US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is traveling to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for talks on Iran, Al Jazeera reports.
Speaking to reporters before flying out, Pompeo said he'll be talking to the two US allies "about how to make sure that we are all strategically aligned" and how to build a global coalition to "push back against the world's largest state sponsor of terror".
At the same time, Pompeo reiterated that the US was prepared to negotiate with Iran.
"We're prepared to negotiate with no preconditions. They know precisely how to find us," he said. "And I am confident that at the very moment they're ready to truly engage with us, we will able to begin this conversation."