Americas...:Kerry in KSA: Iran, Yemen, Syria on Top of Talks

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Fresh from the latest round of Iran nuclear negotiations, US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Saudi Arabia Wednesday to ease Gulf Arab concerns about an emerging deal and discuss ways to calm instability in Yemen and other Mideast nations.

In an attempt to assure the Saudi ally, Kerry left the Iran talks in the Swiss resort town of Montreux and flew to Riyadh, where he will see the new Saudi monarch, King Salman, and meet separately with the foreign ministers of the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

US officials say Kerry will reassure them that a deal with Tehran will not allow Iran to get the bomb and won't mean American complacency on broader security matters.

One senior official said that no matter what happens with the Iranian nuclear talks, the US would continue to confront "Iranian expansion" and in the region and work closely with the Gulf states on mutual security arrangements and boosting their defense capabilities. The official was not authorized to speak publicly about Kerry's visit to Riyadh and spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity

US officials said Kerry will reiterate that the US supports UN efforts to promote a dialogue leading to a political transition in Yemen.

The UN-mediated talks are aimed at breaking the political stalemate between the Ansarullah rebels and Yemeni President Abed Rabbou Mansour Hadi.

The United States, which closed its embassy in Sanaa last month and evacuated its diplomatic staff, has no plans to relocate to Aden, although the US ambassador to Yemen, Matthew Tueller, met with Hadi in Aden Monday. Until the crisis is resolved and the embassy reopened, Tueller and some of his staff will be based in an office at the US Consulate in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, the officials said.

In addition to the Iranian nuclear issue and Yemen, Kerry will also discuss the conditions in Syria and the fight against "ISIL" there and in Iraq.

US officials said Kerry would stress that the United States does not see a military solution to the conflict in Syria.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team