Pompeo visits Saudi crown prince to discuss Iran
The US Secretary of State also talked about the war in Yemen with the Saudi crown prince, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with them.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday in the kingdom's mega-city, Neom, to discuss Iran, as the Trump administration enters its final weeks.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joined the meeting, a supposedly secret mission that was quickly leaked to the press.
Pompeo and the Saudi leader talked about “the need for Gulf unity to counter Iran’s aggressive behavior in the region,” according to a State Department readout, which did not mention Netanyahu.
US President Donald Trump has made it a priority to deter Iran’s support of its Middle Eastern proxies and alleged pursuit of a nuclear weapon. In 2018, Trump withdrew the United States from the 2015 nuclear agreement and reimposed tough sanctions on Iran. Iran denies it is building a nuclear weapon, but the administration plans to continue adding sanctions until it leaves office in January.
