HIllary Clinton in Paris: The Slideshow

I thought I would post the pics separately from the press conference video because they display the lighter, friendly side of the summit and Mme. Secretary's appreciable social skills.

Also on the lighter side is this article which complements the slide show nicely.

Mallick: How to kiss a Frenchman. With great care, obviously

By Heather Mallick Star Columnist

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy welcomes U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton prior to the opening of the Friends of Libya conference in Paris September 1, 2011.

PHILIPPE WOJAZER/REUTERS

Doesn’t it look as though Hillary Clinton and Nicolas Sarkozy are going to have a kiss-fail of Parisian proportions?

Not going to happen. These two kids at the “Friends of Libya” conference on Thursday — on French soil, mind you — can work it out. Even if Sarkozy is going for a faintworthy quadruple, a double version of the traditional air kiss on each cheek, a take-that-and-raise-you-one diplomatic face competition, Clinton can cope.

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Aside from Sarkozy, we see Mme. Secretary with Mustafa Abdel Jalil, chairman of the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC), Mahmoud Jibril, the head of Libya's rebel National Transitional Council, Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey's Foreign Minister, and Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, among others.