LONDON, May 8 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in London on Wednesday for talks with British officials on the special relationship between the two countries amid heightened tensions with Iran and Brexit uncertainty.

Pompeo is scheduled to meet with British Prime Minister Theresa May and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt during his one-day visit "to discuss shared global priorities. He will also "give a speech on the U.S.-UK Special Relationship", according to a State Department statement issued on May 1.

The senior U.S. official arrived in London after making an unannounced visit to Iraq. He previously canceled a scheduled trip to Germany.