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Kerry to Meet With Iranian Negotiators, Russia's Lavrov


FILE - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov before their meeting in Paris last March; the two will confer again next week in Geneva.
FILE - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov before their meeting in Paris last March; the two will confer again next week in Geneva.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with Iranian nuclear negotiators in Montreux, Switzerland, next week, a State Department spokeswoman said Thursday.

During his trip, Kerry also is scheduled to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday in Geneva to discuss Ukraine and Syria, department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters in a daily briefing.

Additionally, Kerry is to speak to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, Psaki said.

He also will meet King Salman in Saudi Arabia and will travel to London to meet with foreign ministers from other Gulf nations, Psaki said, although no dates were given.

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