The United States and Qatar have talked about extending an army installation in the Gulf State, the State Department has declared. 

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with the Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Khalid canister Mohammad Al Attiyah on Wednesday in Washington. 

Secretary of State Spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in an explanation that the senior authorities talked about "progressing in the direction of a Middle East Strategic Alliance" and "the development of Al-Udeid Airbase." 

The United States and Qatar have discussed expanding a military base in the Gulf State, the State Department has announced.

Qatar is home to America's biggest army installation in the Gulf, Al-Udeid, where nearly 10,000 US troops are positioned and from which Washington sends warplanes utilized in the fight against the Islamic State gathering. 

A month ago, the US said it would select a minister to Qatar, following a 16-month hole amid which Doha has been at the focal point of a local strategic emergency. 

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt disjoined ties with Doha on June 5, 2017 over claims it looks for nearer ties with Saudi Arabia's chief adversary Iran and backings radical Islamist gatherings. 

Qatar denies the charges, blaming its neighbors for looking for routine change. The four nations proceed with a ban of the little gas-rich Gulf state, which on Thursday stamped 500 days. 

In the first place, Trump seemed to back Saudi Arabia's political remain off with Doha - particularly over the issue of dread financing. 

In any case, in a White House meeting in April with Qatar's Emir Sheik Tamim receptacle Hamad al-Thani, the US president underscored vital ties between the two nations.