Pompeo Cancels Trip After EU Officials Refuse Meeting

Reuters reports:

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.

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Mike Pompeo cancelled his Europe trip on Tuesday after Luxembourg’s foreign minister & top European Union officials refused to meet him. The extraordinary snub came days after the storming of the US Capitol by Trump supporters, which stunned world leaders. https://t.co/b6cwTCqLNv

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