U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said 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, Reuters reported. Kerry 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. Asked whether the peace conference could go ahead Monday, Kerry said, "Yes it can." Kerry is due in Paris for talks on Sunday with European diplomats about Libya, Syria, Yemen and Ukraine.