Pompeo heads to Mideast as part of Trump’s Arab-Israeli push
4 years, 4 months ago

Pompeo heads to Mideast as part of Trump’s Arab-Israeli push

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is on a trip to the Middle East, the first of two senior U.S. officials to travel to the region this week as the Trump administration presses an ambitious Arab-Israeli peace push that President Donald Trump hopes will burnish his foreign policy credentials ahead of November’s election. In addition to Israel and Sudan, the State Department said Pompeo would travel to Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. “The U.S. commitment to peace, security, and stability in Israel, Sudan, and among Gulf countries has never been stronger than under President Trump’s leadership,” the State Department said in a statement announcing Pompeo’s trip. In Israel, Pompeo will meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “to discuss regional security issues related to Iran’s malicious influence, establishing and deepening Israel’s relationships in the region, as well as cooperation in protecting the U.S. and Israeli economies from malign investors,” the State Department said.

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Pompeo touts Iran policy in Gulf ahead of Biden presidency
4 years, 1 month ago

Pompeo touts Iran policy in Gulf ahead of Biden presidency

Hindustan Times  

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday defended his tour of Gulf Arab states and the Trump administration’s continued efforts to squeeze Iran, even as a new US administration led by Joe Biden prepares to enter the White House in January. We’ll do that to the very last minute.” In what was likely his final tour of the Persian …

Pompeo leaves chaotic Washington for Europe, the Mideast and an Israeli settlement, sources say
4 years, 1 month ago

Pompeo leaves chaotic Washington for Europe, the Mideast and an Israeli settlement, sources say

CNN  

CNN — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is set to leave Friday for Europe and the Middle East in a seven-country, legacy-burnishing trip that will include a stop at a West Bank settlement, making him the first top US diplomat to visit one of the Israeli settlements considered illegal under international law. Settlements in occupied territory are regarded as illegal …

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to leave on 7-nation trip to Europe and Asia
4 years, 1 month ago

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to leave on 7-nation trip to Europe and Asia

The Hindu  

Amidst domestic political turmoil following the contentious presidential election, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday announced that he would leave on a seven-nation tour on Friday that would take him to France, Turkey, Georgia, Israel, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. Next, he will travel to the United Arab Emirates and meet with Abu Dhabi Crown …

Pompeo urges Saudi Arabia to normalise ties with Israel
4 years, 2 months ago

Pompeo urges Saudi Arabia to normalise ties with Israel

Al Jazeera  

The US is urging more Gulf countries to strike similar accords with Israel, following UAE and Bahrain agreements. United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has urged Saudi Arabia to recognise Israel, in what would be a strategic boost for the Jewish state amid normalisation with two other Gulf Arab kingdoms. Bahrain, which tightly coordinates its foreign policy with Saudi …

Pompeo has closed-door meetings with Bahrain, UAE leaders
4 years, 4 months ago

Pompeo has closed-door meetings with Bahrain, UAE leaders

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held closed-door meetings Wednesday with Bahrain’s royal family and top officials in the United Arab Emirates amid the Trump administration’s push for Arab nations to recognize Israel. Pompeo also said he discussed efforts to “advance greater unity among Gulf countries.” That’s as his plane flew over Qatar on its …

Defying precedent and possibly law, Pompeo dives into race
4 years, 4 months ago

Defying precedent and possibly law, Pompeo dives into race

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Casting aside his own advice to American diplomats and bulldozing a long tradition of secretary of state non-partisanship, Mike Pompeo plunged into the heart of the 2020 presidential race Tuesday with a speech supporting Donald Trump’s reelection. Pompeo delivered standard recitations of GOP claims about the successes of Trump’s “America First” foreign policy against Russia, China and Iran. …

Bahrain rejects US push to normalise relations with Israel
4 years, 4 months ago

Bahrain rejects US push to normalise relations with Israel

Al Jazeera  

In talks with US Secretary of State Pompeo, King Hamad says Bahrain is committed to the creation of a Palestinian state. Bahrain’s king has told visiting US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the Gulf state is committed to the creation of a Palestinian state, according to state media, in an implicit rejection of Washington’s push for Arab countries to …

Pompeo in Sudan visit pushes normalizing ties with Israel
4 years, 4 months ago

Pompeo in Sudan visit pushes normalizing ties with Israel

Live Mint  

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Sudan on Tuesday to push for normalizing ties with Israel, building on momentum from the recent historic agreement to establish relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. Pompeo met Tuesday with Sudanese Gen Abdel-Fattah Burhan, the head of the ruling sovereign council, and Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, Hamdok later described his meeting …

Secretary of State Pompeo’s RNC speech from Israel shatters norms, spurs investigation
4 years, 4 months ago

Secretary of State Pompeo’s RNC speech from Israel shatters norms, spurs investigation

LA Times  

Pausing during a multination trip to the Middle East, Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo taped his convention speech with Jerusalem in the background. Pompeo paused during a multi-nation trip to the Middle East to tape the convention speech in Jerusalem, what he called Israel’s “rightful capital,” and a potent symbol for his and Trump’s evangelical followers as well as …

What Pompeo and Kushner are up to (opinion)
4 years, 4 months ago

What Pompeo and Kushner are up to (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Aaron David Miller is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and author of “The End of Greatness: Why America Can’t Have Another Great President.” He was a Middle East negotiator in Democratic and Republican administrations. CNN — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo left for Israel and the Gulf on Sunday not with the two-state …

Pompeo tours Middle East as part of Trump’s Arab-Israeli push
4 years, 4 months ago

Pompeo tours Middle East as part of Trump’s Arab-Israeli push

Al Jazeera  

After meeting Israeli PM in Jerusalem, US secretary of state to visit senior figures in UAE, Bahrain and Sudan. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said he hoped more Arab countries would establish diplomatic ties with Israel, as he arrived in Jerusalem to start a five-day Middle East tour on the back of a US-brokered deal between Israel and …

Pompeo's move in Houston marks a new low in US statecraft
4 years, 5 months ago

Pompeo's move in Houston marks a new low in US statecraft

China Daily  

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, on July 1, 2020. The US State Department's order on Tuesday to close the Chinese consulate in Houston, Texas, within three days is not only a major provocative move against China but also a new low in US diplomacy. The US Department of …

Pompeo's move in Houston marks a new low in US statecraft
4 years, 5 months ago

Pompeo's move in Houston marks a new low in US statecraft

China Daily  

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, on July 1, 2020. The US State Department's order on Tuesday to close the Chinese consulate in Houston, Texas, within three days is not only a major provocative move against China but also a new low in US diplomacy. The US Department of …

Pompeo in Saudi Arabia for visit focused on Iranian threats
4 years, 10 months ago

Pompeo in Saudi Arabia for visit focused on Iranian threats

Associated Press  

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and the crown prince on Thursday to discuss shared security interests in the Gulf and threats from Iran. He also toured a sprawling desert air base in Saudi Arabia where a few thousand U.S. troops are deployed as part of a wider effort by …

Pompeo plays clean-up in Ukraine as Trump trial nears end
4 years, 11 months ago

Pompeo plays clean-up in Ukraine as Trump trial nears end

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — As the Senate lurched toward a vote to acquit President Donald Trump on impeachment charges, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo played clean-up in the country at the center of the inquiry on Friday. Visiting Ukraine, Pompeo denied the main allegations that prompted the investigation, contradicting witness testimony that Trump withheld critical military aid and a coveted visit …

Mike Pompeo’s long, strange tour through the Mideast
5 years, 11 months ago

Mike Pompeo’s long, strange tour through the Mideast

CNN  

CNN — What a long, strange trip it has been. “So we spent time talking about human rights issues, the Khashoggi case in particular.” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo with Saudi Crown Price Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh on Monday. In addition to reassuring US allies over Syria, Pompeo made clear at The American University in Cairo in an …

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