Mike Pompey has called for withdrawal of Qatar's imposed sanctions on his first visit to Saudi Arabia as US Secretary of State. The press said Al Jazeera, he said this in a meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Zubair and Saudi Prince Mohammad bin Salman. Quoting US officials unwilling to disclose the names, the Associated Press reported that Iran has been influencing their influence in Yemen and Syria on the scope of the blockade, due to the disruption of Gulf countries, he warned.
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Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt imposed sanctions on Qatar in June 2017 for coercion of terrorism. Diplomacy, trade and travel relations with Qatar are cut off. Doha strongly denied the allegations of terrorism. The Saudi-led alliance welcomed the initiative initially by US Prescott Donald Trump. However, the US State Department at the time blamed Saudi Arabia for creating a deadlock to solve the Gulf crisis.
According to the US officials unwilling to disclose the names, the Associated Press has said that Pampo has warned that Iran is increasing its influence in Yemen and Syria in the scope of the Gulf countries due to the blockade. On Thursday, after the appointment of the US Secretary of State, Pampoe flew to the NATO headquarters in Brussels. On Saturday, he came to the Middle East on a short tour. During the visit to Saudi Arabia, former CIA director Pampo also called on Yemen to provide trade and humanitarian products.
Pompeo will leave Saudi Arabia on Sunday. There is talk of his visit to Jordan after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.