John Kerry to start tour on Saturday

US Secretary of State John Kerry will start Saturday a tour that will take him to Turkey, Israel, the Palestinian territories, Britain, South Korea, China, and Japan. On Saturday, Kerry will arrive in Turkey, where he will hold a series of meetings with a host of Turkish officials over a number of regional issues, mainly the Syrian crisis and security and stability in the region, spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told a daily press briefing on Thursday. Kerry will visit Al-Quds (occupied East Jerusalem) and the West Bank city of Ramallah on April 7-9, Nuland said. She noted that Kerry, then will head to London on April 10, 11 to partake in meetings of the foreign ministers of the Group of Eight. Kerry also will start on April 12 an Asian tour that includes South Korea, China, and Japan, she added.