Washington sources reported that the US President Donald Trump will make a significant announcement on the status of the fight against the ISIS in Syria during his State of the Union Address next week, the Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said. Meanwhile Trump is scheduled to deliver the State of the Union Address in a joint session of the US Congress on February 5.
Pompeo told "The President will make a significant announcement, I think, in the State of the Union next week with respect to the status of the caliphate, the real estate, and the grounds from which ISIS had been operating in Syria when this administration came in”. Furthermore Pompeo also informed that Trump would host foreign ministers of the "Global Coalition to Defeat the ISIS" and have discussions with them.
Previously Pompeo met with Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne, during which they exchanged information on developments connected to the planned, phased withdrawal of US troops from Syria now that the ISIS Caliphate has been defeated. State Department Deputy Spokesperson Robert Paladino said "Both sides underscored their resolve to continue the campaign to completely eradicate ISIS in the Core and its global network of extremists".
