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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo won't be making a final lap around Europe after all. His European was scrapped on Tuesday after Luxembourg's foreign minister and European Union officials refused to meet with him. According to Business Insider, a series of diplomats snubbed Pompeo. One diplomatic source says that America's European allies were 'embarrassed' by the deadly riot at the Capitol last week. A day after the siege, Asselborn publicly called President Donald Trump a 'criminal' and a 'political pyromaniac who should be sent to criminal court.'
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday offered his congratulations for holding 'free and fair elections.' However, he didn't offer them towards his own country. Nor has he recognized President-elect Joe Biden as the winner. Instead, Business Insider reports Pompeo congratulated Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves on his reelection in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Pompeo on Friday left Washington for a 10-day trip to seven countries with leaders that have congratulated Biden on his 2020 victory. Countries across the globe have congratulated Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. But St. Vincent and the Grenadines has not.
Colombo, Oct 27 (EFE/EPA).- Members of Sri Lanka's Marxist People Liberation Front protested Tuesday against the visit of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, accusing the US government of interfering in Sri Lanka's independence and sovereignty. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: MEMBERS OF SRI LANKA'S MARXIST PEOPLE LIBERATION FRONT PROTEST OUTSIDE THE US EMBASSY IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
New Delhi, Oct 27 (EFE/EPA).- The United States on Tuesday signed an important military agreement with India for sharing sensitive satellite data as the two countries vowed to further deepen their defense ties amid concerns over the growing Chinese influence and power in South Asia and the Indo-Pacific.As the US ramped up its pressure on China, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who arrived in New Delhi on Monday with Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, warned of the threat to security and freedom by “increasingly assertive China." (CAMERA: HARISH TYAGI / DAVID ASTA ALARES).SHOT LIST: US DEFENCE SECRETARY MARK T. ESPER, US SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO, INDIAN MINISTER OF DEFENCE RAJNATH SINGH, AND INDIAN MINISTER OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS SUBRAHMANYAM JAISHANKAR ATTEND A PRESS CONFERENCE FOLLOWING THE THIRD EDITION OF THE 2+2 MINISTERIAL DIALOGUE BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES IN NEW DELHI, INDIA.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits Kiev on Friday on his first trip to Ukraine, the country at the heart of President Donald Trump's impeachment trial. IMAGES of Mike Pompeo meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko