YEREVAN, AUGUST 5, ARMENPRESS. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday swapped the crutches he has been on since breaking his leg in a cycling accident in May for a silver-handled cane that served successive members of the Kennedy clan, including former president John Kennedy and his father Joseph. Armenpress reports the aforementioned.

Kerry appeared with the cane at meetings with countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Malaysia. He said it had been loaned to him by Vicki Kennedy, widow of Senator Teddy Kennedy.

Kerry, an avid sportsman, broke his right leg in an accident while cycling a portion of the Tour de France route near Scionzier, France, on May 31.

He has maintained a punishing travel and work schedule while on crutches following the accident, which came a day after he met his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, as part of marathon talks that eventually brought about a deal aimed at curbing Tehran's nuclear program.

REUTERS reports that Kerry has been keen to get off his crutches since, but aides were taking no chances, hovering in the background with them at the Kuala Lumpur meetings, just in case they were needed again. 

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