Kerry: Gaps narrowed toward renewing peace talks

Itongadol.- US Secretary of State John Kerry ended a shuttle diplomacy mission on Sunday without an agreement on resuming Israeli-Palestinian peace talks but said gaps had been narrowed and he would return to the region soon.
"I\’m pleased to tell you that we have made real progress on this trip. And I believe that with a little more work, the start of final status negotiations could be within reach. We started out with very wide gaps, and we have narrowed those considerably," he told a news conference before his departure at Ben Gurion Airport.
US Secretary of State John Kerry ended a marathon round of shuttle diplomacy between Israelis and Palestinians on Sunday without an agreement on restarting peace talks.
"We have had very positive discussions, very important discussions, for the last few days," Kerry told reporters after meeting again with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah.