Pence pledges `unwavering` US support for Europe, vows to hold Russia accountable

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The vice president learned that he had been misled through media accounts about two weeks after the president was informed. "Know this: The United States will continue to hold Russia accountable, even as we search for new common ground which as you know President Trump believes can be found," Pence said. The vice president also scheduled a meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim. Pence`s address and a series of one-on-one meetings with world leaders along the sidelines here sought to calm nervous European allies who remain concerned about Russian aggression, including its annexation of Crimea. After his speech, Pence met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who called for the maintenance of international alliances and told the audience, with Pence seated nearby, that NATO is "in the American interest.