NEW DELHI - U.S. Secretary of State of Mike Pompeo is flying to India next week to strengthen strategic ties with a nation that is locked in a military standoff with China, in Washington’s latest effort to bolster allies against Beijing.
Pompeo will conclude his trip, which comes in the final week before the U.S. presidential election, in Indonesia which is also locked in territorial disputes with China in the South China Sea. Pompeo led a meeting of foreign ministers from India, Japan and Australia earlier this month in Tokyo, a grouping that is seen as potentially a bulwark against China’s growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region.
During the trip, in which Pompeo will be accompanied by Defense Secretary Mark Esper, India is expected to sign a military agreement that will give it access to sensitive U.S. satellite data to help improve targeting of missiles and drones, Indian officials said.In Sri Lanka, Pompeo will urge government leaders to scale back dependence on China, which has invested billions of dollars building ports and highways but which has left the island nation in debt, officials said.
Similar efforts are underway to push back against Chinese influence in the Maldives, another set of tropical islands that lie on key shipping lanes. Earlier this week, the U.S. State Department approved the potential sale of three weapons systems to Taiwan, including sensors, missiles and artillery that could have a total value of $1.8 billion.Washington made high-level approaches to Indonesia in late July and early August to grant landing and refuelling rights to its P-8 surveillance planes that monitor Chinese military activity in the resource-rich waterway.
Pompeo wants to catch the next wave of the famous Chinese Virus?
Asking Xi for more money?
Enjoyed his government-paid travel for last 3 months. How many countries would listen to him, when his boss is very likely to be fired by US people.
His last week on the job, thank Christ.
He's about to be fired, so just let him play foreign policy. Nobody takes him seriously anyway.
Thanks God, not many days left for this no good for nothing like his boss to disappear from public life.Will they go to jail?. Hope so.
This move may affect he amount of taxes trump pays in China for his bank accounts 😳
Which allies? This office has made it their life's goal to alienate the US from the rest of the world. We barely have any allies left. SMH
Come January we will have a strong Secretary of State. Whom will restore the United States as the leader in the World.
What allies are left besides Saudi Arabia and Israel?
Or in other word, bullying other countries to become allies against China.
Welcome for your foreseeable failure! Stand up China!
The only allies we have are Putin, Kim, and Erdogan. Trump's screwed all our longtime allies.
realDonaldTrump really need to fix this bullshit, only doing opposite.
Because average Americans have to be dragged into Trumps personal debt debacle.
Exactly who are our allies at this point that would listen to him?
Pompeous Maximus goes strutting into Asia wearing a toga like some emperor representing Imperial Washington.
cannot wait til he is gone
Nice 👍
Nobody is going to make plans with the US until after Jan 21.
It's amazing the US has any allies left after 4 years of realDonaldTrump
In order to reduce Iran's serious reliance on China, it is necessary to have mutual consultations on the oil pipeline through Afghanistan to India, and Afghanistan needs a policy that Iran recognizes constructive interventions for regional stability.
Trump tell Nixon what you did there - commoner fanfare - what would JFK say about state? Winners Losers only!
He bolsters? Can a poor man’s Tony Soprano, at the end of his frayed political rope bolster? I don’t see it.
If you want to check China's power this is pretty much exactly the wrong way to go about it
And this is your Friday warmongers media propaganda and bashing of China lolol
Where’s this evidence he was suppose to be coming out with weeks ago?
Looool. The US can try as hard as it wants but China is and will always be the top dog in this region. There is no way a country in Southeast Asia for example will risk relations to China for country a million miles away.
Goebbels fatso Pompeo, this inane clown pushing his 'divide to conquer' agenda, part of the so-called 'Pivot to Asia' hegemonic US agenda (both peddled by Reuters on a daily matter), will hopefully be gone in a few days.
Bolster. Not really, it's bullying allies to act against China. That's America's Trump
Very negative. His politic is divisive.
But ... USA is isolated by Dotard!
This Cold War could become real war. Asian countries will be victims and vulnerables. Get out of it. Save you people and country.
Philippines Duterte left the group
He is gearing up for him and his boss to cause as much trouble as they can between Nov and Jan
Uphold our U.S.A. Constitution! Stand for OUR Constitution! (Do not stand with NY$FL$Russian mobsters'.) ~BRSchu
gone are the days when the world obeyed the US without any need for 'persuasion' 🤣
Yea why not have a war with china. North Korea was and is scary enough. China is growing and isnt north Korea.
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