Tag: #MikePompeo
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Pompeo warns Iran of ‘decisive response’ if harm in Iraq
Washington, Dec 13 (AFP/APP): Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday warned Iran of a “decisive” response if US interests are harmed in Iraq, after a series of rocket attacks on bases. “We must… use this opportunity to remind Iran’s leaders that any attacks by them, or their proxies of any identity, that harm Americans,…
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US confirms Washington visit by Russian foreign minister
Washington, Dec 9 (AFP/APP): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will welcome his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday — the Russian’s first visit to Washington since a controversial 2017 meeting with US President Donald Trump, the State Department announced. The brief statement about the meeting, to be held at the State Department, said Pompeo…
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Pompeo visits Morocco in first since Trump election
Rabat, Morocco, Dec 5 (AFP/APP): Top US diplomat Mike Pompeo visited Morocco on Thursday, the highest-ranking American official to travel there since the election of President Donald Trump. Pompeo met his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita to discuss the “threat” posed by Iran’s attempts to “broaden its regional influence”, as well as the conflicts in Libya…
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Turkey didn’t buy Russian defence system ‘to keep in box’: FM
Ankara, Nov 27 (AFP/APP): Turkey on Wednesday rejected criticism from the United States over its testing of a newly-acquired Russian missile defence system. “You don’t buy a product to keep it in a box,” Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a press conference. Turkey’s acquisition of the S-400 missile defence system from Russia this summer was…
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Trump impeachment report could drop next week: Democrat
Washington, Nov 26 (AFP/APP): US impeachment investigators said Monday they could present their report of presidential wrongdoing as early as next week but do not rule out calling new witnesses in the case against Donald Trump. The three panels heading the probe have been preparing a file to deliver to the committee that will consider…
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Palestinian PM slams US policy shift on settlements
GAZA, Nov 19 (AA/APP):Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh condemned an announcement Monday by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that Israeli settlements in the West Bank will no longer be viewed as illegal “per se.” “The U.S.’s partial bias towards one of the most radical trends in Israel [of illegal settlement building] prevents it from…
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EU at odds with US over legality of Israeli settlements
Brussels, Nov 19 (AFP/APP): The EU on Monday condemned Israel’s policy of building settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, just hours after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington no longer considers them to be illegal. “The European Union’s position on Israeli settlement policy in the occupied Palestinian territory is clear and remains unchanged:…
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US ends sanction waivers for Iran’s Fordow nuclear plant
Washington, Nov 18 (AFP/APP): The United States announced Monday it would halt sanctions waivers for Iran’s Fordow plant, likely ending a key component of a landmark nuclear deal after Tehran said it had resumed enrichment activities. Piling pressure as protests hit Iran, the move is intended to discourage work led by Russia’s state-owned nuclear company…
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Pompeo ‘proud’ of State Dept but mum on attacked diplomat
Washington, Nov 19 (AFP/APP): Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday declined to vigorously defend a diplomat in President Donald Trump’s crosshairs in the impeachment inquiry but said he was “proud” of the State Department. Pompeo, who has managed for nearly three years to preserve a warm relationship with the mercurial president, is walking a…
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U.S. threatens to punish Egypt over arms deal with Russia
WASHINGTON, Nov 15 (XINHUA/APP):The United States has threatened to punish Egypt for its decision to purchase fighter jets from Russia, flexing its muscles against a second regional power that is veering toward Moscow. According to reports by the Wall Street Journal Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper sent a…