WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet next week with his Russian and Iranian counterparts seeking an end to fighting in Ukraine and to advance a nuclear deal with Iran, US officials said Thursday.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Kerry would address a high level meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva early next week.
He will then travel to Montreux to meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, for another round of talks as a March 31 deadline to hammer down a complex deal to rein in Iran’s nuclear program looms.
The pace of talks have stepped up as the clock ticks down to the deadline, and Kerry only returned on Monday from meetings with the Iranian minister in the Swiss city.
From Montreux, Kerry will travel to Saudi Arabia to meet with King Salman “to discuss the situation in Yemen, ISIL, and other issues of shared concern,” Psaki said.
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From Riyadh, Kerry will then fly to London to join a conference of foreign ministers from the Gulf Cooperation Council.
While in Geneva for the first leg, Kerry will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, days after accusing Russian officials of lying “to my face” over Moscow’s role in the conflict in Ukraine.
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