Kerry unavailable on date of Paris Middle East peace talks
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US Secretary of State John Kerry is unavailable the day a Paris meeting to relaunch negotiations over the Israeli-Palestinian peace process is set to occur, the State Department said Monday.
However the United States and France are looking into a possible alternative date for the ministerial discussions, which fall on the US Memorial Day holiday honoring members of the armed forces who died in combat.
"We've made it clear that the May 30 date originally proposed by the French would not work for the secretary and for his schedule," State Department spokesman John Kirby said.
"We're in discussions right now with the French about any possible alternative date that might better work for the secretary," he added.
