US Senator John McCain has arrived in Riyadh and held talks with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, according to official media.
McCain, the Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, took the trip after he met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara to discuss Syria, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The news network gave no details about McCain’s meeting with Salman at his office, but said, “They reviewed the relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United States.”
A number of senior Saudi officials, including State Minister Musaed al-Aiban and Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, were also present at the meeting.
McCain’s visit comes two days before a new round of United Nations-brokered peace negotiations on Syria in Geneva.
While in Turkey, the Arizona Republican said the alliance between the US and Turkey was “more vital than ever” because of the “growing disorder” in Europe and the Middle East.
