Mike Pompeo tours Germany amid tense relations
By DW
12 November 2019 |
8:21 am
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has begun an official visit to Germany. Relations between the NATO allies are at a low, but an recent announcement by one of Angela Merkel's ministers seemed to nod to US complaints.
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