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Mike Pompeo will no longer travel to Europe as Secretary of State
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The outgoing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has canceled his last trip abroad.
As his office announced on Tuesday, Pompeo wants to support a "smooth transition" to the future government of Joe Biden.
For this reason, a visit to NATO in Brussels planned for Wednesday was canceled.
Pompeo originally wanted to meet with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday evening.
A meeting with Belgium's Foreign Minister Sophie Wilmès was planned for Thursday.
A visit to Pompeo's counterpart Jean Asselborn in Luxembourg will also not take place, as a Luxembourg government representative confirmed to the AFP news agency.
Luxembourg's foreign minister described US President Donald Trump as "criminals" and "political pyromaniacs" after the storming of the Capitol by rampaging Trump supporters.
Asselborn called on the RTL radio station on Thursday that the president should be brought to justice.
He accused Trump of ignoring the US Constitution with his unproven accusations of fraud in the presidential election and leading to a »11th
September against democracy «.
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