Seoul welcomes Pompeo's inauguration as US secretary of state
Foreign affairsApr 27, 2018
South Korea "welcomed" on Friday the inauguration of Mike Pompeo as the new United States secretary of state, announcing that Seoul is in talks with Washington to arrange an early meeting between him and his South Korean counterpart."We welcome the inauguration of Pompeo as the 70th secretary of state following his confirmation process and swearing-in ceremony," a foreign ministry official here said.The former director of the Central Intelligence Agency took office Thursday (US time) after Senat