Trump\'s security adviser to visit UAE \'this week\'

Trump's security adviser to visit UAE 'this week'

AFP  |  Dubai 

US will this to the for talks, the US embassy in said Monday.

The US embassy in the UAE on Monday sent an invitation to AFP to attend a roundtable with Bolton which would take place "this week", but no date was given.

Bolton's planned meeting comes as the UAE, and the US have increasingly sought to isolate Iran, and it coincides with key meetings planned in

Regional tensions have spiked since reimposed sanctions against after unilaterally pulling out of a multilateral 2015 nuclear accord signed with the Islamic republic.

Regional summits are planned on Thursday and Friday in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, as seeks to further isolate its regional rival

The has ordered non-essential diplomatic staff out of Iraq, citing threats from Iranian-backed Iraqi armed groups, and sent an and heavy bombers to the region.

On Friday, Trump announced the deployment of some 1,500 more soldiers to the Middle East, while his administration the same day bypassed to sell USD 8.1 billion of arms to and other Arab allies.

But the US has appeared to dial back his hawkishness towards since then, saying on Monday his government does not seek "regime change".

"I really believe that would like to make a deal. I think... there's a possibility for that to happen," Trump said during a visit to

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First Published: Tue, May 28 2019. 02:50 IST