UNB/ AP, Paris

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says U.N.-sponsored peace talks on Syria should go ahead Monday as planned, but Russia and U.S. monitors are meeting first to discuss perceived cease-fire violations.
Kerry, speaking in Saudi Arabia, said he hoped for a telephone conversation Saturday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about accusations that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime is violating truce promises. He said Russian and U.S. officials are also meeting Saturday in Geneva and Amman.