Formal Diplomatic Engagements

U.S. Secretary of State meeting foreign ministers and diplomats, showcasing formal handshakes and diplomatic decorum.

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 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 welcomes French Foreign Minister Jean- Yves Le Drian to the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 6, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo welcomes Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Jens Stoltenberg, to the State Department in Washington, D.C., September 13, 2018.

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 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Sochi, Russia on May 14, 2019.

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

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Serbian President Aleksander Vucic, at the Department of State, on March 2, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Brunei Darussalam Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister II Pehin Dato Lim Jock Seng, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 5, 2011.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Austrian Finance Minister Gernot Bluemel ahead of a business roundtable with Austrian companies, in Vienna, Austria, on August 14, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov before a bilateral meeting with the important regional ally in Sofia, Bulgaria, on January 15, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo welcomes Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah to the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 7, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before their meeting in Moscow, Russia, on March 24, 2016.

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, at the Department of State in Washington D.C. on November 14, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov shake hands after their meeting at the United Nations in New York City on September 24, 2013.

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

Secretary Pompeo shakes hands with Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 27, 2018.

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

Reportage: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Foreign Minister-Designate Gabi Ashkenazi in Israel on May 13, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 10, 2017.

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 Pompeo officiates the Swearing-In Ceremony for Ambassador James F. Jeffrey as Special Representative for Syria Engagement, at the Department of State on August 17, 2018.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in New Delhi, India, on October 27, 2020.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Colombian Foreign Minister Claudia Blum, at the Department of State, in Washington, DC, on December 19, 2019.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Lisbon, Portugal on December 4, 2019.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Kosovo Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti, at the Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on September 4, 2020.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Swiss President and Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis in Geneva, Switzerland, on January 21, 2022.

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

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 22, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson poses for a photo with Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 17, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shakes hands with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 30, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo poses for a photo with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 4, 2018.

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

Deputy Secretary John Sullivan meets with Foreign Minister Khemais Jhinaoui to discuss the strong partnership between the U.S. and Tunisia at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 10, 2019.

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

Reportage: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Czech President Milos Zeman at the Presidential Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, on August 12, 2020.

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo officiates the Swearing-In Ceremony for Ambassador David Hale as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, at the Department of State, August 30, 2018.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Chilean Foreign Minister Andr�s Allamand, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 16, 2021.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo holds a joint press conference with Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado Quesada in San Jose, Costa Rica, on January 21, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Kazakh Foreign Minister Beibut Atamkulov at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 2, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem, Israel, on March 21, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Danish Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen chat before they addressed reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 9, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson shakes hands with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on February 27, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo shakes hands Panamanian Vice President and Foreign Minister Isabel Saint Malo at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on February 4, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 19, 2019.

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 John Kerry and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in Rome, Italy, on December 15, 2014.

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 welcomes UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt to the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 24, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo shakes hands with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad, Pakistan on September 5, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in Rome on December 15, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on October 4, 2017.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Laos Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith, at the Department of State, in Washington D.C. on January 28, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu, at the Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on October 8, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson meets with Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, at the Department of State, March 22, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo poses for a photo with President Donald J. Trump before his swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 2, 2018.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 22, 2021.

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 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.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., on April 3, 2019.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deliver statements to the press at the Israeli Prime Minister�s Office in Jerusalem, Israel, on August 24, 2020.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo attends a dinner hosted by U.S. Ambassador to Austria Trevor Traina, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Jim Gilmore, and U.S. Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Jackie Wolcott, in Vienna, Austria, on August 13, 2020. Pictured here with Ambassador Wolcott.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry takes his seat across from Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on January 16, 2016, at the Palais Coburg Hotel in Vienna, Austria, before a meeting about the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action outlining the shape of Iran's nuclear program.

Secretary Pompeo's delivers remarks with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, following a U.S.-Ukraine Strategic Partnership Commission meeting, at the Department of State, on November 16, 2018. (

U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk after they made statements to reporters in Warsaw, Poland, on June 3, 2014.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the United Nations, on the margins of the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly, in New York City, on September 26, 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.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo chats with Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohamed Alhakim after delivering opening remarks 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.

During the NATO Ministerial in Brussels, Belgium on April 27, 2018, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo chats with UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson (right), NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (second from the right), and Turkish Foreign Minister �avusoglu (left) during the NATO Foreign Minister's Meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on April 27, 2018. (

Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan and Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha address reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on March 16, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry approaches the podium to give a joint statement with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier before their bilateral meeting at the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin on October 22, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh deliver remarks in a joint press conference at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 26, 2011.

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.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with United Arab Emirates Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 16, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a joint press availability with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, in San Salvador, El Salvador, July 21, 2019.

U.S. Special Envoy George Mitchell with Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak before their meeting in Tel Aviv, Israel July 26, 2009.

President Donald J. Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in London, England, on December 3, 2019.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 5, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj prepare to address reporters before their meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on December 1, 2017.

Secretary Pompeo meets with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, at the Department of State, October 4, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel, in Tel Aviv, on April 29, 2018. (

Reportage: Vice President Mike Pence participates in a bilateral meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, at the Quirinale Palace in Rome.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo welcomes French Foreign Minister Jean- Yves Le Drian to the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 6, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers remarks at a press availability with Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea Kim Sung-Hwan, and Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Korea Kwan-Jin at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on June 14, 2012.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in New York, New York, on September 26, 2011.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, on the margins of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York City on September 28, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 31, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson meets with German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, at the Department of State, May 17, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo welcomes Singaporean Foreign Minister Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan to the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 5, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders prepare to address reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on November 1, 2017.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Moroccan Head of Government Saadeddine El Othmani, in Rabat, Morocco, on December 5, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg ahead of the NATO Foreign Ministerial, in Brussels, Belgium, on March 31, 2017.

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

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz, in Warsaw, Poland, on August 15, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Hakim in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 9, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shakes hands with Peruvian President-Elect Ollanta Humala, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 6, 2011.

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 Antony J. Blinken meets with U.S. Ambassador to Russia John J. Sullivan at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 20, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo welcomes Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne to the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 30, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Kurdistan Regional Government Security Chancellor Masrour Barzani, in Erbil, Iraq, on January 9, 2019.

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.

of 3