There was not a meeting that took place - not one meeting that took place, believe me that's not an exaggeration - where we did not raise the issue of our American citizens being held. State John Kerry More Quotes by State John Kerry More Quotes From State John Kerry That’s right! and do you know how they knew each other? State John Kerry opinion That’s right! you know where? State John Kerry opinion In my judgment, Daesh is responsible for genocide against groups in territory under its control, including Yazidis, Christians and Shia Muslims. State John Kerry latest-headlines Regarding Venezuela we have deep concerns about Venezuela failing to embrace a robust, productive dialogue, we're deeply committed to restoring rights of the people in Venezuela. State John Kerry world The foreign minister said the time has come to move away from public tensions and turn the page, and we agree with that... no claimant should be acting in a way that is provocative, no claimant should take steps that wind up raising tensions. State John Kerry energy So we still have a task ahead of us, a challenge, which is to try to work going forward to make sure that we are resolving the issues through diplomacy and the rule of law. State John Kerry energy The president of the United States has authorized and ordered this track, it is the president’s desire to test whether or not the Russians are prepared to do what they said during our negotiations in Moscow that they will do. State John Kerry world We’re going to test this very carefully based not on trust, based on specific steps, so far, it is showing a modicum of promise which, hopefully, we can complete. State John Kerry world I think that we probably all recognize that an awful lot of the world, most of the world, doesn't know this meeting is taking place, but the truth is our goal for these talks, amending the Montreal Protocol to phase down HFCs, is one of the single most important unitary steps that we could possibly take at this moment to stave off the worst impacts of climate change. State John Kerry environment In the last two days I have talked personally with his royal highness the deputy crown prince of Saudi Arabia, who agreed that we need to try to move forward and we had a good conversation about it, and we know we can do it with countries that have a high ambient (temperature) challenge. State John Kerry environment Information sharing has always been a big part of what the coalition does and it is playing a key role in our effort to prevent foreign terrorist fighters from traveling to Syria and Iraq, but it is also clear now that we have to do more, we have to keep breaking down the structural and bureaucratic barriers in order to be able to exchange up-to-date information even more quickly and more widely so that a border guard in southern Europe has the same data about a terrorist suspect as an airport security officer in Manila. State John Kerry top-news The momentum has shifted, the new challenge that we face is securing and aiding for the recovery of a liberated area. State John Kerry world The momentum has shifted, we are making progress with significant portions of Iraq reclaimed, significant portions of Syria now being reclaimed. State John Kerry world I spoke to Foreign Minister Lavrov again today, we both believe that we have an understanding of the direction we are going in and what needs to be achieved and our teams will meet shortly and we are going to continue to do that in order to bolster the cessation of hostilities and in order to increase our capacity to fight back against al Qaeda, which is Nusra, as well as fight back against ISIL. State John Kerry industrials We will also do everything in our power to improve delivery of food, medicine, water, incredibly essential humanitarian needs. State John Kerry industrials I ask anyone who questions the importance of the EU or its relationship with the United States, (to consider) not just the history that I articulated, but the increase of prosperity, the rise in the standard of living ... the better protection of rights for individuals in the EU, as a consequence of what we have done together. State John Kerry politics There's a whole separation of time which has changed attitudes of some people. State John Kerry politics While sometimes things look bleak and difficult, there’s opportunity in everything, and you have to find the opportunity, you have to work to do that with creative leadership, i am absolutely confident that if people approach this thoughtfully, studiously, soberly, with creativity, there is a way to find strength out of whatever we do ahead. State John Kerry top-news We have agreed to steps that if implemented in good faith can address two serious problems I have just described about the cessation, it is possible to help restore the cessation of hostilities, significantly reduce the violence and help create the space for a genuine and credible political transition. State John Kerry top-news We still believe that Syria can’t have peace while Assad is there. We have a difference with Russia on that. State John Kerry top-news
