The first stop for newly sworn-in US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was NATO headquarters. Pompeo held nothing back -- he warned Turkey that Washington has serious concerns about its purchase of Russian missiles. CGTN's Jack Parrock reports from the meeting of NATO foreign ministers.  

Straight off the plane and straight down to business for Mike Pompeo - attending a meeting of the 29 NATO foreign ministers in Brussels.

MIKE POMPEO US SECRETARY OF STATE "I did come straight away. I was sworn in yesterday afternoon, hopped on a plane and came straight here. There's a good reason for that. The work that's being done here today is invaluable, our objectives are important, and this mission matters an awful lot to the United States of America."

The positive tone of the new secretary of state will be exactly what the NATO leadership will want to hear - U.S. President Trump has regularly criticized the alliance and at one time called it obsolete.

JACK PARROCK BRUSSELS "Mike Pompeo has already started pressing his NATO counterparts to raise their military spending - it's the job of many secretaries of states before him with the U.S. constantly pressing European allies mainly to reach the two percent of GDP target set four years ago."

And the U.S. secretary of state told NATO ally Turkey, they're not happy. Ankara is buying an advanced S-400 surface to air missile system from Russia which isn't compatible with other NATO systems.Turkey is reported to have no intention of turning its back on the $2.5 billion dollar deal for the S-400s it made at the end of last year. This meeting also focused on NATO's strained relations with Russia over the suspected nerve agent attacks of the recent months.

JENS STOLTENBERG NATO SECRETARY GENERAL "We see more attempts to intimidate and a destabilize."

This meeting will also be the last ever to take place in the current NATO headquarters in Brussels which was supposed to be temporary but has housed the alliance for 51 years now. It's moving across the road to it's new building - where further discussions over this nature will take place. Jack Parrock, CGTN, Brussels.