The Secretary of State travels to all corners of the world to do his job. His duties include acting as the President’s representative at all international forums, negotiating treaties and other international agreements, and conducting everyday, face-to-face diplomacy.
![U.S. Secretary of State prepares to depart Beirut en route to Washington, D.C., on March 23, 2019. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain]](https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/46726865014_677196a6af_o-2560x852.jpg)
Travels With the Secretary of State
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![Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa in Tokyo, Japan, on May 23, 2022. [State Department Photo by U.S. Embassy Tokyo/Public Domain]](https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/blinken_japanese_fm.jpg)
![Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa in Tokyo, Japan, on May 23, 2022. [State Department Photo by U.S. Embassy Tokyo/Public Domain]](https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/blinken_japanese_fm-1024x680.jpg)
![Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a Food Security Ministerial in New York, New York, on May 18, 2022. [State Department photo by Freddie Everett/ Public Domain].](https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/blinken_food_security_ministerial-1024x537.jpg)
![Secretary Blinken participates in NATO Informal Foreign Ministers Ministerial Session 13 in Berlin, Germany on May 15, 2022. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain]](https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/blinken_nato_germany-1024x520.jpg)
![Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III visit Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 24, 2022. [Public Domain]](https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/blinken_ukraine-1024x683.jpg)
![Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in the Negev Summit with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, Bahraini Foreign Minister Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, and UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan on March 28, 2022 in Sde Boker, Israel. [State Department Photo by Freddie Everett / Public Domain]](https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/negev_summit-1024x683.jpg)
