FILE This file photo of in Feb. 1972 shows Chairman Mao Tse-tung, left, and U.S. President Richard Nixon shaking hands as they meet in China. Nixon's visit, Feb. 21-28, marks the first U.S. presidential visit to the People's Republic of China. (AP Photo)
FILE This file photo of in Feb. 1972 shows Chairman Mao Tse-tung, left, and U.S. President Richard Nixon shaking hands as they meet in China. Nixon's visit, Feb. 21-28, marks the first U.S. presidential visit to the People's Republic of China. (AP Photo)
FILE In this Nov. 20, 1977 file photo Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, standing, shakes hands with Israel Prime Minister Menachem Begin in the Israeli Parliament after Sadat addressed the Knesset as chairman of the Parliament, Yitzhak Shamir, applauds the handshake. (AP Photo)
FILE In this file photo of Tuesday, Nov. 19, 1985 U.S. President Ronald Reagan, left, and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev shake hands at the steps of the villa Fleur d'Eau at Versoix, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Scott Stewart)
FILE - This is a Saturday, Dec. 21, 1991 file photo of South African State President F W de Klerk, as he shakes hands with African National Congress President Nelson Mandela, right, at the end of the talks between the Government and anti-apartheid groups to end white-minority rule in Johannesburg, South Africa, at the World Trade Center near Jan Smuts airport. (AP Photo/ John Parkin, File)
FILE - This is a Sept, 13, 1993 file photo of President Clinton presides over ceremonies marking the signing of the 1993 peace accord between Israel and the Palestinians on the White House lawn with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, left, and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat, right. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)
LONDON (AP) ? Queen Elizabeth II and former Provisional Irish Republican Army leader Martin McGuinness are expected to shake hands in a delicately choreographed moment for both sides, an encounter which may be shielded from cameras but which puts a further seal on the peace process in Northern Ireland.
Here's a gallery of historic handshakes that became powerful symbols of peace:
NIXON-MAO
U.S. President Richard Nixon, a staunch anti-Communist through much of his political career, shakes hands with Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong in February 1972 on Nixon's historic visit to China.
BEGIN-SADAT
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin welcomes Egyptian President Anwar Sadat with a handshake on Nov. 19, 1977, an extraordinary gesture that helped lead to the signing of a peace treaty 16 months later.
REAGAN-GORBACHEV
A handshake between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev on Nov. 19, 1985 at a summit in Geneva signals the opening of a new era in relations.
MANDELA-DE KLERK
President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela shake hands in Cape Town, South Africa on May 4, 1990 after announcing an agreement on steps that will lead to talks on ending white-minority rule.
RABIN-ARAFAT
Israel Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat shake hands in public for the first time at the White House on Sept. 13, 1993, with President Bill Clinton looking on. The agreement called for a final settlement to be achieved by February 1999.
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