Mideast Tour: Pompeo Heading to Bahrain

By Nawal Sayed

CAIRO, Jan. 11 (SEE) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is leaving Cairo within

less than two hours, heading to Manama, Bahrain where he will hold discussions

with Bahraini king and high-profile officials.

Pompeo’s two-day visit to Cairo has been accomplished after meeting

with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and

Director of General Intelligence Service Abbas Kamel, delivering a historic

speech at the AUC, New Cairo campus, metting with personnel of US Embassy in

Cairo and visiting the newly-opened mosque and church at the New Administrative

Capital.

The Secretary is expected to arrive in Manama to attend a working lunch with King Hamad bin Isa Al KHalifa, Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa at 1:20 pm (Bahrain Local Time).

Then, Secretary Pompeo will meet with personnel of U.S. Embassy Manama, in Manama, Bahrain, before he tours and receives a briefing from the United States Naval Forces Central Command, in Manama, Bahrain.