JK News Today
Jammu, October 06:
The US Secretary of state Michael R. Pompeo chastised China for the cover up of the origin of the pandemic of Corona virus that originated in Wuhan , China , late last year , as he resolved that all the members of the QUAD – India, Japan, Australia and America – “ to achieve victory over this horrible pandemic and rebuild our economies together.”
Pompeo was speaking at the opening session of Quad in Tokyo at the time when the world has been hit by the pandemic that originated in China .
He recalled , “ when we met now last year, the landscape was very different. We couldn’t have imagined the pandemic that came from Wuhan. That crisis was made infinitely worse by the Chinese Communist Party’s coverup. “
The US Secretary of State targeted the Chinese regime’s “authoritarian nature led its leaders to lock up and silence the very brave Chinese citizens who were raising the alarm,” and he assured the fellow foreign ministers of the Quad countries ,” America stands with each of you as we work to achieve victory over this horrible pandemic and rebuild our economies together.”
“ I also look forward to resolving – to renewing our resolve to protect our precious freedoms and the sovereignty of the diverse nations of the region. As partners in this Quad, it is more critical now than ever that we collaborate to protect our people and partners from the CCP’s exploitation, corruption, and coercion. We’ve seen it in the south, in the East China Sea, the Mekong, the Himalayas, the Taiwan Straits.”, he said added that “ these are just a few examples.’
His reference to Himalayas was particularly important for India as it pointed out to over five-month-long standoff between Chinese and Indian troops in the Himalayan heights in eastern Ladakh . China has adopted a very aggressive posturing there.
