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GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in a stable condition in a Geneva hospital after being injured in an accident while cycling near Scionzier, France, on Sunday, his spokesman said.
Kerry was out riding the day after meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in Geneva to try to overcome obstacles in negotiations on curbing Tehran's nuclear program.
Kerry has called of the rest of his four-nation trip and will miss meetings with Spanish leaders and a conference in Paris about fighting the Islamic State terror group, according to the Associated Press. He will return to the US to receive medical treatment in Boston.
Kerry was transported via medical helicopter to a hospital in Geneva, where he is being examined, spokesman John Kirby said.
"Secretary Kerry is stable and likely suffered a leg injury. He did not lose consciousness," Kirby said, adding that paramedics and a doctor were on the scene with Kerry's motorcade at the time of the accident.
Kirby told the AP that Kerry will make a full recovery. He reportedly fractured his right femur.
The 71-year-old secretary of state is an avid cyclist and often takes his own bike on official trips abroad.
(Reporting by Lesley Wroughton; Editing by Greg Mahlich)