Tag: Mike Pompeo

China slams latest top-level US official visit to Taiwan
7Jan By Mike TrudellNo Comments
China, World

China slams latest top-level US official visit to Taiwan

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s announcement on Thursday of the latest visit by a top-level US official to Taiwan has irked China with Beijing calling it “extremely wrong”.US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had announced earlier that Kelly Craft, the US ambassador to the UN, would soon travel to the island, calling it "a reliable partner and vibrant democracy that has flourished despite CCP (Chinese Communist Party) efforts to undermine its great success"."Taiwan shows what a free China could achieve," he added.Pompeo announced the trip by Kelly Craft condemning the mass arrests of 53 democracy activists – including former lawmakers and an American lawyer – in Hong Kong.He said the arrests were an “outrage and a reminder of the Chinese Communist Party’s contempt for its own people and t...
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US values India as multilateral partner: Pompeo
6Jan By Mike TrudellNo Comments
World

US values India as multilateral partner: Pompeo

Citing cooperation between the United States and India, US secretary of state Mike Pompeo said that Washington values India as a multilateral partner.“Pompeo said the US values India as a multilateral partner, whether it is through the Quad, through new cooperation on Mekong regional issues, making Afghan peace negotiations successful, or working together during India’s upcoming term on the United Nations Security Council,” the US Department of State said in a tweet.On Wednesday, Pompeo had praised External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar for his role in making US-India ties stronger.Earlier on Monday, India’s flag was installed at the UNSC stakeout as the country begins its two-year tenure as a non-permanent member of the powerful UN body for the 2021-22 period.
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US calls for release of citizen journalist Zhang Zhan
31Dec By Mike TrudellNo Comments
China, World

US calls for release of citizen journalist Zhang Zhan

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called for the release of citizen journalist Zhang Zhan who was detained in May for her live stream reporting from Wuhan over Covid-19 and later sentenced to four years of imprisonment."The United States strongly condemns the People's Republic of China's (PRC) sham prosecution and conviction of citizen journalist Zhang Zhan on December 28. We call on the PRC government to release her immediately and unconditionally," Pompeo said in a statement.This comes after a Shanghai court sentenced Zhang to four years in prison on charges of disseminating information that provokes conflict.Pompeo said the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has shown once again that it will do whatever it takes to silence those who question its official line, even regarding c...
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US imposes sanctions on Russian, Chinese firms for supporting Iran missile programme
28Nov By Mike TrudellNo Comments
China, World

US imposes sanctions on Russian, Chinese firms for supporting Iran missile programme

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday said that the country has imposed sanctions on four companies from China and Russia for supporting Iran’s missile programme that remains a “significant proliferation concern”.“The US has sanctioned four entities in China and Russia for their support of Iran’s missile programme, which remains a significant proliferation concern. We will continue to use all our sanctions tools to prevent Iran from advancing its missile capabilities,” Pompeo said.The companies are Chengdu Best New Materials Co Ltd and Zibo Elim Trade Co, Ltd. in China and Nilco Group, which is also known as Nil Fam Khazar Company and Santers Holding and Joint Stock Company Elecon in Russia for transferring sensitive technology and items to Iran’s missile programme.In 2018...
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US welcomes UK’s Huawei ban, says carriers like Jio have prohibited its equipment
24Jul By Mike TrudellNo Comments
World

US welcomes UK’s Huawei ban, says carriers like Jio have prohibited its equipment

The United States has welcomed United Kingdom’s decision to ban Huawei from future 5G networks with US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo saying that now, London joins a growing list of countries from around the world that are standing up for their national security by prohibiting the use of “untrusted, high-risk vendors”.“We welcome news that the United Kingdom plans to ban Huawei from future 5G networks and phase out untrusted Huawei equipment from existing networks. With this decision, the UK joins a growing list of countries from around the world that are standing up for their national security by prohibiting the use of untrusted, high-risk vendors,” Pompeo said.Pompeo, in a statement said that clean carriers like Jio in India and others have also prohibited the use of the Chinese company...
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US will impose sanctions on some Huawei employees: Mike Pompeo
24Jul By Mike TrudellNo Comments
World

US will impose sanctions on some Huawei employees: Mike Pompeo

The United States has said that it will impose travel bans on employees of Huawei and other Chinese companies which the U.S. determines are assisting “regimes” in cracking down on human rights, including in China's western Xinjiang province.“The State Department will impose visa restrictions on certain employees of the Chinese technology companies like Huawei that provide material support to regimes engaging in human rights violations and abuses,” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a news conference.He also said that he will visit Britain and Denmark next week, shortly after the UK announced its ban on Huawei’s participation in developing the country’s 5G network over concerns that sensitive data could be compromised by the Chinese Communist Party.Pompeo said Huawei employees found ...
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