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Former US Secretary of State Mile Pompeo Says President Biden Made A Strategic Mistake Downplaying The Importance Of Expanding Russia-China Ties

 

FOX News: Mike Pompeo sounds alarm on China-Russia alliance: Biden is making an 'enormous strategic mistake' 

 Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday on "America's Newsroom" that the Biden administration is making an "enormous strategic mistake" by seeking to downplay the meeting between China and Russia's presidents. Pompeo said the Biden foreign policy has failed, as Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin strengthen ties against the West. 

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an agreement to expand their economic ties during a bilateral meeting in Moscow on Tuesday. 

Xi arrived in Moscow for a multiday series of meetings with his Russian counterpart, aimed at demonstrating the two countries' new "friendship without limits." Xi and Putin emphasized the importance of jointly safeguarding their countries' energy security. Read more ....  

Update #1: Pompeo: The Biden administration allowed the Chinese and Russians to come together (Modern Diplomacy)  

Update #2: Biden making ‘enormous’ mistake on China – former US secretary of state (RT)  

WNU Editor: Here is an easy prediction. The Russia - China alliance is going to be a strategic political/economic/and military adversary that Washington is going to have a lot of problems countering in the years to come. And the sad part of this story is that this could have all been prevented if Washington took Moscow's national security concerns and proposals seriously in the fall of 2021.



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