Pompeo Cancels Final Europe Trip after Luxembourg, Belgium & NATO Refuse to Meet with Him
From Reuters:
BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cancelled his Europe trip at the last minute on Tuesday after Luxembourg’s foreign minister and top European Union officials declined to meet him, European diplomats and other people familiar with the matter said.
The Europeans snubbed Washington’s top envoy days after the storming of the U.S. Capitol by thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump, an unprecedented attack on American democracy that stunned many world leaders and U.S. allies.
Pompeo, a close ally of Trump, had sought to meet Jean Asselborn in Luxembourg, a small but wealthy NATO ally, before meeting EU leaders and the bloc’s top diplomat in Brussels, three people close to the planning told Reuters.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pompeo-europe-exclusive/exclusive-luxembourg-eu-snub-pompeo-in-final-europe-trip-diplomats-say-idUSKBN29H2MM
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