Pompeo urges Saudi Arabia to consider normalizing relations with Israel

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud gathers his documents while U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo puts back his face mask on, after delivering their statements in the Treaty Room at the State Department, in Washington, U.S., October 14, 2020. Manuel Balce Ceneta/Pool via REUTERS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday urged Saudi Arabia to consider normalizing relations with Israel as he met with the Gulf country's foreign minister, also saying that Washington supports a "robust program of arms sales" to it.

Pompeo said he raised the so-called Abraham Accords, a U.S.-brokered agreement to normalize diplomatic ties with Israel, with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud at a meeting at the U.S. State Department.