John Kerry: U.S. to help Egypt achieve democracy [UPDATE] CAIRO, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Egyptian leaders Sunday and said afterward said Egypt appeared to be on the path toward democracy. Kerry, making the highest-level U.S. visit to Egypt since the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi, met with Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy and interim President Adly Mansour, as part of an effort to improve Egypt-U.S. relations, and urge Egyptian leaders to move ahead with democratic reforms, The New York Times reported. Kerry reinforced comments he made in August about the Egyptian military leadership's attempt to restore democracy with the ouster of Morsi. "Thus far, there are indications that that is what they are intending to do," he said. The road map is being carried out to the best of our perception. There are questions we have here and there. I think it is important for all of us, until proven otherwise, to accept that this is the track that Egypt is on and to work to help it to be able to achieve that," he said during a joint news conference with his Egyptian counterpart. "Because the Morsi trial happens to be the day after the secretary is going to be there, the secretary will be simply advocating to the government to ensure that all Egyptians are afforded due process, transparency and open trials," a senior State Department official said.