Bahrain Mirror: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will start a foreign tour today to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and other countries. The US State Department said in a statement that Tillerson will begin his tour which ends on October 27 by visiting Saudi Arabia, where he will take part in the inaugural Coordination Council meeting between the governments of Saudi Arabia and Iraq.

The US Secretary of State will also meet with various Saudi leaders to discuss the conflict in Yemen, the ongoing Gulf dispute, Iran, and a number of other important regional and bilateral issues.

Tillerson will then travel to Doha, where he will meet with Qatari leaders and US military officials to discuss joint counterterrorism efforts, the ongoing Gulf dispute, and other regional and bilateral issues, including Iran and Iraq, the statement added.

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