Paris, France: US Secretary of State John Kerry was making a private visit to the southern French city of Nice on Saturday, where he will visit an American hospitalised in the July 14 truck attack, an aide said.
"Secretary Kerry is in Nice today on private business," a senior State Department official travelling with Kerry said in Paris.
"While there, he will visit with an American injured in last week's terrorist attack who is recovering in a local hospital''. He will not have public events.
Further details of the trip were not given.
Kerry is on a five-day swing through Vienna, Paris, the Laotian capital of Vientiane and Manila.
He was in Vienna for talks on the Montreal Protocol on ozone-depleting substances, and scheduled a meeting in Paris, where he arrived late Friday, with Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas, the State Department said on its website.
He heads to Laos on Sunday for a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (SEAN) regional forum, where he will also meet Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov for talks on the Syrian war.
This will be followed by a visit to Manila to meet with the new Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte.
Three Americans were among the 84 people who were killed in Nice on July 14 when a 31-year-old Tunisian truck driver -- suspected to be inspired by the ISIS jihadist group -- ploughed a 19-tonne vehicle through a holiday crowd.
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"Secretary Kerry is in Nice today on private business," a senior State Department official travelling with Kerry said in Paris.
"While there, he will visit with an American injured in last week's terrorist attack who is recovering in a local hospital''. He will not have public events.
Kerry is on a five-day swing through Vienna, Paris, the Laotian capital of Vientiane and Manila.
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He heads to Laos on Sunday for a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (SEAN) regional forum, where he will also meet Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov for talks on the Syrian war.
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Three Americans were among the 84 people who were killed in Nice on July 14 when a 31-year-old Tunisian truck driver -- suspected to be inspired by the ISIS jihadist group -- ploughed a 19-tonne vehicle through a holiday crowd.
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