Bilateral Discussions

Images depicting formal discussions between political leaders at various international summits, showcasing attire and diplomatic gestures.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Moroccan Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar shake hands after addressing reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 18, 2016.

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 chats with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh before President Obama met with King Abdullah II of Jordan at the NATO Summit in Newport, Wales, United Kingdom on September 4, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they address 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 listens as UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses reporters after their bilateral meeting at the COP21 climate change summit venue at Le Bourget in Paris, France, on December 8, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C., on July 21, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Moroccan Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar shake hands after addressing reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 18, 2016.

After their joint press conference in Moscow, Russia, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov share a laugh over mentions of Team USA's loss to Russia at the World Hockey Championship on May 7, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Pakistani National Security Adviser Sartaj Aziz before the two open the annual Strategic Dialogue between their two nations in Islamabad, Pakistan, on January 13, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Belgian King Philippe after he arrived at the Royal Palace in Brussels, Belgium, on March 25, 2016, to pay condolences on behalf of the American people following the twin terrorists attacks earlier in the week on the city and country.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano on June 29, 2015, in Vienna, Austria, before 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 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before a bilateral meeting on July 15, 2016, at the Russian Foreign Ministry's Osobnyak Guesthouse in Moscow, Russia.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on February 7, 2015, in Munich, Germany, before a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry talks with Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and British Foreign Minister Philip Hammond as they await the start of the UN Security Council meeting on Syria, on December 18, 2015, at the United Nations in New York City, NY.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry jokingly tells President Ollanta Humala of Peru not to mention his age after the President congratulated him on his 71st birthday before they held a bilateral meeting in Lima, Peru, on Dec. 11, 2014, and after the Secretary addressed the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew bid farewell to Chinese President Xi Jinping after he delivered a speech opening the sixth U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Beijing, China on July 9, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Hassan Shoukry address reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C., on July 21, 2016.

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before a one-on-one meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 24, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Istana, the President's residence and the Prime Minister's office, in Singapore, Singapore, on August 4, 2015, before a bilateral meeting during a visit to discuss regional issues and celebrate the country's 50th anniversary.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before their meeting in Moscow, Russia, on March 24, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Vienna, Austria, on July 13, 2014, at the start of a bilateral meeting preceding broader P5+1 talks with Iran about its nuclear program

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius clasps hands with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry after he arrives at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris, France, on May 8, 2015, for a bilateral meeting.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C. on November 9, 2015.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters before a series of meetings at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on January 2, 2014.

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.

His Excellency Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore delivers remarks at a State luncheon in his honor at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on August 2, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shares a laugh with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry before the two sat down for a bilateral meeting in London, UK, on November 18, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets Republic of Korea (ROK) Minister of National Defense Han Min-koo before holding a �2+2� ministerial meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and Minister of Foreign Affairs Yun Byung-se on October 19, 2016, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C.

Palestinian Authority Lead Negotiator Saeb Erekat greets U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry as he arrives at the Muqata'a Presidential Compound in Ramallah, West Bank, on January 4, 2013, for Middle East peace negotiations.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes a statement to assembled reporters before a bilateral meeting on November 24, 2015, at the Prime Minister�s Office in Jerusalem.

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.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, watched by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, and U.S. Ambasador to Russia John Tefft, urges his guests to take their seat 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 Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh address reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 2, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Burmese Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin address reporters before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 30, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands 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 and Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir address reporters before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 17, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks with Chilean Foreign Minister Heraldo Munoz at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on June 16, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Albanian Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati arriving at Prime Ministry in Tirana, Albania, on February 14, 2016, for a meeting with Prime Minister Edi Rama.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani thanks U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for the United States' support during a joint press availability in Kabul, Afghanistan, in April 9, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands 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 meets with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 18, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as the two meet at a hotel in Jerusalem on July 23, 2014, amid multi-party negotiations aimed at bringing a cease-fire to fighting between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni on February 2, 2016, at the Italian Foreign Ministry before a bilateral meeting preceding an assembly of the multinational counter-ISIL coalition.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Chilean President Sebastian Pinera at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 3, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan before a bilateral following the London Conference on Afghanistan, held on December 4, 2014, at Lancaster House in London, U.K.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman address reporters 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 chats with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper ahead of the Secretary's bilateral meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the margins of the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on September 24, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the 70th Regular Session of the UN General Assembly in New York, New York, on October 2, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Swiss Federation President Didier Burkhalter before a delegates luncheon at the Geneva II conference in Montreux, Switzerland, on January 22, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry expresses his condolences to French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius over the terrorist attacks in Paris, France, before a French-hosted meeting about the future of Syria on November 14, 2015, at the Hotel Bristol in Vienna, Austria.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with UN Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide for a bilateral conversation amid meetings with both Greek and Turkish leaders on the island nation.

U.S Secretary of State John Kerry chats with U.S. Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Doug Lute on December 2, 2015, after attending a two-day NATO Ministerial meeting at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni on October 17, 2015, at the Hotel Principe di Savoia in Milan, Italy, before a bilateral meeting preceding their attendance at the 2015 Milan Expo.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with with Panamanian Foreign Minister Nunez Fabrega at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 13, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry congratulates Bernie Aronson after announcing that Mr. Aronson will serve as the new Special Envoy for the Colombian Peace Process at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 20, 2015.

U.S. Secretary Kerry of State John Kerry addresses reporters with French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault after a meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on October 7, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo address reporters after their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 30, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with Scott Pelley of CBS News before an interview focused on terrorism and Syria policy on November 17, 2015, at the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in Paris, France.

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari escorts U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry after he arrived for a meeting with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad on June 23, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Shakes Hands With Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari for the Pledging Conference in Support of Iraq at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 20, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at a press conference with Foreign Minister Khalid bin Mohammad al-Attiyah of Qatar after a meeting of the London 11 group in Paris, France, on January 12, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir speak to reporters 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.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parilla sit together on March 21, 2015, at Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Havana, Cuba, at the outset of a bilateral meeting before the Secretary joined President Obama during his visit to the island nation.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon after their bilateral meeting at the COP21 climate change summit venue at Le Bourget in Paris, France, on December 8, 2015.

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 flanked by U.S. Ambassador to France, Jane Hartley chats with French Foreign Minister Fabius prior to their bilateral meeting on November 17, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin on May 13, 2015, before a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of a NATO Ministerial Meeting in Antalya, Turkey.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov shake hands before a bilateral meeting in Paris, France, on June 5, 2014.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki greets U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry as he arrives for a meeting in Baghdad on June 23, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu before a bilateral meeting in Hangzhou, China on September 3, 2016.

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.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo address reporters before their meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 15, 2015.

U.S Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands 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.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with former Israeli President Shimon Peres in New York City on September 22, 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 shakes hands with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry before the two sat down for a bilateral meeting in London, UK, on November 18, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stands with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius as the two address reporters after a working lunch and bilateral meeting at the Quai d'Orsay - the French Foreign Ministry - in Paris, France, on November 5, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on October 23, 2015, at the Imperial Hotel in Vienna, Austria, before a bilateral meeting focused on Syria.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stands with North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg as he addresses reporters at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on June 27, 2016, before a bilateral meeting in the aftermath of last week's Brexit vote in the United Kingdom.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry laughs with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon before a bilateral on the margins of the 7th Vibrant Gujarat Summit in Gandhinagar, India, on January 11, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Stephen Colbert backstage before his appearance on The Late Show, where he discussed global affairs on October 1, 2015, in New York City.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Blair House in Washington, D.C., on April 3, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias at a meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on April 20, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam before their bilateral meeting on the margins of the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on September 26, 2014.

Yale University President Peter Salovey greets U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his 1966 classmate, State Department Senior Advisor David Thorne, as they arrive on campus in New Haven, Connecticut for Class Day ceremonies on May 18, 2014.

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for a photograph with Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov 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 meets with Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam at the Prime Minister's office in Beirut, Lebanon, on June 4, 2014.

Moroccan Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar greets U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry as he arrives at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rabat, Morocco for a Strategic Dialogue on April 4, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius in Paris, France on March 27, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop 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 participates in an Italian co-hosted Libya Ministerial meeting, at the Palace Hotel, in New York City, New York on September 22, 2016.

U.S. Ambassador to Italy David Thorne welcomes U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to the staff and families of Tri-Mission Rome -- the U.S. Embassy in Rome, Italy; the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See; and the U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies -- in Rome, Italy, on February 28, 2013.

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets ASEAN Foreign Ministers before the start of the U.S.-ASEAN meeting on the sidelines of the 70th Regular Session of the UN General Assembly in New York, New York, on September 30, 2015.

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on October 30, 2015, at the Hotel Imperial in Vienna, Austria, before a bilateral meeting preceding a group discussion about ways to stop the fighting in Syria.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon address reporters after their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., February 14, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson address reporters at Lancaster House in London, U.K., on October 16, 2016, following a multinational meeting seeking an end to the war in Syria.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets Slovak Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak before their meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 20, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah James, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, and his wife, Yumi, as they waited for Pope Francis at Andrews Air Force Base in Camp Springs, Maryland, before the Pontiff took a flight to New York, N.Y., on September 24, 2015.

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