(AP-ANSA) - BRATISLAVA, 12 FEB - U.S. Secretary of State Mike
Pompeo is invoking the 30th anniversary of the demise of
communism to implore countries in Central Europe to resist
Chinese and Russian influence.
Speaking in the Slovak capital of Bratislava, Pompeo said
China and Russia pose twin threats to the democratic and free
market gains made since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. He
said the countries of Eastern and Central Europe are
particularly vulnerable to predatory investment and political
meddling.
To combat the threat, he said the United States is committed
to boosting its engagement in the region, through defense
cooperation agreements and exchange programs.
Pompeo is in Slovakia on the second leg of a five-nation
European tour that began in Hungary and will take him to Poland,
Belgium and Iceland. (AP-ANSA).
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