Political Meetings with John Kerry

Images depicting meetings and handshakes between U.S. Secretary of State and various international leaders, highlighting diplomatic engagements in official settings.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 6, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Syrian Opposition Coalition Chairman Ahmed Assi al-Jarba in New York City on September 24, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 6, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete at the 2014 Frontiers in Development Forum at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C., on September 19, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmud Ali before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 19, 2015. The Secretary met with the Foreign Minister on the margins of the White House Summit to Counter Violent Extremism.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker pose with Indian Minister of Finance and Defense Arun Jaitley in New Delhi, India, before a meeting as part of a Strategic Dialogue between the two countries on July 31, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses with a photo with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta before a meeting in Nairobi, Kenya on May 4, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 7, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at a luncheon that he co-hosted with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden in honor of the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 30, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Australian Foreign Minster Julie Bishop in New York City on September 27, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry prepares to be greeted by outgoing Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as he arrives to represent President Obama at the inauguration of President-elect Joko Widodo in Jakarta, Indonesia, on October 20, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 25, 2011.

President Barack Obama attends a U.S. - India Strategic Dialogue reception at the State Department in Washington, D.C., , June 3, 2010.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shakes hands with Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee at the U.S. Department of State on June 22, 2010.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Pakistani Minister of the Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan after they addressed 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.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj addresses reporters before their bilateral meeting during the U.S.-India Strategic and Commercial Dialogue, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 22, 2015.

U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman Planning Commission of India, at the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue reception at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 3, 2010.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Rwandan President Paul Kagame in New York City on September 26, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, shakes hands with Pakistani Climate Change Secretary Sved Abu Ahmed Akif before a bilateral meeting at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Kigali, Rwanda, on October 14, 2016, amid negotiations about amending the Montreal climate change protocol.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi before a bilateral meeting. Shortly before, the two addressed the opening plenary session of the 7th Vibrant Gujarat Summit in Gandhinagar, India, on January 11, 2015.

U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with a high-ranking member of the Indian Delegation at the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue reception at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 3, 2010.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Qatari Emir Hamad al Thani at the Qatari Mission to the UN in New York City. in New York, New York, on September 21, 2010.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Rwandan President Paul Kagame at the Presidential Office in Kigali, Rwanda, on October 14, 2016, after the Secretary paid a visit to the nation's capital to attend a conference focused on amending the Montreal ozone layer protection protocol.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is greeted by Qatari Emir Hamid bin Khalifa Al Thani before their bilateral meeting on the margins of the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on September 25, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with His Excellency Iroij Jurelang Zedkaia, President of the Republic of Marshall Islands, in the Treaty Room at the U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., May 14, 2010.

U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with a high-ranking member of the Indian Delegation at the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue reception at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 3, 2010.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, flanked by Indian Minister of Science and Technology Vilasrao Deshmukh, left, enters the "U.S.-India Partnering for Innovative Solutions" event in New Delhi, India, on May 8, 2012.

(Left to right): Indian Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma, Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and U.S. Deputy Secretary James Steinberg listen to remarks at the U.S.-India CEO Forum at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 22, 2010.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane address reporters before the start of the U.S.-South Africa Strategic Dialogue at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 16, 2015.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with African Union Commission Chairperson Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma after they signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support the African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 13, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shakes hands with Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez following a bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 13, 2010.

Event hosted by Secretary Condoleezza Rice in the Benjamin Franklin Room, marking the launch of the Ralph Bunche Societies Initiative.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers remarks with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on January 17, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Ford Foundation President Darren Walker, British Prime Minister David Cameron, and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos before they participate in a Ford Foundation event in New York, N.Y., on September 27, 2015.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shows his gratitude to Chef Vikram Sunderam of Rasika Restaurant who prepared the luncheon in the Prime Minister's honor at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 30, 2014. The luncheon was co-hosted by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, and included members of Congress, the private sector, and the Indian-American diaspora.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj during the U.S.-India Joint Strategic and Commercial Dialogue Opening Plenary, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 22, 2015.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper host the India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue at the U.S. Department of State, in Washington, DC, on December 18, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC April 21, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Indian Minister of External Affairs S.M. Krishna after signing of a U.S.-India bilateral science and technology endowment agreement in New Delhi, India July 20, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Prime Minister's Residence in New Dehli, on June 25, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Nigerian Secretary to the Federal Government Yayale Ahmed, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC April 6, 2010.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte pose for photographers on July 27, 2016, in the Malaca�ang Palace in Manila, Philippines, before the two held a working lunch.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shares a joke with Hemant Oberoi, head chef at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel and one of the heroes of the November 26, 2008 attacks in Mumbai, India July 18, 2009.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, in Rome, Italy, on October 30, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Brunei's Foreign Minister Prince Mohamed Bolkiah in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, September 7, 2012.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a joint press availibility after a bilateral meeting with Sri Lanka Minister of External Affairs G.L. Peiris in the Treaty Room at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 28, 2010.

President Barack Obama meets with Chairperson of the National League for Democracy and Member of Parliament Aung San Suu Kyi at her residence in Rangoon, Burma, on November 14, 2014.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a Quad Meeting with Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, and Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, in Tokyo, Japan on October 6, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Foreign Minister Saad-Eddine Al-Othmani of Morocco at the Department of State in Washington, D.C. on March 15, 2012.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry approaches Indian Minister of External Affairs Shushma Swaraj on August 30, 2016, after he arrived at the Jawarhalal Nehru Bhawan in New Delhi, India, for a bilateral meeting preceding their joint participation in a U.S.-India Strategic and Commercial Dialogue.

President Barack Obama meets with President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan, right, and Husain Haqqani, Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, center, in the Oval Office, Jan. 14, 2011.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shakes hands with Indian Defense Minister A.K. Antony after their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 28, 2010. Indian Ambassador to the U.S. Shankar is pictured on the right.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry talks with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta outside the State House in Nairobi, Kenya on May 4, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 2, 2015, after meeting with listens as Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and before sitting down with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shakes hands with Egyptian Foreign Affairs Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr after their joint press conference at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., in September 28, 2011.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry talks with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta in the State House in Nairobi, Kenya on May 4, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Pramudwinai at the National Convention Center in Vientiane, Laos, on July 25, 2016, before a U.S.-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the sidelines the annual meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Under Secretary for Political Affairs William J. Burns shakes hands with Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, on May 24, 2010.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council reception with Special Representative for the Arctic Admiral Robert Papp before Byron Nicholai performs a song in Yup'ik, a native Alaskan language, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC on May 21, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, second from right, meets with Indian Ambassador the U.S. Meera Shankar, right, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 27, 2011.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at the Waldorf Astoria hotel during the 64th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, New York September 21, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada at the Waldorf Astoria hotel during the 64th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, New York September 21, 2009.

U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with a high-ranking member of the Indian Delegation at the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue reception at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 3, 2010.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets Libyan National Security Advisor Dr. Mutassim Qadhafi at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC April 21, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Republic of Korea President Park Geun-hye after he arrived at Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, for a bilateral meeting on May 18, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson holds a Joint Press Availability with Indian Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj at the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi, India on October 25, 2017.

Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman meets with Berta Soler, Spokesperson for the Ladies in White (Damas de Blanco), at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 24, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry holds flowers presented to him by Indian Minister of Power Piyush Goyal on August 30, 2016, at the Le Meridien Hotel, in New Delhi, India, before a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of a broader Strategic and Commercial Dialogue between the two countries.

First Lady Michelle Obama has coffee with the Queen of Denmark Margethe II in the Yellow Oval Room of the White House, June 8, 2011.

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardai shares a light moment with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad, Pakistan, on July 18, 2010.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary Clinton delivers remarks at a global Food Security event at the United Nations in New York City, New York September 26, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry talks with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta before a meeting in Nairobi, Kenya on May 4, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Sultan of Oman Qaboos bin Said Al Said in Muscat, Oman, on May 21, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the 2016 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report Launch Ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 30, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Guatemalan Foreign Minister Harold Caballeros at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 21, 2012.

Secretary of Defense James Mattis meets with Indian Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj at the U.S.-India 2+2 Dialogue in New Delhi, India, on September 6, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shakes hands with Ivoirian President Alassane Ouattara after their joint press conference at the Presidential Palace in Abidjan, Cote dIvoire, on January 17, 2012.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari at the Waldorf Astoria hotel during the 64th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, New York September 24, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shares a laugh with Indian Minister of Power Piyush Goyal on August 30, 2016, at the Le Meridien Hotel, in New Delhi, India, before a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of a broader Strategic and Commercial Dialogue between the two countries.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Party President Imran Khan during a visit to Islamabad, Pakistan, on August 1, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is greeted by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta before a meeting in Nairobi, Kenya on May 4, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) at the Department of State in Washington, D.C. on March 15, 2012.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and fellow foreign ministers, all clad in batik shirts favored in Brunei, enter a gala dinner at the ASEAN ministerial meeting in Bandar Seri Begawan on July 1, 2013.

Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller greets Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval before his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 2, 2014.

Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield greets Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf before her meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 27, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Jamaican Foreign Minister Kenneth Baugh in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on June 22, 2011.

President Bush meets with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Visiting Tokyo, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada at the Iikura House of the Foreign Ministry, May 21, 2010.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry thanks a Vietnamese artist � schooled at Boston University in his Massachusetts hometown � for making him a portrait tiny colored stones to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between the United States and Vietnam, which was presented to him on August 7, 2015, following a bilateral meeting with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh at the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Guesthouse in Hanoi, Vietnam.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets President of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, at the UN Secretary General's High-Level Event on the Central African Republic at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on September 26, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson poses for a photo with Indian Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 23, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with United Nations Secretary Generals Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimin at the United Nations in New York, New York on September 25, 2012.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is greeted by Togolese Territorial Administration Minister Pascal Bodjona in Lome, Togo, on January 17, 2012.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is greeted by Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Menon Rao upon her arrival to New Delhi, India, on July 18, 2011. Secretary Clinton will lead the U.S. delegation at the second round of the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is surprised with a birthday cake at the end of a dinner hosted by Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh in Hanoi, Vietnam, on December 16, 2013. The Secretary turned 70 on December 11, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Nigeria, on August 9, 2012.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry drapes a cotton necklace around his neck that was given to him by Trustee Kartikeya Sarabhai and Director Tridip Suhrud upon his arrival at the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, India, on January 11, 2015. The Sabarmati Ashram is where Mohandas Gandhi lived and launched his famed Salt March.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for photo with the Djiboutian delegation led by Foreign Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf before participating in the U.S.-Djibouti Bi-National Forum at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 26, 2015.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on May 28, 2021.

Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Bundesaussenministerin, und Aissata Tall Sall, Aussenministerin von Senegal, aufgenommen im Rahmen einer Unterzeichnung im Auswaertigen Amt in Berlin, 21.08.2023

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