Pompeo heads for Cyprus as Turkey tensions rage and rise

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Cyprus on Saturday in a bid to broker a peaceful solution to tensions with Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean, Agence France Presse reported on Friday. The aim of the Saturday visit was to understand “the risks that are associated from the people of Cyprus’ perspective”, Pompeo said. He was speaking to reporters on his plane on Thursday ahead of meetings in Doha, according to AFP. Political and military tensions between Greece, Turkey and Cyprus have intensified this year over disputed territories in the Mediterranean and Aegean. Relations worsened after Turkey sent…