LONDON: A senior US official is set to travel to Israel and Turkiye next week to discuss security issues and weapons control, the State Department said on Thursday. “Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance, Mallory Stewart, will travel to Jerusalem and Ankara during the week of Sept. 4-9,” the State Department said in a statement. “In Jerusalem, she will meet with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for discussions on strategic stability, multilateral arms control, responsible uses of artificial intelligence and space security,” it added. Meanwhile, in the Turkish capital, Ankara, Stewart will hold talks with officials from the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of National Defense “on strategic stability, risk reduction, and current arms control and security matters.”