Less than 24 hours before Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was scheduled to depart for his first visit to Ukraine as secretary, the trip was cancelled, because of the protests at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, according to the State Department.
and ensure the safety and security of Americans in the Middle East," State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus said in a statement on Wednesday.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks at the State Department in Washington, D.C., Dec.19, 2019.The cancellation comes one day after Iran-backed militias and their supporters stormed the American embassy and then camped outside the compound overnight. Supporters of Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force protest outside the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Jan. 1, 2020 to condemn the U.S. air strikes that killed 25 Hashed fighters over the weekend.
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