Political Addresses and Summits

Photos of a political figure engaging with the media during significant addresses, showcasing formal attire and various press settings.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters gathered at the Vienna International Center in Vienna, Austria, on January 16, 2016, after the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action outlining the shape of that country's nuclear program.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters gathered at the Vienna International Center in Vienna, Austria, on January 16, 2016, after the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action outlining the shape of that country's nuclear program.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters gathered at the Vienna International Center in Vienna, Austria, on January 16, 2016, after the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action outlining the shape of that country's nuclear program.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the 2014 Transformational Trends Forum, co-hosted by the U.S. Department of State and Foreign Policy, in Washington, D.C., on November 17, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, addresses reporters after they and counterparts from the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Oman, and the United Nations met on December 18, 2016, at the Conference Palace Hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to discuss the future of Yemen.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the GLIFAA Pride Event at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC on June 19, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at a Retirement Ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 20, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gives remarks at the Truman Foundation Fortieth Anniversary Event at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. on June 22, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the 30th Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) Annual Briefing, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 18, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses an international press corps on July 9, 2015, in Vienna, Austria, during a break in EU/P5+1 negotiations with Iranian leaders about the future of their country's nuclear program.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks on the U.S. Strategy on Syria at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. on November 12, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers a statement to the press after the International Syria Support Group Meeting in New York City, New York on September 22, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers his remarks at the Montreal Protocol High-Level Segment Ministers' speaking series on July 22, 2016, at the Vienna International Center in Vienna, Austria, amid negotiations to amend the Montreal Protocol climate change agreement.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announces a United Nations-backed 72-hour ceasefire in fighting between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip during an early morning news conference in New Delhi, India, on August 1, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry comments on the terrorist attack in Paris in English and French during his joint press conference with Polish Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 7, 2015.

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.

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 speaks about the virtues of switching from annual business and tourism visas to ones lasting for 10 years - made possible by a reciprocal deal announced this week by President Obama and President Xi Jinping - before the Secretary presented the first such documents to 11 Chinese nationals during a ceremony at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China, on November 12, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the Brookings Institution's 2014 Saban Forum in Washington, D.C., on December 7, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters in Great Hall at Faneuil Hall in his hometown of Boston, Massachusetts, on January 31, 2015, during a news conference that followed a North American Ministerial meeting with Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird and Mexican Foreign Secretary Jos� Antonio Meade, right, focused on trilateral issues.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers opening remarks on August 30, 2016, at the Jawarhalal Nehru Bhawan in New Delhi, India, during the opening session of the annual U.S.-India Strategic & Commercial Dialogue with U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, Indian Minister of External Affairs Shushma Swaraj and Indian Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Secretary Kerry delivers remarks at the World Food Prize Ceremony, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on June 18, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Spanish Foreign Minister Jos� Garc�a-Margallo deliver remarks at a joint press conference at the Santa Cruz Palace in Madrid, Spain, on October 19, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi, addresses a news conference at the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, U.K., on January 22, 2015, following a meeting over more than 20 members of the counter-ISIL coalition.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a joint news conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on March 25, 2016, following a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks on the U.S. Strategy on Syria at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. on November 12, 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.

With German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier looking on, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters during a joint statement before their bilateral meeting at the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin on October 22, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a news conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 2, 2015, after a series of meetings with President Maithripala Sirisena, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, and Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry participates in the Major Economies Forum, at the Marriott New York East Side Hotel, in New York City, New York on September 23, 2016.

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.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to reporters during a joint press availability with Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Erlan Abdyldaev, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, October 31, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks on Middle East peace, at the Department of State in Washington, DC on December 28, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry drops by the Daily Press Briefing on his last day at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 19, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry participates in a press conference with Republic of Korea (ROK) Minister of Foreign Affairs Yun Byung-se at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 19, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers a speech focused on Obama administration climate change policy on January 9, 2016, during an appearance at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters after meetings on Ukraine and Lebanon in Paris, France, on March 3, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry participates in the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) Memorial Plaque Ceremony, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 6, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks after receiving the Benjamin Franklin Medal for Leadership at the Benjamin Franklin House, presented it to him at the Benjamin Franklin House in London, U.K., on October 31, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters as he and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko participate in a news conference at the Bankova in Kyiv, Ukraine, following a bilateral meeting on July 7, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses a joint reception in honor of the 46th Annual Washington Conference on the Americas and the U.S.-Caribbean-Central American Energy Summit, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 3, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks during the Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, and Australian Defence Minister David Johnston at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 20, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks on World Press Freedom during the top of the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 3, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the Export-Import Bank Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., on April 24, 2014.

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 chats with a counterpart on December 6, 2016, as he attends a North Atlantic Treaty Organization Ministerial Session at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers a statement on Daesh and Genocide in the Press Briefing Room at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 17, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry makes a statement to assembled reporters before a bilateral meeting with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on November 24, 2015, at the President�s Office in Jerusalem.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters during a news conference, with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry following a series of security and economic meetings during a Strategic Dialogue between the United States and Egypt in Cairo, Egypt, on August 2, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the White House Summit to Counter Violent Extremism reception for Heads of Delegation at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 18. 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a joint news conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on March 25, 2016, following a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters during a joint news conference with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh following a bilateral meeting on February 21, 2016, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Amman, Jordan.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry condemns a Palestinian attack on a Jewish synagogue in Jerusalem before beginning a wide-ranging bilateral meeting with Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond of the United Kingdom in London, UK, on November 18, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters during a news conference that followed his bilateral meeting with Myanmar Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi on May 22, 2016, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Naypyitaw, Myanmar.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters as he and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a news conference at the Bocherov Ruche - a government villa - in Sochi, Russia, following their own bilateral meeting and a meeting between the Secretary and Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 12, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses the Munich Security Conference on February 13, 2016, at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich, Germany.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks about Pacific trade policy during a speech on Apri 12, 2016, before the Pacific Council on International Policy at the Omni Hotel in Los Angeles, California.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters at the Revere Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 13, 2015, during a four-way news conference with U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and their Australian counterparts - Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Defense Minister Marise Payne - following their annual AUSMIN diplomatic and defense meetings.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the U.S. Department of State's inaugural Leadership Day, at the Department in Washington, D.C., on December 13, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the launch of the Office for Engagement With Faith-Based Communities at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 7, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a news conference with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal in Riyadh, Saudi, Arabia on November 4, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry makes a statement to reporters assembled at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 2, 2015, after meeting with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera before the Secretary held other meetings with President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks with Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC on April 21, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni and United Nations Special Representative for Libya Martin Kobler, addresses reporters after meeting with a group of Libyans who believe in a government of national unity during a multinational meeting focused on the country's future held on December 13, 2015 at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome, Italy.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers message on Syria at the top of the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 16, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters in London, U.K., on February 21, 2015, after meeting with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and hold discussions focused on the anti-ISIL coalition and the situation in Ukraine.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers a speech commemorating the 20th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between the United States and Vietnam, at the Daewoo Hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam, on August 7, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the White House Fellows Foundation and Association Annual Leadership Conference at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C., on October 20, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waves during a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 24, 2013, after the P5+1 member nations concluded negotiations with Iran about its nuclear capabilities.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters during a news conference after meeting with Kenyan government leaders, opposition leaders, representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and Somali refugees in the Dadaab Refugee Camp while visiting Nairobi, Kenya, on May 4, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers a statement to the U.S. and Somali media in Mogadishu, Somalia, on May 6, 2015, after attending meetings with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, Somali regional leaders, members of Somali civil society, and U.S. Special Representative for Somalia James McAnulty.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with U.S. Embassy Havana staff and their families at the newly re-opened Embassy during his historic visit to Havana, Cuba, on August 14, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Delivers Remarks at the Trilateral Ministerial with the Republic of Korea and Japan in New York City, New York on September 18, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi listens at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, China, following a bilateral meeting on May 16, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry holds a news conference on April 11, 2016, at the International Media Center following the G7 Ministerial Meetings in Hiroshima, Japan.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the launch event for U.S. Global Strategy to Empower Adolescent Girls, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 15, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses his fellow Foreign Ministers from the Gulf Cooperation Council - representatives of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and the GCC itself - on April 7, 2016, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Manama, Bahrain, amid a series of multilateral meetings focused on regional issues.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers a speech about Africa policy in a botanical garden outside Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on May 3, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses a news conference after the United States assumed a two-year chairmanship of the body during a meeting of its eight member nations and seven Permanent Representatives in Iqaluit, Canada, just below the Arctic Circle, on April 24, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers a speech focused on Obama administration climate change policy on January 9, 2016, during an appearance at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers a speech to UNESCO Permanent Representatives, Ambassadors and others - including UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and U.S. Ambassador to UNESCO Crystal Nix-Hines - in Paris, France, on October 18, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters during a news conference at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on May 19, 2016, amid the alliance's two-day, biannual Foreign Ministerial Meetings.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the opening session of the Climate and Clean Energy Investment Forum at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 20, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi, addresses attendees at an Ecopartnerships event on June 6, 2016, in a villa at the Diaoyutai Guest House complex in Beijing, China, during a two-day Strategic and Economic Dialogue between their respective countries.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks during a plenary session of the conference about amending the Montreal ozone layer protection protocol held on October 14, 2016, at the Radisson Blu Hotel and Conference Centre in Kigali, Rwanda.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at a working dinner that he co-hosted with U.S. Energy Secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz for the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 31, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) / Consultation on People-to-People Exchange (CPE) Joint Opening Session at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 23, 2015. The Secretary is joined by Vice President Joe Biden and Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew, and their Chinese co-chairs, State Councilor Yang Jiechi and Vice Premier Wang Yang, along with members of the Chinese delegation and their U.S. colleagues.

State Department Deputy Spokesperson Mark Toner and a group of reporters are seen in a mirror as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko participate in a news conference at the Bankova in Kyiv, Ukraine, following a bilateral meeting on July 7, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with leaders of the American Jewish Committee about the U.S./E.U./P5+1 Iranian nuclear deal during a visit to New York, N.Y., on July 24, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters during a news conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry following a series of security and economic meetings during a Strategic Dialogue between the United States and Egypt in Cairo, Egypt, on August 2, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters on January 29, 2016, at the Hotel Chateau Laurier in Qu�bec City, Qu�bec, during a news conference with Canadian Foreign Minister St�phane Dion and Mexican Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu following the North American Ministerial Meeting with Canadian and Mexican officials.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker deliver remarks at the U.S.-India Strategic and Commercial Dialogue joint press conference at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 22, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters at the U.S. Embassy Compound in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 8, 2016, during a news conference that followed a series of meetings with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi, Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, and Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses the staff and family members of the U.S. Embassy Kyiv at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kyiv, Ukraine, after attending a series of governmental meetings on July 7, 2016.U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses the staff and family members of the U.S. Embassy Kyiv at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kyiv, Ukraine, after attending a series of governmental meetings on July 7, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski address reporters before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on February 17, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the Saban Forum 2015 -- Israel and the United States: Yesterday, today, and tomorrow, in Washington, D.C., on December 5, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks about Asia policy during a stop at the East-West Center at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, Hawaii, on August 13, 2014, at the conclusion of an around-the-world trip that include stops in Burma, Australia, and the Solomon Islands.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks to the members of American Chamber of Commerce, on August 4, 2016 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks to the members of American Chamber of Commerce, on August 4, 2016 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir looks on as U.S. Secretary of State addresses reporters during a news conference at Riyadh Air Base in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 7, 2015, following meetings with King Salman bin Abdelaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, and the Foreign Minister.

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