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U.S. Secretary of State engaged in formal discussions and handshakes with foreign ministers at the U.S. Department of State.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides shake hands after addressing reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 13, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides address reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 13, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Polish Foreign Minister Polish Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna after the Secretary commented on the terrorist attack in Paris in English and French, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 7, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides shake hands after addressing reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 13, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra address reporters before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 18, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodr�guez before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 20, 2015. This marks the first visit to the Department by a Cuban foreign minister since 1958.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry 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 chats with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodr�guez before their bilateral meeting at the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the Secretary's historic visit to Havana, Cuba, on August 14, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he addresses reporters on June 27, 2016, at Villa Taverna - the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in Rome, Italy - between a pair of bilateral meetings.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman shake hands before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 9, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili shake hands on July 6, 2016, at the Presidential Palace in Tbilisi, Georgia, before they participate in a bilateral meeting.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats 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 chats with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu at the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in Paris, France, on July 26, 2014, at the outset of a round of meetings focused on regional and international efforts to bring a cease-fire to fighting between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet before the start of the Transatlantic Dinner in New York City on September 24, 2014. The Secretary is participating in events in conjunction with the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shares a laugh with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before they held a one-on-one meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on August 5, 2015, amid the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting.

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 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 shares a laugh with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Vienna, Austria, on November 23, 2014, before the two begin a bilateral meeting amid broader negotiations about the future of Iran's nuclear program.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, for the second consecutive day, in Paris, France, on February 20, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev 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 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 United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed prepare for a meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 29, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry settled in for a meeting 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.

U.S Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks with Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina in Antigua, Guatemala, on June 4, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh at the Hotel President Wilson in Geneva, Switzerland, after arriving on May 1, 2016, for a series of meetings focused on the cessation of hostilities in Syria.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shake hands in the library at the Rodina Hotel in Sochi, Russia, before the two held a bilateral meeting and the Secretary met with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Canadian Foreign Minister St�phane Dion on January 29, 2016, after he arrived at the Hotel Chateau Laurier in Qu�bec City, Canada, to attend the North American Ministerial Meeting with Canadian and Mexican officials.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the conclusion of a joint photo spray in Rome, Italy, on October 23, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov prepare to address reporters before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 12, 2013.

With Pakistani National Security and Foreign Affairs Advisor Sartaj Aziz looking on, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry welcomes Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Pakistani Minister of Water and Power and Minister of Defence, to the U.S. Department of State for the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue Plenary Session in Washington, D.C., on January 27, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with European Union Commissioner for Energy and Climate Action Miguel Arias Ca�ete on July 22, 2016, at the Vienna International Center in Vienna, Austria, before a meeting to discuss amending the Montreal Protocol climate change agreement.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as Israeli President Reuven Rivlin makes his opening comments at the outset of their bilateral meeting on November 24, 2015, at the President�s Office in Jerusalem.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before the two joined with Ukrainian and European Union officials for four-way talks about Ukraine in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 17, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura at the Imperial Hotel in Vienna, Austria, on October 29, 2015, before a bilateral meeting preceding a series of multilateral discussions focused on the future of Syria.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands before a bilateral meeting on November 11, 2015, at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Robert Silverman, President of the American Foreign Service Association, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera address reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 25, 2016.

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for a photo with James Timbie, Senior Adviser to the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., before a full day of events and engagements at the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit on April 1, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt, on July 22, 2014, to discuss a possible cease-fire between Israeli and Hamas forces fighting in the Gaza Strip.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on February 13, 2016, at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich, Germany, before a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greets U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry before their bilateral meeting in Washington, D.C., on March 30, 2016.

U.S Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Romanian Foreign Minister Lazar Comanescu before a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of a NATO Ministerial meeting on December 2, 2015, at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry asks the German media to wait �two seconds� for their U.S. counterparts to get in the room as he prepared to pose with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier at Villa Borsig, the German Foreign Office guest house, before a working dinner on Oct. 21, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets Ambassador Nicholas Emiliou, Permanent Mission of Cyprus to the United Nations, before their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 70th Regular Session of the UN General Assembly in New York, New York, on September 26, 2015.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry listens as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters on April 20, 2016, at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt, after the Secretary concluded a bilateral meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi that preceded his onward flight to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to accompany President Obama during a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry holds a pull-aside with Czech Foreign Minister Lubom�r Zaor�lek before the Transatlantic Dinner in New York City on September 24, 2014. The Secretary is participating in events in conjunction with the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for an official portrait with Luxembourgian Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn on July 16, 2016, after the Secretary arrived at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, for a bilateral meeting.

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed al-Jubeir before a trilateral meeting focused on Syria and other issues following a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Doha, Qatar, on August 3, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev addresses reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 30, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius address reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 15, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of Sate John Kerry speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at the London New York Hotel in New York City, New York on September 23, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry jokes with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin before signing a guest book on November 24, 2015, at the President�s Office in Jerusalem.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in New York City, New York on September 19, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Philip Goldberg, left, and Philippine Ambassador to the U.S. Jose Lampe Cuisia, Jr., right, pose for a photo at Ambassador Goldberg's swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 21, 2013.

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert Del Rosario at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 2, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos after the two leaders - both in town for an anti-corruption summit hosted by British Prime Minister David Cameron - addressed reporters following a bilateral meeting on May 11, 2016, at the InterContinental London Park Lane Hotel in London, U.K.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and UN Secretary-General-designate Antonio Guterres address reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 4, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry toasts British Ambassador to the U.S. Peter Westmacott at a farewell reception in the Ambasador's honor at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 7, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of Sate John Kerry speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at the London New York Hotel in New York City, New York on September 23, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo shakes hands with Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defense Affairs Khalid bin Muhammad al-Attiyah before reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on November 14, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry - flanked by Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman and National Security Council Senior Director for Iran, Iraq, Syria and the Gulf States Robert Malley - sits across from French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and his advisers on March 25, 2015, in Lausanne, Switzerland, as the P5+1 allies discuss negotiations about the future of Iran's nuclear program.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is greeted by Italian Foreign Minister Emma Bonino before their meeting in Rome, Italy, on May 9, 2013.

U.S Secretary of State John Kerry stands with Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni on December 1, 2015, at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, before a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of a NATO Ministerial meeting.

Reportage: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Ministers residence in Jerusalem on May 13, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Foreign Minister Albert Koenders of The Netherlands before a bilateral meeting on the margins of a series of multinational discussions on December 2, 2014, at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, watched by U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Tefft, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Bocherov Ruche - a government villa - in Sochi, Russia, before a bilateral meeting on May 12, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevl�t �avu_o_lu prepare to take their respective seats on December 6, 2016, at the outset of a bilateral meeting as they both attend a North Atlantic Treaty Organization Ministerial Session at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu as he arrives for a bilateral conversation on August 5, 2015, amid the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Lebanese President Michel Sleiman in Paris, France, on March 5, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked to his left by U.S. Special Representative for Somalia James McAnulty and Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield, sits with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud after arriving in Mogadishu, Somalia, on May 6, 2015, for meetings with the President, Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, Somali regional leaders, and members of Somali civil society.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with UN Secretary-General-designate Antonio Guterres after addressing reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 4, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, and Palestinian Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat shake hands after addressing 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 chats with French Foreign Minister Fabius prior to their bilateral meeting on November 17, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and American Jewish Community officials at the Jewish Community Global Forum in Washington, D.C., on June 3, 2013.

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 greets German Chancellor Angela Merkel as she arrives at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on February 7, 2015, to deliver a speech before an audience also including Vice President Joe Biden.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry after a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations in New York, New York, on April 27, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Vienna, Austria, on November 22, 2014, before a bilateral meeting about the status of the nuclear program negotiations between the P5+1 nations and Iranian officials.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Chief Palestinian Negotiator Saeb Erekat after a bilateral meeting on October 24, 2015, in Amman, Jordan.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in New York City, New York on September 19, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in New York City, New York on September 19, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini on July 2, 2015, in Vienna, Austria, before a one-on-one meeting amid the P5+1 negotiations with Iranian officials about the future of their nuclear program.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry makes an opening statement at the U.S.-Japan Security Consultative (2+2) meeting at Iikura Guest House in Tokyo, October 3, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson poses for a photo with Jordanian King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein before a working luncheon at the U.S Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 4, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, addresses reporters about their upcoming discussion of Syria during a bilateral meeting in Paris, France, on February 19, 2014.

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets Iraqi President Mohammed Fuad Masum before their bilateral meeting 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 Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid chat during a one-on-one meeting during a break in the Geneva II conference in Montreux, Switzerland, on January 22, 2014.

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 John Kerry and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry address reporters after signing a U.S.-Egypt cultural property agreement, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 30, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni at the Italian Foreign Ministry in Rome, Italy, on December 13, 2015, before a meeting with their regional counterparts about the future of Libya.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on July 8, 2016, at the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland, before a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the NATO Summit.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 2015.

Madrid, 10/19/2015. Meeting at the Moncloa Palace of President Mariano Rajoy with the Secretary of State of the United States, John Kerry. Photo: Jaime García ARCHDC.

Madrid, 10/19/2015. Meeting at the Moncloa palace of the President of the Government Mariano Rajoy and the North American Secretary of State John Kerry. Photo: Jaime García ARCHDC.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on October 4, 2016, at The Hotel in Brussels, Belgium, preceding a bilateral meeting before an international Afghan pledging conference.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to discuss issues related to Syria in Paris on May 27, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a joint news conference with Qatari Foreign Minister Khalid bin Mohammad al-Attiyah after a series of meetings in Paris, France, on January 12, 2014.

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