US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will receive his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, in Washington tomorrow, Tuesday, US State Department announced.
The State Department said - in a statement reported by the "Sky News" channel today - that Pompeo and Lavrov will meet at the Ministry's headquarters in Washington to discuss regional and bilateral issues.
Yesterday, Pompeo revealed details of a call he had with his Saudi counterpart Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud regarding the shooting incident at the major U.S. navy base in Florida.
“I just spoke with Foreign Minister Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia who expressed his condolences and sadness at the loss of life in the horrific attack in Pensacola, Florida yesterday,” Pompeo Tweeted.
“The families and friends of those killed, and those wounded, will be in our thoughts and prayers,” he added.
It is worth mentioning, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has identified the shooter that killed three at a military base in Florida as Saudi national Mohammed Alshamrani.
The FBI’s Jacksonville bureau confirmed in a statement on Saturday with a photo of the suspect, according to Xinhua news agency.
Four people, including the shooter, died on Friday at the Pensacola, Florida Naval Air Station by the hands of a Saudi national. This marked the second deadly shooting at a US military facility in less than a week.
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