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
View 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
USA US says Soleimani not on 'diplomatic mission' when he was killed US Secretary of State Mike #Pompeo has been defending Trump's decision to kill Qassem Soleimani but refused to present evidence explaining why the Iranian military general was an "imminent threat". 07/01/2020
USA Pompeo accuses Europe of not being 'helpful' over Soleimani attack "The Brits, the French, the Germans all need to understand that what we did ... saved lives in Europe," said Pompeo about the killing of Qassem Soleimani. 04/01/2020
View The impeachment hearing eviscerates Trump and shows how he broke the rules of diplomacy ǀ View In contrast to their day jobs promoting American interests, often through discrete conversations, Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, and Kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state for Europe, were asked to publicly testify against an administration and a president they continue to serve. 14/11/2019
View Trump rages about the impeachment process. But the GOP created those rules ǀ View If Trump is unhappy with how the impeachment process is unfolding, he has mostly Republicans to blame. After all, they are the ones who have written the rules that impeachment investigations follow. 13/11/2019
world news Pompeo condemns Turkey over 'unacceptable' drilling in Cypriot waters Pompeo condemns Turkey over drilling in Cypriot waters 05/10/2019
Good Morning Europe Pompeo in North Macedonia seen as sign of US Balkan re-engagement A former NATO spokesperson says the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to North Macedonia is an important sign of re-engagement with the Balkan region. 04/10/2019
Italy Make America Grate Again: Pompeo given parmesan in US tariffs stunt 'Give it to Trump,' the woman said. 01/10/2019
USA Pompeo subpoenaed by House Democrats over Trump-Ukraine scandal The committee chairmen also sent a separate letter to Pompeo to schedule the depositions of five State Department officials over the next two weeks. 27/09/2019
Europe News Brexit by the sea – Tiny Dutch village braces for huge Brexit party "The idea of waving to the Brits and waving back is great and to have different types of music from different European countries. It is amazing idea and we support it," Mayor of Wijk ann See 02/09/2019
Italy Italy's Matteo Salvini in US for talks with Mike Pompeo and Mike Pence Italy's Deputy PM Matteo Salvini met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Vice President Mike Pence during an official visit to Washington 17/06/2019
world news Is the US right to claim the EU is not treating it fairly on trade? In an interview with Euronews on Monday, US secretary of state Mike Pompeo said the US hadn't "been treated fairly" by the EU. Did he have a point? 05/06/2019
