Pompeo skips Ankara, meets with Christian leader in final Turkey visit
In his final visit to Turkey as US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo met with the Orthodox Christian spiritual leader in Istanbul Tuesday, forgoing meetings with state officials in a possible message to conservative American voters.
![1229648922 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) listens to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians during a meeting at The Patriarchal Church of St. George in Istanbul on November 17, 2020. (Photo by Patrick Semansky / POOL / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK SEMANSKY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2020/11/GettyImages-1229648922.jpg/GettyImages-1229648922.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=FPiyTHNq)
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