During the February 13-16 trip, Clinton is scheduled to attend the US-Islamic World Forum on Sunday in Qatar and meet the Gulf state's emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said.
The chief US diplomat will also meet Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al-Thani, who plays a dual role as Qatar's prime minister and foreign minister, Crowley added in a statement on Tuesday.
During her stop in Saudi Arabia, Clinton will likely discuss the Arab-Israeli peace process, ways to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions and the threat from Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), based in neighboring Yemen.
The Al-Qaeda affiliate allegedly trained Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian accused of trying to detonate explosives concealed in his underwear as an airliner carrying nearly 300 people aboard approached Detroit on December 25.
The State Department first announced the trip on its DipNote Twitter account, which officials said was the first time the agency had announced the secretary's travel plans in a tweet.
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