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Pompeo shortens upcoming Asia trip after Trump falls ill with COVID-19

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Humeyra Pamuk, Reuters

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/reuters/10/04/pompeo.jpg"/><figcaption>US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo adjusts his earphones during a Te Deum as part of the swearing-in ceremony of Dominican Republic&#x27;s new President Luis Abinader in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic August 16, 2020. Ricardo Rojas, Reuters/file</figcaption></figure></div>WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will depart for Japan on Sunday but will not go to Mongolia and South Korea as originally planned, the State Department said on Saturday, after President Donald Trump was diagnosed and hospitalized due to the coronavirus.Initially, Pompeo planned to visit all three countries between Oct. 4 and Oct 8. He is still set to leave for Tokyo on Sunday but will be returning to Washington on Oct. 6 after consultations with his Japanese counterparts and attending a wider meeting with foreign ministers of India and Australia.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/10/03/20/pompeo-visit-shows-strong-us-commitment-to-asia-stilwell-says">Pompeo visit shows strong US commitment to Asia, Stilwell says</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/09/30/20/pompeo-due-in-asia-for-talks-on-china-nkorea">Pompeo due in Asia for talks on China, N.Korea</a></li></ul>Trump announced his illness in the early hours of Friday and was flown from the White House to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center near Washington. In a video from the hospital on Saturday, he said he felt &#x27;much better&#x27; but the next few days will be &#x27;the real test&#x27; of his treatment for COVID-19.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/10/04/20/trumps-covid-19-symptoms-very-concerning-next-48-hours-critical-source">Trump&#x27;s COVID-19 symptoms &#x27;very concerning&#x27;, next 48 hours critical -source</a></li></ul>In a speech delivered virtually earlier to the Florida Family Policy Council, Pompeo said he was in good health but that he canceled his in-person appearance at the event &quot;out of an abundance of caution.&quot; He said he still planned to go to Asia.&quot;You should know that I’m feeling fine, I’m doing great. I’ve been tested twice in two days. I’m as healthy as I’ve been. And I intend still – I have a trip that I’m planning to take to Asia tomorrow,&quot; he said.In a statement, the State Department said Pompeo was expecting to travel to Asia again in October and will work to reschedule the visits in his original itinerary.Pompeo&#x27;s visit to East Asia, his first to the region in over a year, comes at a time when US ties with Beijing are at their worst in decades. Apart from Trump, the coronavirus has infected his wife Melania and several Republican senators, as well as millions of other Americans.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will depart for Japan on Sunday but will not go to Mongolia and South Korea as originally planned, the State Department said on Saturday, after President Donald Trump was diagnosed and hospitalized due to the coronavirus.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will depart for Japan on Sunday but will not go to Mongolia and South Korea as originally planned, the State Department said on Saturday, after President Donald Trump was diagnosed and hospitalized due to the coronavirus.

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Pompeo shortens upcoming Asia trip after Trump falls ill with COVID-19

Humeyra Pamuk,

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Published Oct 04, 2020 12:43 PM PHT

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