Mike Pompeo

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said June 2 that the Trump administration is ready for unconditional discussions with Iran in an effort to ease rising tensions that have sparked fears of conflict. But the United States will not relent in trying to pressure the Islamic Republic to change its behavior in the Middle East, America's top diplomat said.

The U.S. is planning to set up a safe zone in northern Syria to reduce the risk of terror attacks on Turkey and avoid further tension in the region, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on May 31.

The United States and Russia have agreed on ways to break a deadlock in finding a political solution in war-ravaged Syria, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said after talks with President Vladimir Putin.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said this on Tuesday in a conversation with hiss Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.

Iran and the United States could trigger a conflict by accident in an already unstable Gulf region, Britain's foreign minister said on May 13, as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held talks in Brussels with the main European powers on the crisis.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will cancel the Moscow leg of his Russia trip, but will meet President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the Black Sea resort of Sochi as planned on May 14, a State Department official said.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a lightning visit to Baghdad on May 7 to show U.S. support for the Iraqi government as Washington steps up warnings to Iran against any action against American interests in the Middle East.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has canceled a planned visit to Berlin on May 7, a U.S. Embassy spokesman said, citing scheduling reasons.

The Eastern Mediterranean Partnership (EMP) of Israel, Cyprus, Greece and now also America has become a major guardian of US security interests at the intersection of three regions of international concern - the Middle East, the Balkans and North Africa. We know we can count on these three other EMP countries as they have tirelessly "had our back," a characteristic unique for that region.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro had been ready Tuesday to fly into exile in Cuba until he was dissuaded by Russia, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, amid a military uprising in Caracas, reported AFP.
"He had an airplane on the tarmac, he was ready to leave this morning as we understand it, and the Russians indicated that he should stay," Pompeo told CNN.