John Kerry

Recent remarks by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry regarding possible negotiations with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have prompted strong reactions from Ankara.

"What is there to negotiate [with al-Assad]?" Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu told reporters in Phnom Penh on March 16 during a visit to Cambodia.

Iran nuclear talks entered a critical week March 16 with US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart sitting down in Switzerland seeking an elusive breakthrough after 18 months of intense negotiations.
      

The United States will have to negotiate with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for a political transition in Syria and is exploring ways to pressure him into agreeing to talks, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told CBS News in an interview.

The United States will have to negotiate with Syrian President Bashar Assad, US Secretary of State John Kerry told CBS News on Sunday.

"We have to negotiate in the end. We've always been willing to negotiate in the context of the Geneva I process," the US top diplomat said in an interview broadcast on Sunday, referring to the June 30, 2012 conference on Syria.

US Secretary of State John Kerry expressed his hopefulness that a temporary agreement with Iran will be reached in the next few days, if Tehran manages to prove that their nuclear program is meant to be used for peaceful purposes.

Speaking on the day before new talks with Iran begin talking place in Switzerland, Kerry appeared hopeful on said agreement.

Greek officials walked out of a meeting of foreign ministers from NATO member states in December after protesting a document referring to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) by its constitutional name, which is the subject of a dispute with Athens.

On the eve of fresh talks with Iran, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said it was unclear whether an interim agreement over its nuclear power program was within reach. 

"I can't tell you whether or not we can get a deal, whether we are close," Kerry told a news conference on March 14 in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, where he attended an Egyptian investment summit. 

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on March 13 urged business executives to invest in Egypt, praising the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi for ?bold? economic reforms aimed at restoring investor confidence.

US Secretary of State John Kerry held talks Friday with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and the leaders of Egypt and Jordan on the stalled Middle East peace process, officials said.
      
Kerry was attending an investment conference in Egypt's Red Sea resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh along with hundreds of prominent figures to jumpstart its economy.
      

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived March 13 in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh where he is to meet President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to discuss the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).