Monday night State Department officials said he would skip what would have been his first official meeting of NATO countries` diplomats which had been scheduled for April 5-6.
Acting State Department spokesman Mark Toner said Tillerson will meet with NATO in Brussels on March 31.
By Tuesday afternoon, the State Department left open the possibility of his attendance, saying Tillerson had a scheduling conflict and suggested alternative dates.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will attend a NATO meeting at the end of the month, the State Department announced Friday, after previous mixed signals on whether he would attend sparked alarm among some allies.
President Donald Trump will attend a meeting of NATO heads of state and government in May, something White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer repeated on Twitter this week after news broke that Tillerson could skip the April meeting.
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