US Secretary of State John Kerry met on Tuesday with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah. Following the meeting, Kerry expressed sympathy for the "Palestinians' very dire situation and concerns about the violence," while stressing US committment to a Palestinian state, AFP reports.
"I am here at the request of President Obama to see what we can do to try to help contribute to calm and to restore people's confidence in the ability of a two-state solution to still be viable, to be achieved at some point," Kerry said. "We are committed to that two states with two peoples living side by side," he said. "The United States will continue to work as hard as possible to achieve that end."