Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak (R) and visiting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attend a press conference in Bratislava, capital of Slovakia, on Feb. 12, 2019. The U.S. and the European Union (EU) should remain the closest partners and allies, Miroslav Lajcak stated during his meeting here on Tuesday with Mike Pompeo. (Xinhua/TASR/Pavel Neubauer)