By Kylie Atwood, Tal Shalev, Kristen Holmes, CNN
(CNN) — President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, and Trump’s son in law Jared Kushner, visited the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier on Saturday morning after completing talks with Iran on Friday, according to a senior US official and two regional sources familiar with the matter.
Kushner and Witkoff were invited to visit the carrier, which is part of the Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, by the commander of US Central Command, Admiral Brad Cooper, the senior US official said. The intention of the trip was to express gratitude for the American service members in the region, the official added.
The visit to serves as a stark reminder that while the US and Iran are now re-engaged in negotiations, the Trump administration still maintains a significant military buildup in the Middle East. That presence has accelerated in recent weeks as Trump considered options for striking Iran, but there was no indication that any decision has been made to move ahead with options reviewed.
The visit came after President Donald Trump told reporters Friday the US held “very good talks” with Iran after delegations from both countries participated in indirect discussions in Oman Friday.
“Iran looks like it wants to make a deal very badly,” the president said aboard Air Force One. “We have to see what that deal is.”
The meetings were the first round of negotiations between the two sides since the US and Israel struck Iran last summer.
The visit to the carrier was something that both the Omanis and the Iranians knew about before it took place, one of the regional sources said.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated with additional information.
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