US assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs Barbara Leaf will visit Egypt, the UAE, Kuwait and Qatar on an 11-day trip to the region, The National reported Tuesday.
Leaf will meet officials in those countries, as well as “non-governmental and civil society representatives”, the US State Department announced on Monday.
Beginning in Egypt, where she will spend four days, Leaf will “discuss a range of bilateral issues” and “shared interests in de-escalation and maintaining regional stability”, the State Department said.
On October 15, Leaf will go to the UAE where regional security challenges will be discussed, as well as “the urgent need to secure a new, expanded truce agreement and broader political settlement in Yemen”.
Leaf will then go to Kuwait on October 18, where she will remain for one day, the State Department said.
“Regional developments, bilateral security co-operation and other key issues” will be on the agenda.
Finally, from October 20 to October 22, Leaf will go to Qatar as the country prepares to host the World Cup next month. There, she will discuss “economic, security and political co-operation” on the relocation of Afghans fleeing from Taliban rule.
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