US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is postponing his scheduled visit to Kuwait, as he is cutting short his current tour to the region to attend a family funeral back home, US embassy announced here Monday.
US Ambassador to Kuwait Lawrence Silverman, in a press release, conveyed Pompeo’s anticipation to visit Kuwait in the near future to hold US-Kuwaiti strategic dialogue with Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.
Secretary Pompeo sees the strategic dialogue as a major priority that would “abide our countries by beefing up the level of cooperation on all levels for the mutual and practical benefits of our peoples,” Silverman noted.
The Third Kuwait-US Strategic Dialogue was scheduled to take place tomorrow (Tuesday).