Kerry meets Abbas for talks in Paris
PARIS (AFP) -- US Secretary of State John Kerry met Wednesday with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas as he seeks progress in his quest for a Middle East peace deal.
The top US diplomat has spent months trying to get the Israelis and the Palestinians to agree on a framework for resolving their decades-old conflict, but the negotiations have shown little sign of progress, with each side blaming the other.
"We are at an important point in the negotiations where we are engaged with narrowing the gaps between the parties on a framework for negotiations," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.
"It was an appropriate time to spend a few hours meeting with president Abbas to talk about the core issues."
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