Diplomatic Meetings

Images of formal diplomatic meetings featuring various government officials and leaders in settings with flags and official decor.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab hold a joint press conference at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 16, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shares a laugh with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and United Nations Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi before a trilateral meeting in Paris, France, on January 13, 2014.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab hold a joint press conference at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 16, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at a working luncheon that he hosted in honor of Nordic leaders: Finnish President Sauli Niinist�, Norwegian Prime Minster Erna Solberg, Swedish Prime Minister Stefan L�fven, Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, and Icelandic Prime Minster Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 13, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the opening of the U.S. Pakistan Strategic Dialogue meeting, featuring Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., March 24, 2010.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stands with Turkish Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirloglu, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on October 23, 2015, at the Imperial Hotel in Vienna, Austria, before a four-way discussion focused on Syria.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry prepares to sit down with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Vienna, Austria, on July 14, 2014, before they begin a second bilateral meeting focused on Iran's nuclear program.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stands with his counterparts on stage on March 13, 2015, at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris, France, as they prepare to address reporters after they held an E4+1 meeting - including representatives of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and European Union - focused on Syria, Libya, Yemen, Ukraine, and other foreign policy matters.

President Barack Obama and an American delegation meet with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his aides at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, July 6, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov follow United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura onto a stage at the Grand Hotel in Vienna, Austria, on November 15, 2015, before a news conference following a multinational meeting focused on reaching a political solution to the fighting in Syria.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault walk to address reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C., on July 20, 2016.

With U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looking on, Randy Berry, the first-ever Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBT Persons, delivers remarks at a welcome reception in Special Envoy Berry's honor at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 28, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita in Chisinau, Moldova on March 6.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita in Chisinau, Moldova on March 6.

Flanked by Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken and Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se on the sidelines of the 70th Regular Session of the UN General Assembly in New York, New York, on September 29, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif stand with U.S Energy Secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz, far left, and Dr. Ali Akbar Salehi, the Vice President of Iran for Atomic Energy and President of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, far right, in front of a group of photographers on March 16, 2015, in Lausanne, Switzerland, before a discussion about the future of Iran's nuclear program.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on November 14, 2015, at the Hotel Imperial in Vienna, Austria, as they each deliver statements condemning the terrorist attacks in Paris, France, before co-chairing a multinational meeting focused on the future of Syria.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel prepare to begin a meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera in Tokyo on October 3, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his fellow P5+1 foreign ministers, as well as Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, center, listen as European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton speaks at United Nations Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, after the group concluded negotiations about Iran's nuclear capabilities on November 24, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Qatari Foreign Minister Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah speak with reporters during a press conference that followed a meeting of the Ministerial Delegation of the Arab Peace Initiative in Paris, France on September 8, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a joint press availability with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Sochi, Russia on May 14, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov at the President�s Residential Compound in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on November 1, 2015, after the Secretary arrived for a bilateral meeting and broader group discussion with all five Central Asian nations.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo, Japan, on March 16, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks as he and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov address reporters during a joint news conference following a bilateral meeting focused on Syria held August 26, 2016, at the President Wilson Hotel in Geneva, Switzerland.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus, listens during a plenary session on June 7, 2016, in a villa at the Diaoyutai Guest House complex in Beijing, China, amid a two-day Strategic and Economic Dialogue between U.S. and Chinese officials.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in an expanded bilateral meeting, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 10, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deliver remarks to the press prior to a working dinner hosted by Prime Minister Netanyahu in Jerusalem on March 21, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits between European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini and British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond before a meeting focused on implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action - the Iran nuclear deal - at the Hotel Vin Der Valk in Brussels, Belgium, on May 19, 2016.

Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni listens as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks on February 2, 2016, at the Italian Foreign Ministry following a meeting of the multinational counter-ISIL coalition.

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Meylut Cavusoglu, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C. on November 20, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, alongside Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends the International Syria Support Group meeting, at the Palace Hotel, in New York City, New York on September 22, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hosts the Budapest Memorandum Ministerial on the Ukraine crisis with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsia, right, and British Foreign Secretary William Hague, left, at U.S. ambassador's residence in Paris, France, on March 5, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani prepare to address reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on November 20, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in an Eastern Mediterranean 3+1 meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Israel on March 20, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal in New York City on September 22, 2014. The Secretary is holding meetings in conjunction with the 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko makes opening remarks at the Presidential Meeting Room in the Bankova in Kyiv, Ukraine, at the outset of a bilateral meeting on July 7, 2016.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks to the press with Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, in Nicosia, Cyprus, on September 12, 2020.

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.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they address reporters on June 27, 2016, at Villa Taverna - the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in Rome, Italy - between a pair of bilateral meetings.

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 John Kerry meets with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal, UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed, and Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh at the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in Paris, France, on June 26, 2014.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo holds a joint press conference with Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, in Prague, Czech Republic, on August 12, 2020.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on September 15, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waits for Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on May 16, 2016, at the Bristol Hotel in Vienna, Austria, before a bilateral meeting.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault addresses reporters during a news conference with several counterparts after convening a multinational meeting focused on Syria at the Quai d'Orsay - the French Foreign Ministry - in Paris, France, on December 10, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Finnish Foreign Minister Timo Soini, Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende, Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom, Danish Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen, and Icelandic Foreign Minister Lilja Alfredsdottir on the margins of the U.S.-Nordic Leaders' Summit, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 13, 2016.

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and several colleagues � German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini � sit with newly installed British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on July 19, 2016, in the Grand Locarno Room at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London, U.K., before a group conversation about Syria.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens along with his counterparts from Germany, Italy, Qatar, Turkey, and the United Kingdom as French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius delivers a joint statement at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris, France, on July 26, 2014, after a group meeting about a cease-fire in the fighting between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for a photo with Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson, newly announced Special Envoy for the Colombian Peace Process Bernie Aronson, and Colombian Ambassador to the U.S. Luis Carlos Villegas, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 20, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir announces that a cease fire in Yemen will begin Tuesday, following a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council on May 8, 2015, in Paris, France.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stands with New Zealand Prime Minister John Key on November 13, 2016, at Premier House in Wellington, New Zealand, as he addresses reporters during a joint news conference following a bilateral meeting.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, in Paris, France on June 25, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits across from Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on July 1, 2015, in Vienna, Austria, before a one-on-one meeting amid negotiations about the future of Iran's nuclear program.

Secretary Kerry posed with his fellow E.U., P5+1, and Iranian counterparts at the Austria Center in Vienna, Austria, on July 14, 2015, before the formal announcement of the agreement concluding the Iranian nuclear negotiations.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, and Australian Defense Minister David Johnston, addresses reporters following a series of Australia-U.S. defense and diplomatic ministerial meetings in Sydney, Australia on August 12, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with U.S.-Mexico High Level Group at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City, New York September 26, 2009.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on May 10, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the Equal Futures Partnership meeting, at the Palace Hotel, in New York City, New York on September 22, 2016.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Uruguayan Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 14, 2020.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide, in Reykjavik, Iceland, on May 19, 2021.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo holds a joint press conference with Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, in Prague, Czech Republic, on August 12, 2020.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Moroccan Director General of National Security Abdellatif Hammouchi, in Rabat, Morocco, on December 5, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Vice President Mike Pence host a State Luncheon in honor of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Mrs. Morrison, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 20, 2019.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss in New York City, New York, on September 20, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry co-hosts a lunch for Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, along with Vice President Biden, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC on April 28, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel prepare to address reporters before their meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on August 29, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hosts a bilateral meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Ali Aboul Gheit at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC May 27, 2009.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a Quad Meeting with Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, and Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, in Tokyo, Japan on October 6, 2020.

President Barack Obama talks privately with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev following a formal bilateral meeting during the United Nations Climate Change Conference at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec. 18, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier chat with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond before the three joined with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius for an informal, no-staff quadrilateral meeting on December 2, 2014, on the sidelines of a NATO Ministerial meeting at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman joins Swiss State Secretary Livia Leu to inaugurate the first U.S.-Swiss Strategic Partnership Dialogue in Bern, Switzerland, on October 1, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delivers remarks at a joint press availability with U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on August 17, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov exit the stage at a hotel in Geneva, Switzerland, after their joint statements at the start of talks aimed at ridding Syria of chemical weapons on September 12, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a trilateral meeting with Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister Seiji Maehara and Republic of Korea Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Kim Sung-Hwan at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 6, 2010.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers a speech about U.S.-Pacific relations at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Tokyo, Japan, on April 15, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi after arriving at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, China, on January 27, 2016, at the start of a series of meetings with high-level Chinese officials focused on the Democratic People�s Republic of Korea and other regional issues.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson hosts the EU Partners Dinner, on the margins of the 72nd Regular Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City on September 21, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S Energy Secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz sit across from Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and Dr. Ali Akbar Salehi, the Vice President of Iran for Atomic Energy and President of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, on February 22, 2015, in Geneva, Switzerland, before a four-way discussion about the future of Iran's nuclear program.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton participates in the OSCE Summit Plenary Session in Astana, Kazakhstan, on December 1, 2010.

Secretary Clinton at a press conference with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah March 4, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as Israeli President Reuven Rivlin makes his opening comments at the outset of their bilateral meeting on November 24, 2015, at the President�s Office in Jerusalem.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, UK Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss, and French MFA Political Director Philippe Errera in Munich, Germany, on February 18, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, UK Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss, and French MFA Political Director Philippe Errera in Munich, Germany, on February 18, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Colombian Foreign Affairs Minister Maria Angela Holguin prepare to address reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on November 20, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister�s residence in Jerusalem on May 13, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif stand with U.S Energy Secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz, far left, and Dr. Ali Akbar Salehi, the Vice President of Iran for Atomic Energy and President of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, far right, on March 16, 2015, in Lausanne, Switzerland, before a discussion about the future of Iran's nuclear program.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delivers remarks at the High-Level Opening Session of the Inaugural U.S.-Qatar Strategic Dialogue at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on January 30, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by U.S. Ambassador to Austria Alexa Wesner, Charge d'Affaires to the U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Vienna Henry Ensher, and Deputy Chief of Mission to the U.S. Mission to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Kate Byrnes, addresses their respective staffs during a tri-mission meet-and-greet on May 18, 2016, at the Bristol Hotel in Vienna, Austria, following two days of multinational meetings in the Austrian capital.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for a photo with U.S. Second Lady Dr. Jill Biden, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and the President's wife, Peng Liyuan, before a luncheon in the Chinese President's honor at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 25, 2015.

From left, Head of Mission of People's Republic of China to the European Union Hailong Wu, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarifat, an unidentified Russian official, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pose for a photo following negotiations between the P5+1 member nations and Iranian officials about the future of their country�s nuclear program at the �cole Polytechnique F�d�rale de Lausanne in Switzerland on April 2, 2015.

Photographers capture U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry - flanked by State Department Chief of Staff Jon Finer and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman - sitting across from Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, Dr. Ali Akbar Salehi, the Vice President of Iran for Atomic Energy and President of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, and other advisers on March 29, 2015, in Lausanne, Switzerland, before resuming negotiations about the future of Iran's nuclear program.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius in New York City on September 21, 2014. The Secretary is holding meetings in conjunction with the 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

McCain and Obama at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2008.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev before their bilateral meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria, on January 15, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses his fellow Foreign Ministers and other national leaders on June 14, 2016, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, during a plenary session of the annual Organization of American States General Assembly.

Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Verhagen welcomes U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as she arrives at the World Forum Convention Centre in The Hague during the International Conference on Afghanistan March 31, 2009. Over 90 countries joined this conference.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and European Commission Vice-President Josep Borrell at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 14, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton participates in the Head of State Luncheon hosted by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the United Nations in New York, New York on September 25, 2012.

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken and Moldovan President Nicolae Timofti pose for a photo before their bilateral meeting at the Presidential Palace in Chisinau on March 3, 2015.

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