US Special Envoy for Peacekeeping Missions Steve Witkoff, together with Jared Kushner and Admiral Brad Cooper, the commander of the US Central Command (CENTCOM), visited the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea on Saturday.
The visit comes amid tensions with Iran, and Witkoff said the military “kept us safe and upheld President Trump’s message of peace through strength,” a day after the US and Iran held talks in Oman to discuss Iran’s nuclear program.
“We thanked the sailors and Marines, observed live flight operations, and spoke with the pilot who downed an Iranian drone that approached the aircraft carrier without apparent intent,” Witkoff wrote on
The aircraft carrier departed San Diego for the Indo-Pacific region in November and moved to the Middle East in January.
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Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner flew to the USS Lincoln in the Arabian Sea on Saturday. (CENTCOM/X)
“I join the American people in expressing our incredible pride in the sailors and Marines of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group,” Cooper told the soldiers. “Their dedication to the mission and professionalism are on full display here in the Middle East as they demonstrate U.S. military readiness and strength.”
This comes as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said he would meet with President Donald Trump in Washington DC on Wednesday to discuss Iran.
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Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner flew to the USS Lincoln with Adam Cooper on Saturday, officials said. (CENTCOM/X)
“The prime minister believes that all negotiations must include limiting ballistic missiles and ending support for the Iranian axis,” Netanyahu’s office said, referring to Tehran’s support for groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas.
The two leaders last met in September.
Trump described Friday’s talks in Oman, involving Witkoff and Kushner, as “very good.”
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner greet Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Hamad Al Busaidi ahead of US-Iran talks in Muscat, the capital of Oman, on Friday. (Oman Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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“It appears Iran is very eager to make a deal,” the president told reporters Friday aboard Air Force One en route to Mar-a-Lago. “We have to see what that deal is.”
