U.S. Special Envoys for Peace Mission Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner and U.S. Central Command Commander General Brad Cooper visited the United States USS Abraham Lincoln The deployment was planned in the Arabian Sea on Saturday.

The visit comes amid tensions with Iran, with Witkov saying military personnel are “protecting our security and upholding President Trump’s message of peace through force,” a day after the United States and Iran held talks in Oman to discuss iran nuclear program.

“We appreciate sailors and marines“, observed live flight operations and spoke with the pilot who shot down an Iranian drone that approached the carrier without clear intent,” Witkov wrote on X. “I’m proud to stand with the men and women who defend our interests, deter our adversaries and demonstrate to the world America’s readiness and resolve to watch every day.”

The aircraft carrier left san diego Targeting the Indo-Pacific in November, moving to the Middle East in January.

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Steve Witkopf and Jared Kushner flew to the USS Lincoln in the Arabian Sea on Saturday. (CENTCOM/X)

“I join the American people in expressing our immense pride in the Sailors and Marines of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group,” Cooper told the service members. “Their dedication to the mission and professionalism are on full display in the Middle East as they demonstrate America’s military readiness and strength.”

This is the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin NetanyahuHe will meet with President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to discuss Iran, his office said.

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Steve Witkopf and Jared Kushner flew with Adam Cooper to the USS Lincoln on Saturday, according to officials. (CENTCOM/X)

“The Prime Minister believes that all negotiations must include limiting ballistics missileand end 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 called Friday’s talks in Oman, which included Witkoff and Kushner, “very good.”

Steve Witkopf and Jared Kushner greet Omani Foreign Minister Seyyed Badr Hamad Al Busaidi on Friday ahead of U.S.-Iran talks in the Omani capital of Muscat. (Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Anadolu, Getty Images)

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“Iran looks very intent on making a deal,” the president told reporters Friday aboard Air Force One flying to Mar-a-Lago. “We have to see what the deal is.”