Diplomatic Encounters

Images capturing formal diplomatic meetings and ceremonies involving high-ranking officials, featuring suits, international flags, and settings indicative of government and international relations.

Luxembourgian Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn listens as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses the media 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 is greeted by U.S. Ambassador to Japan John V. Roos and Japanese Ambassador to the United States Kenichiro Sasae upon his arrival to Tokyo, Japan, on April 14, 2013.

U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius III delivers remarks during his swearing-in ceremony presided by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 10, 2014.

U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Tefft looks on as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets Mayor Anatoly Packhomov of Sochi, Russia, as the Secretary arrives in the Black Sea resort on May 11, 2015, en route to meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus and Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs official Cai Wei after arriving at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China on November 7, 2014, for an APEC Ministerial meeting and discussions in advance of President Obama's visit to the Chinese capital next week.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, second from right, on the balcony of U.S. Department of State overlooking the Lincoln Memorial at the in Washington, D.C., on May 30, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti on his way into the opening session of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Council in Brussels, Belgium, on April 22, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond after delivering remarks at a joint press availability at the Carlton Gardens in London, United Kingdom.

Luxembourgian Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn listens as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses the media 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 smiles as Russian President Vladimir Putin makes a joke during their bilateral meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on March 24, 2016.

President Obama and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry share a laugh with Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini, left, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, and British Prime Minister David Cameron while waiting to meet with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko before the NATO Summit in Newport, Wales, United Kingdom on September 4, 2014.

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond escorts U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry as he walks across the tarmac at Heathrow Airport in London, U.K., on March 21, 2015, for a meeting en route to Washington with allies from England, Germany, France, and the European Union about ongoing negotiations with Iran over the future of its nuclear program.

U.S Secretary of State John Kerry addresses the Council of Saudi Chambers flanked by U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Joseph Westphalm and President and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Thomas Donahue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on January 24, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry takes a photo with a "Twitter Mirror" before delivering welcoming remarks to attendees at the Global Entrepreneurial Summit on June 22, 2016, on the campus of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with, from left, Isaeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren; U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro; and retired Army General John Allen after arriving at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, on May 23, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets Deputy Chief of the U.S. Mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Kate Byrnes after deplaning at Vienna International Airport in Vienna, Austria, on May 15, 2016, after arriving from meetings in Saudi Arabia to attend sessions in the Austrian capital focused on Libya, Syria, and other regional hotspots.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry enters the Plenary Hall at the COP21 climate change conference on December 12, 2015, before French President Francois Hollande and other leaders addressed the delegates gathered at LeBourget Airport in Paris, France.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by Executive Producer Kelly Chapman, meets Melissa George - the star of the new television series "Heartbeat" - while he visits the set on the Universal Studios lot in Burbank, California, on February 16, 2016, before meeting with a group of movie industry executives.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken attend the U. S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue dinner and reception at George Washington's Mount Vernon in suburban Washington, D.C., on June 22, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria Marcie Ries, left, and Bulgarian Protocol official Atanas Mladenov, after arriving in Sofia, Bulgaria, on January 15, 2015, for meetings with the President, Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and other leaders in the key regional ally.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry disembarks from the plane upon arriving in London, United Kingdom, following his visit to Islamabad, Pakistan, on August 2, 2013.

U.S. Ambassador to France Jane Hartley reaches out to embrace U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry as he arrives at LeBourget Airport in Paris, France, on November 16, 2015, to pay the nation's respects following last week's terrorist attack.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry prepares for an interview with NPR's Elizabeth Arnold in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 30, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier as Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni watches on March 13, 2015, at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris, France, before they held an E4+1 meeting - including representatives of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and European Union - focused on Syria, Libya, Yemen, Ukraine, and other foreign policy matters.

Acting U.S. Secretary of Commerce Cameron Kerry bids farewell to his brother, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, after he visited the Commerce Department on June 21, 2013. Cameron Kerry, the General Counsel of the Commerce Department, was holding the job until Secretary-Designate Penny Pritzker was confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Aspen Institute President Walter Isaacson take the stage before they discuss global affairs and answer students' questions at the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics in Chicago, Illinois, during a visit to the city on October 26, 2016, which was also to include a speech before the Council on Global Affairs.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague on the sidelines of a NATO Ministerial Meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on April 2, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Lagos Consul General Jeff Hawkins and his wife, Annie, after arriving at their home to meet with retired Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, who is challenging Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan for re-election, during a series of meetings in Lagos, Nigeria, on January 25, 2015, urging both candidates accepting the results of their upcoming general-election vote.

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks with Vice Chairman of NBCUniversal Ron Meyer through the Universal Studios lot in Burbank, California, on February 16, 2016, before meeting with a group of movie industry executives.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz - the incoming chairman of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe - on December 8, 2016, as they attend a meeting of the OSCE hosted by German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and held at the Hamburg Messe in Hamburg, Germany.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel laugh as they greet each other before a dinner at the Prime Minister's residence, Kirribilli House, preceding the AUSMIN diplomatic and military bilateral meeting between the two countries on August 11, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry prepares to embrace U.S. Ambassador to France Jane Hartley after he arrived at Paris�Le Bourget Airport in Paris, France, on December 8, 2016, for a series of meetings, and to receive the Legion of Honor award from French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Denise Bauer after arriving in Brussels, Belgium, for NATO Ministerial meetings on December 3, 2013.

U.S. Ambassador to France Jane Hartley greets U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry as he arrives at LeBourget Airport in Paris, France, on May 7, 2015, to attend a 70th anniversary VE Day commemoration, as well as a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir outside the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in Paris, France, as members of the Gulf Cooperation Council gathered for a multilateral meeting on May 8, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodr�guez at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City on September 29, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan in a hallway near the U.S. Senate Chamber as the Secretary attended meetings on September 9, 2015, in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on February 11, 2016, at the Hilton Hotel in Munich, Germany, before a meeting of the International Syria Support Group.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Irish Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan take in the view from a balcony at the Aherlow House Hotel in Tipperary, Ireland, following a bilateral meeting and before a joint news conference and the Secretary's receipt of the Tipperary Peace Award on October 30, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry deplanes on May 9, 2016, at LeBourget Airport in Paris, France, after arriving for a bilateral meeting with French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and a multilateral meeting focused on Syria.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with British Prime Minister David Cameron, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, and U.K. International Development Secretary of State Justine Greening before they participated in a Ford Foundation event in New York, N.Y., on September 27, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks with Califronaia Gov. Jerry Brown after they cross paths at COP21 climate change summit venue at LeBourget Airport in Paris, France, on December 8, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets businessman and environmental activist Ted Turner on December 8, 2015, at the Westin Hotel in Paris, France, before addressing a United Nations Foundation breakfast focused on the ocean amid the COP21 climate change summit.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks with Tunisian Foreign Minister Taieb Baccouche after arriving at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tunis, Tunisia, on November 13, 2015, for a Strategic Dialogue with government leaders and a meeting at the Presidential Palace with President Beji Caid Essebsi.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives for a news conference with his traveling press corps and international journalists following his attendance at the ASEAN Foreign Ministerial Summit and other related meetings in Naypyitaw, Burma, on August 10, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stands with Embassy Paris Deputy Chief of Mission Uzra Zeya after arriving in Paris on November 4, 2014, for a trip to France, China, and Oman in support of President Obama's visit to Asia, and for continued talks about Iran's nuclear program.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with U.S. Senators for Alaska Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan at a welcome reception for the Global Leadership in the Arctic: Cooperation, Innovation, Engagement, and Resilience (GLACIER) Conference, at the Anchorage Museum in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 30, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on November 3, 2015, at the gates of the Oguzkhan Presidential Palace in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, following a bilateral meeting.

President Barack Obama talks with, from left, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Special Assistant to the President Gary Samore, NSC Spokesman Mike Hammer, NSC Senior Director for Russian Affairs Mike McFaul, and National Security Advisor Gen. Jim Jones, after a bilateral meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore, Nov. 15, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walking with Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern on their way to a meeting with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius at the COP21 venue at Le Bourget Airport in Paris, France, on December 7, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Energy Secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz exchange greetings in Lausanne, Switzerland, on March 27, 2015, after bumping into one another on their respective lunch breaks amid negotiations with Iranian leaders about the future of their nuclear program.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry talks with Greek Foreign Minister Dimitrios Avramopoulos at the NATO Foreign Ministerial in Brussels, Belgium, on April 23, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Annie Glenn, the widow of John Glenn, his friend and former U.S. Senate colleague, on December 16, 2016, as he pays his respects while the late astronaut lies in repose in the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is greeted by U.S. Ambassador to the European Union William E. Kennard as U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium Howard Gutman and his wife look on in Brussels, Belgium, April 22, 2013.

Protocol officials greet U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry as he arrives in Geneva, Switzerland, on January 13, 2015, ahead of continued nuclear program negotiations with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with newly installed British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson in his office in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London U.K., on July 19, 2016, before their first bilateral meeting.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for a photo with actors from the play 'Camp David' who are participating in the Secretary�s Open Forum at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 29, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier before the two toured the remnants of the Berlin Wall to mark the 25th anniversary of its fall, and before the Secretary held a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, Germany, on October 22, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry laughs with his staff at the Westin Hotel in Paris, France, on December 11, 2015, after they surprised him with a cake to mark his 72nd birthday amid the COP21 climate change conference.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif for a one-on-one chat before a broader meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 30, 2015, at the outset of the latest round in the P5+1 negotiations about the future of Iran's nuclear program.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry receives a classical guitar from Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Garcia-Margallo before their bilateral meeting and working dinner at the Viana Palace in Madrid, Spain, on October 18, 2015.

Yitzhak Rabin's daughter Dalia says she has her fingers crossed for Middle East peace as she speaks after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry laid a wreath at the site where the former Israeli Prime Minister was assassinated in 1995, during a stop in Tel Aviv, Israel, on November 5, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry smiles as he deplanes at Moscow Vnukovo Airport in Moscow, Russia, on July 14, 2016, for a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry embraces newly inaugurated Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on January 21, 2016, after the two ran into one another at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland Suzan "Suzi" LeVine, joined by Dieter Cavallieri, the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs' U.S. Delegation Liaison to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Ministerial Council meeting, presents U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry with a box of Swiss chocolates as he prepares to depart Basel, Switzerland, en route to London, U.K., on December 4, 2014.

Anne Hidalgo, the Mayor of Paris, France, welcomes U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to Paris City Hall on January 16, 2015, before he delivered a speech - and artist James Taylor sung a song - commemorating the victims of last week's shootings in the city.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel leave the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery after laying wreaths before meeting with their Japanese counterparts in Tokyo on October 3, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for a photo with an outstanding individual who is fighting to end human trafficking at the Annual Meeting of the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (PITF) at the White House in Washington, D.C., on October 24, 2016.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan shows U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry the view from his office before they met and held a question-and-answer session about foreign affairs with young Londoners, British residents, and American visitors on October 31, 2016, at London City Hall in London, U.K.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his counterparts from Canada, Italy, the European Union, France, Japan, and the United Kingdom greet school children as they arrive on Miyajima Island off Hiroshima, Japan, following the first round of discussions in the G7 Ministerial Meetings.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hosts the swearing-in ceremony for Chief of Protocol Ambassador Pete Selfridge at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 17, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn on December 6, 2016, as he attends a North Atlantic Treaty Organization Ministerial Session at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan sits with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry as they hold a question-and-answer session about foreign affairs with young Londoners, British residents, and American visitors on October 31, 2016, on the rooftop level of London City Hall in London, U.K.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry prepares with his Deputy Chief of Staff, William C. Danvers, for a joint press availability in Istanbul, Turkey, April 7, 2013.

Olympic gold medalist Mark Spitz addresses members of Team USA as he and his fellow U.S. Presidential Delegation members - including U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry - visit the Brazilian Naval Academy in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, on August 5, 2016, to meet U.S. athletes training at the facility.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry holds a brief bilateral meeting with French President Francois Hollande before both officials signed the COP21 Climate Change Agreement on Earth Day, April 22, 2016, at the United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York, N.Y.

U.S. Charg� d'Affaires Mark Taplin greets U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry upon his arrival in Paris, France, on February 18, 2014, for a series of meetings related to Syria and Middle East peace talks.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with his brother, Cameron Kerry, General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Commerce, at Foreign Policy's 4th annual Diplomat of the Year award dinner in Washington, D.C., on October 21, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with U.S. Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith and U.S. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Rick Stengel as he makes his way to the Google Portal at the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit's Innovation Marketplace on the campus of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, on June 23, 2016.

U.S. Ambassador to Jordan Alice Wells and Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Ibrahim Awawdeh welcome U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to Amman, Jordan, in the predawn hours of November 13, 2014, before a series of meetings with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, and King Abdullah II of Jordan.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands DreamWorks Animation Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Kaztenberg before meeting with a group of movie industry executives during a visit to Universal Studios in Burbank, California, on February 16, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shares a laugh with EU High Representative Lady Catherine Ashton before hosting her for dinner at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 29, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry departs from No. 10 Downing Street in London, U.K., on June 27, 2016, after speaking privately with British Prime Minister David Cameron following another meeting with the Secretary's counterpart, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, in the aftermath of last week's "Brexit" vote by the British people.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with U.S. Ambassador to Denmark Rufus Gifford on June 16, 2016, at Copenhagen Airport in Kastrup, Denmark, after the Secretary arrived for a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen and a working dinner with Danish Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry passes a bust of blues guitarist B.B. King in Montreux, Switzerland, home of the annual Montreux Jazz Festival, after concluding a meeting on March 4, 2015, with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif about the future of his country's nuclear program.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says hello to Al Arabiya Correspondent Rima Maktabi before the two sit down for an interview amid the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 23, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks with Rice University President David Leebron and former Secretary of State James A. Baker III across the Rice campus before Secretary Kerry delivered a speech about the intersection of religion and foreign policy on April 26, 2016, during a visit to Rice�s Baker Institute in Houston, Texas.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits backstage with his 2-year-old granddaughter, Isabelle Hobbs-Digginson, before he addressed delegates and signed the COP21 Climate Change Agreement on Earth Day, April 22, 2016, at the United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York, N.Y.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Denise Bauer on December 6, 2016, after arriving at Brussels International Airport in Zaventem, Belgium, before attending meetings with European Union and NATO officials, as well as counterparts in Brussels for the alliance's annual Ministerial meeting.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Astronaut Scott Kelly and Cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, who have been back on Earth for about three weeks since completing one year in space aboard the International Space Station, in Moscow, Russia, on March 24, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looks at a plaque during a dedication ceremony for the site of a new American memorial at the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park at Anzac Square in Wellington, New Zealand, on November 13, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stands with U.S. Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Souglas Lute, German Marshall Fund of the United States Senior Director Ian Lesser, and U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Denise Bauer before he speaks about U.S.-transatlantic relations during an address to diplomats and civic leaders on October 4, 2016, at Concert Noble in Brussels, Belgium.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry 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 thanks the young daughter of an Embassy Algiers staffer after she presented him with a drawing of the letter "S" - his State Department acronym - before a meet-and-greet in Algiers, Algeria, on April 3, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with staff and families at the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem on April 8, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Argentina Foreign Minister Susana Malcorra on January 22, 2016, before a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives at Andrews Air Force Base in Camp Springs, Maryland, on May 28, 2015, as he departs on a trip to Nigeria, Switzerland, Spain, and France.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stands with Danish Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen as they address reporters on June 16, 2016, before a working dinner at Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier through the halls of the German Foreign Ministry before they delivered a joint statement and held a bilateral meeting in Berlin, Germany, on October 22, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks to the podium before addressing 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.

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