ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />United States Secretary of State John Kerry said that some progress had been made in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks but that serious questions and challenges remain ahead to end this conflict "once and for all".<br/> <br />"Today we discussed at great length issues of security in the region. Security for the state of Israel, security for a future Palestine. And I think made some progress in discussing some of the ideas that were on the table. We are not going to discuss these further, publicly. But I will say that the goal here is for everybody, is a viable Palestinian state with the Palestinians people living side by side in peace with the state of Israel and with the people of Israel," Kerry said.<br/> <br />Kerry added that there are questions of sovereignty for Palestine and security for Israel.<br/> <br />"I think the interests are very similar, but there are questions of sovereignty, questions of respect and dignity, which are obviously significant to th