The White House announced that US President Trump will travel to Saudi Arabia and Israel later this month.

It will be his first trip abroad since taking office in January.

The White House announced on Thursday, making the two countries his first foreign destinations since taking office as he seeks to intensify the war against the Islamic State, rally the region against Iran and negotiate Middle East peace.

Trump will also visit Rome to meet Pope Francis. With this trip he will visit the centers of the three major monotheistic religions. He will call for religious tolerance and unity against a scourge of radicalization,

The stops in Riyadh, Jerusalem and Rome were added to the front of a previously scheduled trip to Brussels and Sicily for summit meetings of NATO and the Group of 7 economic powers.

Trump plans to gather leaders from across the Arab world in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, and he said he hoped to use the meeting “to embrace a more just and hopeful future for young Muslims in their countries.”

“Our task is not to dictate to others how to live,” he added, “but to build a coalition of friends and partners who share the goal of fighting terrorism and bringing safety, opportunity and stability to the Middle East.”

In Jerusalem, the US president is expected to detail his vision for an Israeli-Palestinian peace. The president will “lay out some terms for what we see as a peaceful future in that region,” one US official was quoted by The New York Times.

The exact date for Trump’s visit to Israel has not been set yet.