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Appointed only in 2018, Mike Pompeo’s tenure as US Secretary of State has spanned just over two years, or half a term. Although he is heading for the exit in January, his notoriety is now well established, despite such a relatively brief spell in office.  Branded by multiple news outlets …

Speaking on Tuesday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Wang Wenbin has hit out at US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo for repeatedly bringing up the “China threat”. “We urge Pompeo to abandon his ‘Cold War mentality’, zero-sum mindset, and stop harping on the ‘China threat’.” Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark …

The fresh round of punitive measures, announced earlier this week by the Trump administration, targets 27 individuals and entities within Iran, taking aim at the country’s defense and nuclear industries. If found, their assets in the United States will be frozen, Americans will be barred from dealing with them, while …

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin hit back at Pompeo on Friday, after the top US diplomat told the New York Post that Beijing was running a spying operation out of its New York consulate. “Pompeo’s allegations concerning Chinese diplomatic and consular missions in the US and their staff are …

“The clock is ticking just in Pompeo’s parallel alternate universe!” exclaimed Saeed Khatibzadeh, spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry. “This happens when an ex-spymaster leads US diplomacy,” he opined, referring to the secretary of state’s previous career in the CIA. This week, UN Security Council (UNSC) president Dian Triansyah Djani said the return of the …

Pompeo is currently on a tour of the Middle East. He left Israel for Sudan on Tuesday morning, but not before he recorded a message from Jerusalem that is scheduled to be shown at the Republican party convention later in the day. The message is supposed to be in his …

Speaking during a council meeting on the Middle East on Tuesday, the current president – Indonesia’s UN ambassador – responded to questions from Russia and China on the Iran sanctions issue to say that the body is “not in the position to take further action” on the ‘snap back’ request. …

China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian told reporters the US has no right to demand the so-called “snapback” of sanctions on Iran, because Washington unilaterally abandoned the 2015 agreement on the Iranian nuclear program, known as the JCPOA, two years ago. “The participants of the JCPOA and the vast majority …

The first trip of the new Secretary of state almost does not yield results, the parties remained at their opinions, the media are writing. The talks in Sochi was that both sides were at their opinions, but this trip the head of American diplomacy is a serious attempt by the …

Pompeo did not arrive in Moscow in the framework of his visit to Russia. Visit to the Russian capital, the head of the state Department was canceled, however, intends to meet with Russian President and foreign Minister in Sochi. U.S. Secretary of state Mike Pompeo decided to visit Brussels, where …