The US secretary of state said Washington would continue to play a key role in promoting normalization between Israel and the Palestinians. The statement was issued at the end of a meeting in the Saudi capital Riyadh between the foreign ministers of the Gulf countries and the US Secretary of State.
The two sides agreed on the need to continue cutting off ISIS's sources of funding. The US-Gulf statement affirmed the commitment to reach a political solution to the Syrian crisis in a way that preserves Syria's unity and sovereignty.