Official: Kerry could meet with Abbas a third time
By DEB RIECHMANNBy DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press?
?Tzipi Livni, Israel's chief negotiator with the Palestinians, left, sits next to Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with Yaakov Amidror, National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, and Military Secretary Major General Eyal Zamir, as Netanyahu meets with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, unseen, in Jerusalem on Saturday, June 29, 2013. Kerry kept up his frenetic Mideast diplomacy Saturday, shuttling again between Palestinian and Israeli leaders in hopes of restarting peace talks. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
Tzipi Livni, Israel's chief negotiator with the Palestinians, left, sits next to Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with Yaakov Amidror, National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, and Military Secretary Major General Eyal Zamir, as Netanyahu meets with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, unseen, in Jerusalem on Saturday, June 29, 2013. Kerry kept up his frenetic Mideast diplomacy Saturday, shuttling again between Palestinian and Israeli leaders in hopes of restarting peace talks. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, says goodbye to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after their second meeting in Amman, Jordan on Saturday, June 29, 2013. On his fifth trip to the Middle East, Kerry held talks with Abbas on Saturday for the second time in two days, continuing his rushed round of shuttle diplomacy to restart talks between Israel and the Palestinians. At center is Saeb Erekat, Palestinian chief negotiator. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for the second time in Amman, Jordan, on Saturday, June 29, 2013, after shuttling to Jordan from Jerusalem in the morning. On his fifth trip to the Middle East, Kerry met with Abbas for the second time in two days as he continues a rushed round of shuttle diplomacy to restart talks between Israel and the Palestinians. He plans to fly back to Jerusalem later in the day for more talks with Israeli officials. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
Palestinian Ambassador to Jordan Attallah Khairy, left, Saeb Erekat, Palestinian chief negotiator, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas say goodbye to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, unseen, after Abbas' second meeting with Kerry in Amman, Jordan on Saturday, June 29, 2013. Kerry kept up his frenetic Mideast diplomacy Saturday, shuttling again between Palestinian and Israeli leaders in hopes of restarting peace talks. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
JERUSALEM (AP) ? A U.S. State Department official says Secretary of State John Kerry is ready to meet with the Palestinian president for a third time if that would help advance the Mideast peace process.
Kerry is in his third day of shuttle diplomacy and has held discussions with Mahmoud Abbas on Friday and Saturday in Amman, Jordan.
Kerry is having dinner Saturday night with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem. It's their third meeting in three days.
It's unclear if or when Kerry might meet Abbas again.
The U.S. official spoke Saturday on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the negotiations.
Kerry is currently scheduled to leave Sunday for Brunei for a Southeast Asia security conference.
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