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US peace envoy Martin Indyk resigns

US Middle East peace envoy Martin Indyk has resigned three months after the collapse of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R) and U.S. Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations Martin Indyk talk in Les Tuilleries in Paris September 8, 2013.  REUTERS/Susan Walsh/Pool (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS) - RTX13CU4
US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) and US special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations Martin Indyk talk in Les Tuilleries in Paris, Sep. 8, 2013. — REUTERS/Susan Walsh

US Middle East peace envoy Martin Indyk has resigned, US officials said June 27.

Indyk will return to the Brookings Institution as vice president and director of foreign policy studies on July 1, the State Department announced. He will stay on as an adviser as needed to Secretary of State John Kerry and is willing to return to the envoy position if the peace process resumes, officials said.

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