Trump's security adviser to visit UAE 'this week'

28/05/2019 AFP

 

US national security adviser John Bolton will this week travel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for talks, the US embassy in Abu Dhabi said Monday.

 

The US embassy in the UAE on Monday sent an invitation to AFP to attend a roundtable with Bolton which would take place "this week", but no date was given.

 

Bolton's planned meeting comes as the UAE, Saudi Arabia and the US have increasingly sought to isolate Iran, and it coincides with key meetings planned in Saudi Arabia.

 

Regional tensions have spiked since Donald Trump's administration reimposed sanctions against Iran after unilaterally pulling out of a multilateral 2015 nuclear accord signed with the Islamic republic.

 

Regional summits are planned on Thursday and Friday in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

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