The United States will curb Russian and Chinese influence in Central and Eastern Europe, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said after meeting Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz in Warsaw.
He said the post-communist countries are particularly vulnerable to Chinese and Russian predatory investment and political meddling, the Washington Post reported.
The Secretary of State said that he U.S. will boost engagement in the region, through defense cooperation agreements and exchange programs. Pompeo said he believes he is reversing a decade of what he called U.S. “disengagement” in Central and Eastern Europe that created a “vacuum” Russia and China have exploited.
