Diplomatic Handshakes

Photos capturing diplomatic interactions, featuring handshakes between foreign ministers and U.S. officials, highlighting international relations.

Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Yun Byung-Se addresses reporters at the National Convention Center in Vientiane, Laos, on July 25, 2016, before a bilateral conversation with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on the sidelines the annual meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry welcomes Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulidis to the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., for their bilateral meeting on June 13, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is greeted by Tunisian Prime Minister Mehdi Joma'a upon his arrival at the Dar Diafa Palace in Carthage, Tunisia, on February 18, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Costa Rican Foreign Minister Manuel Gonzalez Sanz address reporters after their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 20, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides on December 3, 2015, after arriving at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nicosia, Cyprus, for a bilateral conversation amid meetings with both Greek and Turkish leaders on the island nation.

Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Yun Byung-Se addresses reporters at the National Convention Center in Vientiane, Laos, on July 25, 2016, before a bilateral conversation with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on the sidelines the annual meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Flanked by a pair of translators, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses reporters before a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at Winfield House, the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in London, United Kingdom, on March 14, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Senators Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Patrick Leahy of Vermont after arriving on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on February 24, 2015, for a day of testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Foreign Operations and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says goodbye to Chinese Wang Yi after a bilateral discussion at the ASEAN ministeral meeting in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on July 1, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Tunisian Foreign Minister Taieb at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tunis, Tunisia, on November 13, 2015, before a news conference that followed the plenary session of a Strategic Dialogue between their two countries, and preceded the Secretary�s meeting at the Presidential Palace with President Beji Caid Essebsi.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets British Foreign Secretary William Hague and Foreign Minister George Vella of Malta before the start of a meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Vilnius, Lithuania, on September 7, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh addresses reporters during their new conference at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 20, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry jokes with New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully on November 10, 2016, at The George Hotel in Christchurch, New Zealand, before a bilateral meeting preceding a planned trip by the Secretary to Antarctica and the South Pole.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 10, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 10, 2013.

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 shakes hands with United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed before a meeting at the U.S. Department of State on July 27, 2016 in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 29, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu before the Secretary met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Washington, D.C., on March 30, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 30, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks and talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before their bilateral meeting at the United Nations Headquarters on the sidelines of the 70th Regular Session of the UN General Assembly in New York, New York, on September 28, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh in Amman, Jordan, on November 13, 2014, after the Secretary arrived in the predawn hours for a series of meetings with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, and King Abdullah II of Jordan.

Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders watches as Prime Minister Charles Michel shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry after he arrived at the Prime Minister�s Residence 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 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 greets 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 stands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before a meeting on the margins of the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague, the Netherlands, on March 24, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with newly sworn in U.S. Ambassador to Burma Scot Marciel during a ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 2, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore addresses reporters before they held a bilateral meeting after both attended the inauguration ceremonies for Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Jakarta, Indonesia, on October 20, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry holds a bilateral meeting with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on the sidelines of the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C., on April 1, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsy in Cairo, Egypt, on March 3, 2013.

Secretary of State John Kerry and Paraguayan Foreign Minister Eladio Loizaga, deliver remarks to members of the press after their meeting at the Department of State, in Washington, DC, on September 15, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Chilean President Sebastian Pinera before their meeting in Bali, Indonesia, on October 8, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for a photo with Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 19, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Philippines Foreign Minister Albert del Rosario 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 and Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide address reporters after their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 12, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu shake hands before a bilateral meeting amid a series of ministerial discussions at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on June 25, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsy and Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr in Cairo, Egypt, on March 3, 2013.

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov before the U.S.-Kazakhstan Strategic Partnership Dialogue on November 2, 2015, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Astana, Kazakhstan.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif before hosting the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) meeting in New York City on December 18, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond of the United Kingdom before a wide-ranging bilateral meeting in London, UK, on November 18, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry caps his pen after signing the guestbook upon arrival at the Kurdistan Regional Government Presidential Compound in Erbil, Iraq, to meet with President Masoud Barzani on June 24, 2014.

With Afghan CEO Abdullah Abdullah looking on, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani shows his gratitude to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and the United States for their support and sacrifices on behalf of Afghanistan during a dinner hosted by the Secretary in honor of the Afghan leaders at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 24, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for a photo with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before their bilateral meeting at the United Nations Headquarters on the sidelines of the 70th Regular Session of the UN General Assembly in New York, New York, on September 28, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for a photo with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Yukiya Amano before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 30, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin on January 20, 2016, at the Intercontinental Hotel in Davos, Switzerland, before they both attended a bilateral meeting between Vice President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh addresses reporters at the Hotel President Wilson in Geneva, Switzerland, after they both arrived on May 1, 2016, for a series of meetings focused on the cessation of hostilities in Syria.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before the two sat down for a bilateral meeting at the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in Paris, France, on October 14, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov while chatting with European Union High Representative Lady Catherine Ashton and British Foreign Secretary William Hague at the outset of the Geneva II conference in Montreux, Switzerland, on January 22, 2014.

U.S Secretary of State John Kerry sits with Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili on July 6, 2016, at the Chancellery in Tbilisi, Georgia, after arriving for meetings with Margvelashvili, Georgian Foreign Minister Mikhail Janelidze, and other government leaders attending the U.S.-Georgia Strategic Partnership Commission Meeting.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond 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 and Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende stand for photographers before an informal meeting on the sidelines of the NATO Ministerial Meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on April 2, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on the sidelines of the 70th Regular Session of the UN General Assembly in New York, New York, on September 26, 2015.

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 speaks with Miami Dade College President Eduardo Padron before meeting with Cuban-American leaders at the Omni Tower in Miami, Florida, on April 14, 2016, during a day trip to the city in which he also met with members of the State Department's Miami Passport Agency and Media Hub, and was to address Honors graduates and recruit potential State Department employees at Miami Dade Community College.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before a bilateral meeting on August 26, 2016, at the President Wilson Hotel in Geneva, Switzerland.

U.S Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura 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 and South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs Yun Byung walk to a "2+2" ministerial meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and South Korean Minister of National Defense Han Min-koo on October 19, 2016, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev 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 sits 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 and Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari address reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C.,on July 21, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu meet at the U.S. Ambassador�s residence in Rome, Italy, on December 15, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with former Vice President Vincent Siew of Taiwan before a bilateral meeting following the Secretary�s attendance at the 2014 APEC Ministerial Meeting in Beijing, China, on November 8, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Turkish Cypriot Leader Mustafa Akinci on December 3, 2015, in Northern Nicosia, Cyprus, before a bilateral conversation amid meetings with both Greek and Turkish leaders on the island nation.

U.S. Ambassador to France Jane Hartley and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sit with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius before a bilateral meeting on May 8, 2015, at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris, France.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari on April 8, 2016, at his residence in Baghdad, Iraq, amid a series of meetings that will also include conversations with Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh 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 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon before hosting the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) meeting in New York City on December 18, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry discusses the ongoing conflict in Syria with United Nations and Arab League Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura during a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, on January 14, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he arrives at his office in Jerusalem on March 31, 2014, for peace talks with his government and Palestinian Authority leaders.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stands with Swiss Federation President Didier Burkhalter before a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 24, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Foreign Minister Youssef bin Alawi of Oman at Winfield House - the Ambassador's Residence in London, UK -- before the two held a bilateral meeting at the home with on November 18, 2014.

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for a photo with Ambassador Matthew Tueller and Adel Al-Sunaini, Charge d�Affaires of the Embassy of Yemen in Washington, D.C., before swearing in Tueller as the U.S. Ambassador to Yemen, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 8, 2014.

Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel introduces U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to members of his staff on July 17, 2016, before the two held a working lunch at the Grand Ducal Golf Club in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, on July 17, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias enter news conference held at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs after their meeting in Athens, Greece, on December 4, 2015.

Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh greets U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry before a working dinner in Amman, Jordan on June 22, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks as he is joined by British Foreign Secretary William Hague and Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan following a trilateral meeting in London, United Kingdom, on November 24, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi after arriving at the Diaoyutia State Guest House in Beijing, China, on January 27, 2016, amid a series of discussions with high-level Chinese officials focused on the Democratic People�s Republic of Korea and other regional issues.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and their respective advisers sit together on January 21, 2016, at the Intercontinental Hotel in Davos, Switzerland, before a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se address reporters after the 2+2 Ministerial at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 24, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with Singapore Foreign Minister K. Shanmugam on August 4, 2015, at the outset of a working breakfast at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore, Singapore, during a visit to meet with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, discuss regional issues, and celebrate the country's 50th anniversary.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Yukiya Amano before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 30, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands 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 addresses reporters during his joint press conference with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodr�guez after 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 meets with Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General Iyad Ameen Madan on the margins of the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on September 23, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota speaks before a formal bilateral discussion in Brasilia, Brazil, on August 13, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi address reporters before their working lunch at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 21, 2015.

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama escorts U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry through the Prime Ministry in Tirana, Albania, on February 14, 2016, before they participate in a bilateral meeting.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 9, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida before a bilateral discussion on November 7, 2014, on the sidelines of the 2014 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Ministerial meeting in Beijing, China.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura on November 13, 2015, at the Hotel Imperial in Vienna, Austria, before a bilateral meeting focused on Syria.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas before a meeting in Washington, D.C., on March 16, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas before their bilateral meeting in New York City on September 23, 2104. The Secretary is holding meetings in conjunction with the 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades 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 meets with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti in Rome, Italy, on February 28, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shares a laugh with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko before a bilateral meeting on February 13, 2016, at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich, Germany, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry escorts Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans of the Netherlands before a bilateral meeting on the margins of the National Security Summit in The Hague on March 24, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shake hands after addressing reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 1, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers his opening remarks on February 2, 2016, at the Italian Foreign Ministry in Rome, Italy, at the outset of a meeting of the multinational counter-ISIL coalition.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry before they meet at the Cabinet of Ministers in Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 5, 2015, as the Secretary concluded a round of meetings with him, President Petro Poroshenko, and Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin.

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