U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson gathers his things to board his plane to depart for a several day Mideast trip, Friday, Oct. 20, 2017, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. REUTERS/Alex Brandon/Pool
October 21, 2017
RIYADH (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Riyadh on Saturday at the start of a six-day trip which will also take him to Qatar, a fellow Gulf Arab state which is in a diplomatic dispute with Saudi Arabia.
Tillerson flew into King Salman Air Base and will later meet with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir.
(Writing by Sylvia Westall; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)
