(VOVworld)-US Secretary of State John Kerry is to fly to Jordan and Saudi Arabia Sunday seeking backing for his plans for Middle East peace, after insisting he has made progress.

US Secretary of State John Kerry

After a second meeting with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas in the West Bank, Kerry swept back to Jerusalem for his third discussions with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in three days. Kerry said that everyone was working with great intensity to try to reach a peace deal.

Speaking to reporters in Abbas's Ramallah headquarters, Kerry announced he would also travel to Jordan, which borders the West Bank, and to Saudi Arabia on Sunday for talks with the kings of both nations.

He is confident that the talks they had in the past two days have already fleshed out and even resolved certain kinds of issues and presented new opportunities for others.