, 2019.

Secretary Pompeo meets with Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze, at the Department of State, September 20, 2018.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Kyung-wha Kang, in Palo Alto, California on January 14, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 13, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Ara�jo at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 29, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis at Castle Grande in Bellinzona, Switzerland, on June 2, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shake hands with President Nursultan Nazarbayev in the Gold Room at Ak Orda Presidential Palace in Astana, Kazakhstan, November 2, 2015.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne, at the Department of State, on March 10, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Dutch Foreign Minister Stephanus Blok address reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 18, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu 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 Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 31, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono at Kantei, the official residence of the Prime Minister of Japan in Tokyo, Japan on October 6, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in Berlin, Germany, on May 31, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson greets President Petro Poroshenko before their bilateral meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 9, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Democratic Republic of the Congo President Felix Tshisekedi on the margins of the NATO Ministerial at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., in Washington, D.C., on April 3, 2019.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 8, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha in Bangkok, Thailand, on August 2, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo welcomes Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis to the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 7, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on March 22, 2017.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in an interview with Larry O�Connor of The Washington Examiner in Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 19, 2019. A transcript can be found here: go.usa.gov/xyv82 ( https://go.usa.gov/xyv82 ) .

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo poses for a photo with Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Affairs Didier Reynders, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 22, 2019.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grli_-Radman in Munich, Germany on February 14, 2020.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Republic of Cyprus Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides, at the Department of State in Washington D.C. on November 18, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Emirati Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 18, 2019.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Kyung-wha Kang, in Palo Alto, California on January 14, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchinson in Brussels, Belgium on May 13, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic in Podgorica, Montenegro, on October 4, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen and Senior Advisor to the President Jared Kushner meet with Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in Mexico City, Mexico on July 13, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with Filipino Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano before their meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on September 27, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs Khemaies Jhinaoui at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 16, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo poses for a photo 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.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo attends a working lunch with Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, in Prague, Czech Republic, on August 12, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo shakes hands with Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 22, 2018.

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

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo welcomes German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas to the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on January 23, 2019.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, at the Department of State in Washington D.C. on November 14, 2019.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado and Foreign Minister Manuel Ventura in San Jose, Costa Rica on January 21, 2020.

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

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg greets U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on December 5, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for a photo with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif before their bilateral meeting at the Blair House in Washington, D.C., on October 21, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., in Manila, Philippines, March 1, 2019.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Argentine Ambassador to the United States Jorge Arg�ello, at the Department of State, on February 24, 2020.

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo meets with Egyptian General Intelligence Service Director Abbas Kamil, at the Department of State in Washington D.C on July 25, 2018.

Reportage: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Slovenian President Borut Pahor in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on August 13, 2020.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Jerusalem, Israel on November 19, 2020.

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.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica, Donald R. Tapia, in Kingston, Jamaica on January 22, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo welcomes Jordanian King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein to the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 22, 2018.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with the Burmese Minister for the Office of the State Counselor Kyaw Tint Swe, on the margins of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York City on September 27, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 29, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a bilateral meeting with Dominican Republic Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas in New York, New York on January 26, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili shake hands on July 6, 2016, at the Presidential Palace in Tbilisi, Georgia, before they participate in a bilateral meeting.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo welcomes New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters to the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on December 17, 2018.

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo meets with Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, at the Department of State, October 2, 2018.

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 Michael R. Pompeo meets with Slovenian President Borut Pahor in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on August 13, 2020.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Republic of Cyprus Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides, at the Department of State in Washington D.C. on November 18, 2019.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 25, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo holds a joint press conference with Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, on February 2, 2020.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on August 13, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a bilat with Prime Minister Dusko Markovic and Foreign Minister Srdjan Darmanovic in Montenegro, on October 4, 2019.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Marie Eriksen S�reide at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 12, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Abdul Momen at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 8, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo welcomes German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen to the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 20, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk, Belarus, on February 1, 2020.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Tajikistan Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 1, 2021.

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo meets with Philippine Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana, at the Department of State, September 19, 2018.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Uzbekistan Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 1, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Spanish Foreign Minister Alfonso Dastis Quecedo pose for a photo before their meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on June 29, 2017.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva shake hands before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 5, 2018.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica, Donald R. Tapia, in Kingston, Jamaica on January 22, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevl�t �avu_o_lu in Ankara, Turkey on October 17, 2018.

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo meets with Chilean President Sebastian Pinera, in Santiago, Chile on April 12, 2019

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hosts the Ceremonial Swearing-In Ceremony for Andrea L. Thompson as Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 19, 2018.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Luis Gallegos, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on November 9, 2020.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, at the U.S. Department of State, in Washington, DC, on December 18, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton poses for a photo with Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 7, 2012.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly, Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Luis Videgaray Caso, Mexican Secretary of Government Miguel Angel Osorio Chong, and Mexican Secretary of Finance and Public Credit Jose Antonio Meade Kuribrena pose for a photo before their bilateral discussions at the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Mexico City, Mexico, on February 23, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in Geneva on October 26, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Chinese Politburo Member Yang Jiechi in Honolulu, HI, on June 17, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo hosts the Egypt-Israel Treaty of Peace 40th Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 30, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., onMarch 29, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo_an in Ankara, Turkey on October 17, 2018.

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