With less than 10 days left for the new administration, US Secretary of State John Kerry would leave for a nearly week-long final official visit that would take him to Vietnam, France, Britain and Switzerland.<br/><br/>The American diplomat would return to Washington on January 18, two days before President-elect Donald Trump would be sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. <br/><br/>On January 13, Kerry will meet in Hanoi, Vietnam with senior Vietnamese officials to discuss a number of bilateral and regional issues. Later that day, he will travel to Ho Chi Minh City for meetings with senior officials there. He will also deliver a speech on US-Vietnam relations, his spokesman John Kirby said.<br/><br/>On January 14, Kerry will travel to Ca Mau province in Vietnam's Mekong Delta region.<br/><br/>Kerry will then travel to Paris, on January 15 to attend a conference on Middle East peace hosted by French President Francois Hollande.<br/>In London on January 15, Kerry will meet with British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and discuss the situation in Syria and other global and regional issues, Kirby said.<br/><br/>On January 17th to 18th, Kerry will attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
News On AIR | January 11, 2017 11:41 AM
John Kerry to make final visit to Vietnam, France, UK, Switzerland