Pompeo Calls On Germany To Ban Hezbollah
By Arab News
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Germany to also ban the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah during his state visit on Friday, saying it should follow the UK’s lead.
The UK banned Hezbollah early this year, calling it “terrorist organization.”
Pompeo made his first visit to Germany as secretary of state at the
start of a four-nation European trip as tensions rise between the US and
Iran.
Pompeo was set to meet Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and Chancellor Angela
Merkel in Berlin on Friday before continuing to Switzerland, which has
long represented Washington’s interests in Tehran and has in the past
been an intermediary between the two.
Germany is one of the signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran
and world powers that is trying to keep it alive after the U.S. withdrew
last year.
Pompeo’s stop in Berlin makes up for a visit that he abruptly called off
in early May to fly to Iraq. He is also traveling to the Netherlands
and Britain.