US Secretary of State John Kerry is in Switzerland for talks with Russia's foreign minister on Syria and Ukraine.

Kerry arrived in Zurich early Wednesday and is hoping to resolve differences with Russia on who is eligible to join UN-mediated peace talks for Syria that are due to begin next week, ABC News reported.

Kerry will also be pushing for more progress on resolving conflict in eastern Ukraine between the government and Russia-backed rebels.

After seeing Sergey Lavrov, Kerry will go to Davos to attend the World Economic Forum and then travel on to Saudi Arabia, Laos, Cambodia and China.

Source: MENA