In the coming days, President Trump will send two top deputies to the Middle East in hopes of building on the recent peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is leaving on Sunday after a tour with six nations that will take him to Israel, Bahrain, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Sudan, sources told the Associated Press on Saturday.
Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and former adviser, heads to Israel, Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Morocco a few days later.
Both trips are intended to finalize one or more normalization divisions, patterned after the Israel-UAE agreement, an agreement with U.S. President that established full diplomatic relations and direct travel between the two peoples.
Trump announced the surprise pact in a tweet of 13 August. calls it a “HUGE breakthrough.”
The long-sought alliance was seen as a major victory for foreign policy for Trump ahead of the November presidential election.
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