New Delhi, Rabi'I 21, 1436, January 12, 2015, SPA -- US Secretary of State John Kerry said he will go to France on Thursday for talks on countering violent extremists, Reuters reported. "I am going there on the way home to make it crystal clear how passionately we feel about the events that have taken place," Kerry told reporters Monday while on a trip to India. Kerry said he will visit Paris on Thursday and Friday to show solidarity with the US ally after attacks by suspected extremists last week left 17 people dead. --SPA 12:15 LOCAL TIME 09:15 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w