Pompeo departs for UK Denmark trip

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is on his way overseas for a trip to the United Kingdom  and Denmark. Pompeo departed from Joint Base Andrews Monday morning.

Top of the trip agenda for Pompeo includes meeting Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in London to discuss global priorities including the coronavirus, economic recovery plans, issues related to China and Hong Kong, and the U.S.-UK Free Trade Agreement negotiations.

The Secretary of State will then head to Denmark to meet with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in Copenhagen to discuss matters including coronavirus and China plus meeting his Danish counterpart Foreign Affairs Minister Jeppe Kofod to discuss 'opportunities for closer cooperation between the U.S. and Denmark in key areas of mutual concern.'

Last year, President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. was interested in buying the autonomous Danish territory of Greenland as 'a large real estate deal', but, when PM Frederiksen called the suggestion 'absurd', he canceled a planned state visit to Denmark.