United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his wife Susan embrace US Ambassador to France Jamie McCourt after stepping off a plane at Paris-Le Bourget Airport on Saturday, Nov 14, 2020. Pompeo is beginning a 10-day trip to Europe and the Middle East.
“For the moment, my counterpart is Mike Pompeo, until Jan 20,” Le Drian said on BFMTV, referring to the date when Trump’s term ends. “He’s coming to Paris. I receive him.” There have been three terror attacks in recent weeks in France that have killed four people, linked to recently republished caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. Anti-France protests rolled through some Muslim countries after Macron insisted on his nation's respect for freedom of expression, including the right to draw caricatures.
The administration’s relations with Turkey have been particularly strained after the NATO ally’s purchase of a Russian missile defence system, and Pompeo’s stop in Istanbul next week will not include meetings with Turkish officials. Instead, Pompeo will meet with religious leaders to highlight his promotion of religious freedom.
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