The head of the American diplomacy Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday that he would visit next week in Poland and in three other European countries, while the United States announced its intention to reposition troops outside Germany.
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During this tour, which will begin on August 11, the US Secretary of State will also visit the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Austria. "It will be a very important and productive trip," he said, announcing the tour during a press conference. Polish President Andrzej Duda, a populist conservative, was narrowly re-elected to a new five-year term last month, after a highly polarizing campaign in which he was notably received into the White House by Donald Trump.
1,000 additional soldiers in Poland
The American president, who has a terrible relationship with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, has decided to withdraw thousands of American soldiers from Germany to reposition some of them in Poland. The Pentagon announced last week that the United States would deploy 1,000 additional troops to Poland in rotations, thanks to an agreement reached with Warsaw on their status in the country. They will be added to the 4,500 American soldiers already deployed by rotations in the country.
This tour should also be placed under the sign of China, as Mike Pompeo, who seeks to reduce the influence of Beijing in the world, encourages the allies of the United States to avoid the Chinese giant Huawei Huawei.