PHOTO PHOTO: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talks to reporters following a meeting with UN Security Council members on Iran’s proven failure to comply with a nuclear deal and calls for the restoration of sanctions against Iran at UN headquarters in New York , FS, August 20, 2020. REUTERS / Mike Segar / swimming pool
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will pay a visit to Israel and the United Arab Emirates on Monday to discuss the countries’ normalization code, two sources said in a statement.
Also on Pompeo’s agenda will be the security challenges posed by Iran and China in the region, the sources said, refusing to be identified by name or nationality.
Israel and the UAE announced earlier this month that they would normalize diplomatic ties and forge a broad new relationship.
Under the agreement, which US President Donald Trump helped broker, Israel agreed to suspend its planned annexation of occupied West Bank territories.
The deal also supports opposition to regional power Iran, which considers the UAE, Israel and the United States as the main threat in the conflict-ridden Middle East.
First White House adviser Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, is expected to travel to Israel and the UAE in early September, and may stop in other countries as well, an administration official said. Kushner will be accompanied by Avi Berkowitz, Trump’s Milk Austria, the official said.
Kushner and Berkowitz will thank Israel and the UAE for completing the deal, the official said.
Report by Dan Williams, Steve Holland, and Jan Wolfe; Edited by David Clarke and Daniel Wallis
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