U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Brazil, where both men were in attendance for new Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s inauguration. Pompeo addressed Trump’s recent decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo: “The decision the president made on Syria in no way changes anything that this administration is working on alongside Israel. The counter-ISIS campaign continues. Our efforts to counter Iranian aggression continue. And our commitment to Middle East stability and the protection of Israel continues in the same way it did before that decision was made.”

U.S. officials said Monday that the military will have four months to withdraw troops from Syria, rather than the 30 days initially announced by Trump. The withdrawal will be overseen by Patrick Shanahan, a former executive at the weapons maker Boeing. Shanahan became acting secretary of defense on New Year’s Day, after the former Pentagon chief James Mattis resigned in protest of Trump’s foreign policies.