US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Saudi Arabia June 6-8 for meetings on economic and security relations between the two countries as well as global issues, the State Department announced on Friday.
The trip will include a June 7 U.S.-Gulf Cooperation Council ministerial meeting on Middle East security and integration, according to the statement.
Blinken will also co-host a Ministerial meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan in Riyadh to highlight the critical role played by the D-ISIS Coalition to address the continuing threat of ISIS and reaffirm our commitment to ensure its enduring defeat on June 8, the statement said.