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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stands with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Qatari Foreign Minister Khalid Al Attiyah at the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in Paris, France, on July 26, 2014, before a trilateral meeting focused on reaching a cease-fire in the fighting between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov address reporters at the United Nations Security Council in New York City on September 30, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry holds a bilateral meeting with Jordanian King Abdullah in New York City on September 22, 2013.

Anne Hidalgo, the Mayor of Paris, France, addresses an audience at Paris City Hall on January 16, 2015, before U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivered remarks honoring the victims of last week's shootings in the city.

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.

Flanked by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan CEO Abdullah Abdullah, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani delivers remarks at a dinner the Secretary hosted in honor of the Afghan leaders at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on March 24, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry tells reporters about how Polish Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna is a fan of his hometown Boston Celtics before presenting him with a basketball signed by the team at the outset of a bilateral meeting amid a series of multinational discussions on December 2, 2014, at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Portuguese Foreign Minister Rui Machete before an informal working breakfast on May 13, 2015, on the sidelines of a NATO Ministerial Meeting in Antalya, Turkey.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti in Rome, Italy, on February 28, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Singaporean Foreign Minister K. Shanmugam at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 13, 2013.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, at the Department of State, on February 26, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for a photo with Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour before their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 70th Regular Session of the UN General Assembly in New York, New York, on October 2, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with State of Palestine President Mahmmoud Abbas at the Le Meurice Hotel in Paris, France on July 30, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz address reporters before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 4, 2014. Leaders from across the African continent are in the nation's capital for a three-day U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, the largest event any U.S. President has held with African heads of state and government.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at a joint news conference with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 5, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looks at a gift presented to him by Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 15, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida pose for a photo before their bilateral meeting in New York City on September 23, 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 and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier walk to address reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 21, 2016.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, at the Department of State, on February 27, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk as they hold a news conference at the Cabinet of Ministers in Kiev, Ukraine, on February 5, 2015, after the Secretary concluded a round of meetings with him, President Petro Poroshenko, and Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Singaporean Foreign Minister K. Shanmugam at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 12, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, delivers a press statement on February 4, 2016, at Lancaster House in London, U.K., following a Foreign Ministers meeting preceding a Syria donors conference.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen Isma�l Ould Cheikh Ahmed on August 25, 2016, at the Hilton Jeddah Hotel in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, before a broader meeting with regional leaders to discuss the ongoing fighting in Yemen.

U.S. Secretary of State John kerry holds a bilateral meeting with Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin on the sidelines of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States in Antigua, Guatemala, on June 5, 2013.

2014 Tunisian President Marzouki Greets Secretary Kerry in Tunis.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Portuguese Foreign Minister Rui Machete address reporters before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 29, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, and Palestinian Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat address reporters on the Middle East Peace Process Talks at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 30, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, addresses reporters following a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council member nations on January 23, 2016, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se during a trilateral meeting at the ASEAN ministerial meeting in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on July 1, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh at the outset of a meeting in London, U.K., on May 15, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan George Krol, sits with Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov before a Strategic Partnership Dialogue on November 2, 2015, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Astana, Kazakhstan.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Kerry meets with UN Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change Michael Bloomberg at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 27, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shares a private moment with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas as photographers take pictures of them before a meeting on the sidelines of the Gaza Donors Conference organized by Egypt and Norway in Cairo, Egypt, on October 12, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for a photo with Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende, Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja, and Icelandic Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson before the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council reception at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC on May 21, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Pakistani Minister of the Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan address reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 19, 2015. The Secretary met with the Pakistani Minister on the margins of the White House Summit to Counter Violent Extremism.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 9, 2019.

U.S Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Canadian Foreign Minister Stephane Dion on December 1, 2015, at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, before a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of a NATO Ministerial meeting.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Qatari Foreign Minister Khalid Al Attiya at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC on April 11, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh address reporters after their meeting in Amman, Jordan, on July 16, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif addresses reporters before a bilateral meeting on April 22, 2016, at the Lotte Palace Hotel in New York, N.Y.

Reportage: Vice President Mike Pence meets with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, at the US Embassy in Jerusalem, Israel.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry thanks Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom David Saperstein for his work on the 2014 Report on International Religious Freedom and on behalf of the U.S.Department of State after releasing the Report at theDepartment in Washington, D.C., on October 14, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Spanish Foreign Minister Alfonso Dastis Quecedo prepare to address reporters before their meeting in Washington, D.C. on June 29, 2017.

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Danish Prime Minister Lars Rasmussen shake hands after their meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Copenhagen, Denmark, on June 16, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas before a bilateral meeting on November 24, 2015, at the Muqata�a Presidential Compound in Ramallah, West Bank.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, pose with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife, Akie Abe, as well as Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, inside their home on Beacon Hill in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 26, 2015, before a working dinner at the outset of the Abes' weeklong State visit to the United States.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on February 11, 2016, at the Hilton Hotel in Munich, Germany, before a meeting of the International Syria Support Group.

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 sits with Turkish Cypriot Leader Mustafa Akinci on December 3, 2015, in Northern Nicosia, Cyprus, before a bilateral conversation amid meetings with both Greek and Turkish leaders on the island nation.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi after the counterparts held a joint news conference at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 23, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is greeted by Polish President Andrzej Duda before their meeting in Warsaw, Poland, on January 26, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Romanian President Klaus Werner Iohannis meet before reporters before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 9, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier pose for a photo before their working dinner to discuss Syria and Ukraine at the Deputy Chief of Mission's residence on the U.S. Embassy compound in Moscow, Russia, on March 23, 2016.

German President Joachim Gauck delivers remarks at an event to commemorate the arrival of a segment of the Berlin Wall that will be displayed in the U.S. Diplomacy Center, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 7, 2015.

With his wife, journalist Lorena Castillo, looking on, Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela greets U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in the official receiving line following the President's inauguration ceremony in Panama City, Panama, on July 1, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC Martin Kobler during a visit to Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 3. 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane before a working lunch hosted by President Barack Obama at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 6, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry bids farewell to Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby after a chat following discussions with high-level Egyptian officials in Cairo, Egypt on June 22, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini after they addressed reporters on the sidelines of the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C., on April 1, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets former U.S. diplomat Stuart Eizenstat before delivering remarks at the �Battle for Zionism at the U.N.: Marking 40 Years Since the Historic Speech of President Chaim Herzog,� on November 11, 2015, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, N.Y.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses the U.S. and Chinese media as he welcomes Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi to his hometown of Boston, Massachusetts, for a series of bilateral meetings on October 18, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson poses for a photo with Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius, and Estonian Foreign Minister Sven Mikser before their meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 28, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid before the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue in New Delhi, India on June 24, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry takes a photo with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, and EU High Representative Federica Mogherini at the United Nations in New York City, New York on September 23, 2016.

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

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 John Kerry listens as Indian Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj addresses reporters during a news conference that followed the plenary session of a Strategic Dialogue between the two countries in New Delhi, India, on July 31, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters during a joint news conference with Tunisian Foreign Minister Taieb at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tunis, Tunisia, on November 13, 2015, which followed the plenary session of a Strategic Dialogue between their two countries, and preceded the Secretary�s meeting at the Presidential Palace with President Beji Caid Essebsi.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and European Commission Vice President Josep Borrell, at the Department of State in Washington D.C., on February 7, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Speaker of the Georgian Parliament David Usupashvili before a chat at the Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel in Tbilisi, Georgia, on July 7, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Irish Foreign Minister Charles Flanagan at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 30, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Governor of South Carolina Henry McMaster in Charleston, South Carolina, on November 10, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier at a joint press availability in Berlin, Germany.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister address reporters before their bilateral meeting at the United Nations Headquarters on the sidelines of the 70th Regular Session of the UN General Assembly in New York, New York, on September 26, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in a meeting room at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, before a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 14, 2016.

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

U.S Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki pose for photos during their meeting in Warsaw, Poland on January 27, 2018.

Senator John F. Kerry shakes hands with leader of the opposition Tzipi Livni after their meeting at the David Citadel Hotel, Jerusalem, March 1, 2010.

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 John Kerry and Vice President Joe Biden welcome French President Francois Hollande to the U.S. Department of State for a State Lunch in his honor on February 11, 2014.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on November 8, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks with New Zealand Prime Minister John Key at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC on June 19, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rink_vics, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Antanas Linkevicius, and Estonian Foreign Minister Sven Mikser, at the Department of State, March 5, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier look at a set of Continental bike tires the Foreign Minister presented to his counterpart before a dinner at Villa Borsig - German Foreign Ministry retreat in Berlin, Germany - before a working dinner on December 5, 2016.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein deliver opening remarks at the U.S.-Iraq Strategic Dialogue, at the U.S. Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on August 19, 2020.

Israeli Opposition Leader Isaac �Buji� Herzog listens as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters before a bilateral meeting on November 24, 2015, in the Reading Room at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Yemeni Foreign Minister Khaled al-Yamani in Warsaw, Poland on February 14, 2019.

U.S. President Obama speaks at a celebration marking the 25th anniversary of first partly free elections that led to the fall of communism at the Zamkowy (Castle) Square in Warsaw, Poland, on June 4, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at an event to commemorate the arrival of a segment of the Berlin Wall that will be displayed in the U.S. Diplomacy Center, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 7, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry alongside Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic delivers a statement to the press at the Prime Minister's residence in Belgrade, Serbia, on December 2, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, China, before a bilateral meeting on May 16, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Holy See Secretary of State Pietro Parolin in New York City, New York on September 19, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Polish Foreign Minister Jack Czaputowicz provide remarks during a joint press conference in Warsaw, Poland on January 27, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the Ittihadiya Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt, at outset of a bilateral meeting following a series of security and economic discussions during a Strategic Dialogue between the United States and Egypt on August 2, 2015.

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets a member of the Chinese delegation before a U.S.-China Consultation on People-to-People Exchange (CPE) working lunch with Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 24, 2015.

With Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko looking on, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets a member of the Ukrainian Presidential Delegation before his meeting with President Poroshenko at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 18, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird before the two hold a bilateral meeting on January 24, 2015, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Special Envoy Angelina Jolie Pitt address the press on World Refugees Day at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. on June 20, 2016.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry before the two hold a bilateral meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, on January 12, 2015.

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