US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in London this week, the first time since peace talks collapsed last month, officials said Monday. \"Secretary Kerry will meet with president Abbas in London on Thursday,\" State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement, having earlier denied the two men had scheduled talks. Earlier, a Palestinian official told AFP that the \"meeting will discuss a possible resumption of negotiations with Israel.\" Kerry will be in London for a meeting on Thursday about the three-year conflict in Syria.