Diplomatic Meetings with John Kerry

Photos of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry interacting with foreign ministers during official meetings. The atmosphere is formal, reflecting international diplomacy.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa addresses reporters after their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 19, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks with Portuguese Minister of State and Foreign Affairs Rui Machete during at a meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on April 21, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry departs with German Foreign Frank-Walter Steinmeier for a one-on-one conversation after addressing reporters before a P3+1 meeting focused on Ukraine, Syria, and other international issues on February 7, 2015, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Moroccan Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar on the sidelines of the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C., on April 1, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulidis address reporters before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 13, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian address reporters before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 4, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington, D.C., on March 3, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu in Istanbul, Turkey, April 7, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on March 13, 2016, during their first meeting at the Quai d'Orsay - the French Foreign Ministry - since Ayrault assumed office.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrisov address reporters after their working lunch at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 10, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa addresses reporters after their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 19, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris, France on July 30, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Qatari Foreign Minister Khalid Al Attiyah, addresses reporters 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 Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif chat outside the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Geneva, Switzerland, on January 14, 2015, during a break in their negotiations about the future of Iran's nuclear program.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters before a bilateral meeting with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on August 9, 2014, that preceded an ASEAN meeting in Naypyitaw, Burma.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Prince Albert II of Monaco, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on June 16, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iraqi President Mohammed Fuad Masum address reporters at the United Nations headquarters 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 Danish Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen address reporters before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 9, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Philippines Secretary of Foreign Relations Albert F. Del Rosario at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on January 12, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington, D.C., on March 3, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Riad Hijab, Leader of the High Negotiations Committee of the Syrian Opposition, at the Quai d'Orsay - the French Foreign Ministry - following a multilateral meeting about Syria on May 9, 2016, in Paris, France.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu 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.

With Swiss President Johann Schneider-Ammann looking on, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets Swiss Ambassador to the U.S. Martin Dahinden before their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C., on March 31, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by Embassy Paris Charge d'Affaires Uzra Zeya and Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, sit with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius before a bilateral meeting at the Quai d�Orsay in Paris, France, on October 13, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with President Benigno S. Aquino of the Philippines on October 10, 2013, in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, after apologizing for postponing his visit to Aquino's country because of an approaching typhoon.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with his French counterpart, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, for a bilateral meeting at the Quai d'Orsay before the Secretary paid homage on January 16, 2015, to the victims of last week's shooting attacks in Paris, France.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans of the Netherlands addresses reporters before a bilateral meeting on the margins of the National Security Summit in The Hague on March 24, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shake hands with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius after the counterparts addressed reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 9, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before a meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Germany on January 31, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on April 9, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Italian Foreign Minister Emma Bonino walk to their meeting in Rome, Italy, on May 9, 2013.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Munich, Germany, on February 8, 2015, as he arrives for a bilateral meeting amid the Munich Security Conference.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Prince Albert II of Monaco, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on June 16, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks with Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders at Egmont Palace in Brussels, Belgium, on April 24, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets a group of U.S. television network anchors, reporters, and producers before conducting a round robin series of interviews focused on terrorism and Syria policy on November 17, 2015, at the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in Paris, France.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Dr. Ali Akbar Salehi, the Vice President of Iran for Atomic Energy and President of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, on June 30, 2015, in Vienna, Austria, as the two see each other for the first time after their respective hospitalizations, amid negotiations about the future of Iran's nuclear program.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh address reporters before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 30, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Moldovan Prime Minister Iurie Leanca address reporters after their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 3, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets and shakes hands with President of Kiribati, Anote Tong at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on June 16, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before they take their respective seats for a bilateral meeting on August 26, 2016, at the President Wilson Hotel in Geneva, Switzerland.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini addresses reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 4, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Acting Ukraine Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsia before a bilateral meeting about his country on the sidelines of a NATO Ministerial Meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on April 1, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Jordanian Prince El Hassan bin Talal in Amman, Jordan, on May 27, 2013.

U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala Arnold Chacon introduces U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to the staff from the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on June 5, 2013. Secretary Kerry is in Antigua, Guatemala, for the General Assembly of the Organization of American States Plenary Session.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prior to their meeting in Jerusalem on May 23, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Dominican Republican President Danilo Medina on June 14, 2016, at the Presidential Palace in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, before a bilateral meeting amid the Secretary's attendance at a plenary session of the annual Organization of American States General Assembly.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by U.S. Embassy Dushanbe Charge de Affairs Leslie Hayden, addresses Embassy staff and family members at the Sheraton Hotel in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, following meetings with Tajikistan President Emomail Rahmon and Foreign Minister Sirodjiddin Muhriddinovich Aslov on November 3, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Danish Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard after they addressed reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 9, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, speaks at the outset of a meeting with an array of countries, about a unified response to the threat of ISIL, on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Newport, Wales, United Kingdom, on September 5, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan answers a question from New York Times reporter Michael Gordon during a camera spray before their meeting on September 18, 2015, at the Grosvernor House Hotel in London, United Kingdom.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the Bankova - the Presidential Palace - in Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 5, 2015, before the Secretary held a round of meetings with him, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Peruvian Foreign Minister Gonzalo Gutierrez address reporters before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 8, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with the new Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, before the two held a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Newport, Wales, U.K., on September 4, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on February 8, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry bids farewell to Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh after a bilateral meeting and news conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, on December 16, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Petro Poroshenko of the Euromaidan Movement before a meeting with Ukrainian opposition leaders on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on February 1, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before a bilateral meeting on January 20, 2016, at the Radisson Blu hotel at Zurich International Airport in Zurich, Switzerland.

U.S Secretary of State John Kerry - flanked by U.S. Ambassador to Georgia Ian Kelly and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Toria Nuland - sits with with Georgian Foreign Minister Mikhail Janelidze on July 6, 2016, at the Chancellery in Tbilisi, Georgia, at the outset of a pullaside meeting following another meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili and their joint attendance at the U.S.-Georgia Strategic Partnership Commission Meeting.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as Moroccan Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar addresses reporters in a joint news conference at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 9, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on January 21, 2016, in Davos, Switzerland, before a bilateral meeting amid the World Economic Forum.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano on June 29, 2015, in Vienna, Austria, at the outset of a discussion amid the latest round of negotiations with Iranian officials about the future of their country's nuclear program.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier before a meeting on the sidelines of a NATO Ministerial Meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on April 2, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani on April 8, 2016, at the Chief of Mission Residence at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, following similar meetings with Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi and Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in New York City, New York on September 19, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, speaks to reporters before their meeting at the UN headquarters in New York City on July 25, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon after he arrived at the COP21 climate change conference venue at LeBourget Airport in Paris, France, for a bilateral meeting on December 11, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszcykowski on May 20, 2016, at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, before a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the two-day North Atlantic Treaty Organization Ministerial Meetings.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry laughs with newly elected Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan after the two ran into each other on September 4, 2014, between meetings at the NATO Summit in Newport, Wales, United Kingdom.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stands with New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully before a bilateral meeting on November 7, 2014, as a group of 21 Foreign Ministers gathered for the 2014 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Ministerial meeting in Beijing, China.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 16, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 4, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger before their lunch in New York City on October 2, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Omani Foreign Minister Yusef bin Alawi before their sign a joint science and technology memorandum of agreement on January 22, 2016, before a meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang shakes hands for photographers before a meeting on the margins of the U.S.-ASEAN Summit in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on October 9, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by U.S. Ambassador to Argentina Noah Mamet, addresses the staff and their family members of U.S. Embassy Buenos Aires on August 4, 2016, during a meet-and-greet at Bosch Palace, the U.S. Ambassador�s Residence.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with a group of advisers - U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Stephen Beecroft, Senior Adviser David Thorne, and State Department Chief of Staff Jon Finer on March 15, 2015, at the Congress Center in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, before a bilateral meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in Rome, Italy on October 23, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra on December 9, 2015, in the Westin Hotel in Paris, France, before a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the COP21 climate change conference.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters before a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at Winfield House, the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in London, United Kingdom, on March 14, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and New Zealander Foreign Minister Murray McCully address reporters before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 27, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stands with Philippines Foreign Minister Albert del Rosario on August 6, 2015, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, before a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for a photo with members of the Israeli government before a meeting in Jerusalem on May 23, 2013. They are, from left, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon; Israeli Minister of International Relations, Israeli Strategic Affairs and Intelligence Yuval Steinitz; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; and Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry watches as Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani shakes hands with Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari on May 12, 2016, at Lancaster House in London, U.K., as they each held pull-aside discussions with the Secretary amid their joint attendance at an anti-corruption summit meeting hosted by British Prime Minister David Cameron.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari address reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C.,on July 21, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speak to reporter during a press availability during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministerial Summit in Lima, Peru, on November 17, 2016.

Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks after a meeting with Paraguayan Foreign Minister Eladio Loizaga, at the Department of State, in Washington, DC, on September 15, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with his French counterpart, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, as the two met at the Quai d'Orsay before the Secretary paid homage on January 16, 2015, to the victims of last week's shooting attacks in Paris, France.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Yukiya Amano before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 31, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is greeted by U.S. Ambassador James B. Cunningham upon arrival in Kabul, Afghanistan, on October 11, 2013. Also pictured is Hamid Sidiq of the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini on February 12, 2016, at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich, Germany, before the Quartet Principals Meeting - from the United States, Russia, European Union, and United Nations - on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the National Convention Center in Vientiane, Laos, on July 26, 2016, before a bilateral conversation on the sidelines the annual meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura on May 17, 2016, at the Palais Niederosterreich Hotel in Vienna, Austria, before a meeting of the International Syria Support Group.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry holds a bilateral meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 16, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry bids farewell to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos following their their bilateral meeting at the Residence of the Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations in New York City on October 1, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif share a laugh on May 17, 2016, as they enter the Blue Salon at the Palais Coburg Hotel in Vienna, Austria, the same room where they negotiated the Iranian nuclear deal, to have further conversations about the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with U.S. Energy Secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz as he sits next to British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on July 6, 2015, in Vienna, Austria, before the P5+1 member countries met with Iranian officials amid negotiations about the future of their country's nuclear program.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos before they participate in a Ford Foundation event in New York, N.Y., on September 27, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius through the Quai d'Orsay in Paris, France, on July 26, 2014, en route to a meeting with a series of international partners seeking 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 shake hands in Paris, France, on March 30, 2014, before a meeting focused on Ukraine.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stands with New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully on November 10, 2016, at The George Hotel in Christchurch, New Zealand, before a bilateral meeting preceding a planned trip by the Secretary to Antarctica and the South Pole.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for a private discussion before the Syria Donors' Conference convened in Kuwait City, Kuwait, on January 15, 2014.

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