Mike Pompeo

Europe News

Pompeo cancels EU trip amid apparent 'snub' by Luxembourg

Luxembourg declined to comment on the reason, but confirmed the planned trip had been cancelled.

13/01/2021

USA

US scraps longstanding restrictions on contact with Taiwan

“Today’s statement recognizes that the US-Taiwan relationship need not, and should not, be shackled by self-imposed restrictions of our permanent bureaucracy,” said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

10/01/2021

World News

NATO meeting: US-Turkey row takes centre stage as FMs discuss China

Outgoing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo locked horns with Turkish FM Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu as NATO foreign ministers met at a virtual conference.

03/12/2020

Israel

Pompeo becomes first top US diplomat to visit an Israeli settlement

Pompeo later visited the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau Israel captured from Syria in the 1967 Mideast war and later annexed.

19/11/2020

World News

Is the Three Seas Initiative an American-funded alternative to the EU?

Regional leaders are set to meet at a summit hosted by Estonia to discuss improvements to infrastructure and living standards among Eastern European EU members

19/10/2020

USA

Trump administration declares UN sanctions on Iran 'restored'

Mike Pompeo has said that UN sanctions on Iran are restored in a move that most other countries consider illegal.

20/09/2020

Guyana

US Secretary of State urges Venezuelan president to leave office

Mike Pompeo delivered his unequivocal message while visiting Suriname, Guyana, Brazil and Colombia.

19/09/2020

World News

US signs defence cooperation agreement to move troops to Poland

The US and Poland have "proudly executed" this defence agreement and it "paves the way" for an additional 1,000 troops on top of the 4,500 already present, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.

15/08/2020

World News

WHO chief hits back at Pompeo's 'co-opted by China' claims

Dr Tedros said such allegations are "untrue and unacceptable" and warned against politicising the coronavirus pandemic.

23/07/2020

World News

Airlines urge joint US-EU COVID-19 testing programme for travellers

Airlines wrote a letter to US Vice President Mike Pence and EU home affairs commissioner Ylva Johansson requesting a joint testing programme.

22/07/2020

United Kingdom

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in 'constructive' talks with Johnson

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in London to holds talks with UK prime minister, Boris Johnson.

21/07/2020

World

Is it time to kick Huawei out of Europe?

Banned by America and now ditched by the UK, Chinese tech giant Huawei is under fire across the globe. How will the rest of Europe react?

17/07/2020

USA

Pompeo goes against US intelligence on virus being man-made

The US Secretary of State says he sees no reason why the intelligence services would get it wrong, yet maintained the 'man-made' assertion regarding COVID-19.

03/05/2020

Iran

Euroviews. Hossein Dehghani: Should Iran make a direct plea for sanctions relief? ǀ View

Against the backdrop of overwhelming international calls for the easing of sanctions that have obstructed Iran’s humanitarian trade, some US officials have claimed that Iran never asked for sanctions relief. By this, they probably mean a direct plea to the US government to obtain the relief.

09/04/2020

Afghanistan

US and Taliban reach Afghanistan truce on sidelines of Munich summit

The truce came after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper met in Munich with Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani.

14/02/2020

World News

Pompeo visits Kazakhstan with warning over Chinese investment

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told senior Kazakh officials that Chinese investment comes with a cost to sovereignty.

02/02/2020