{"id":243844,"date":"2020-02-02T06:37:34","date_gmt":"2020-02-02T11:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=243844"},"modified":"2025-01-19T06:01:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T11:01:06","slug":"pompeo-in-kazakhstan-warns-of-chinas-growing-reach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/02\/02\/pompeo-in-kazakhstan-warns-of-chinas-growing-reach\/","title":{"rendered":"Pompeo, in Kazakhstan, warns of China&#8217;s growing reach"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Met with the families of ethnic Kazakh-Chinese minorities who are among the 1M+ detained or sent to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Xinjiang?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Xinjiang<\/a> internment camps. Grateful to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kazakhstan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kazakhstan<\/a> for not forcibly returning members of Muslim minority groups to an uncertain fate in China and protecting those who seek asylum. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dxG3hK2G3h\">pic.twitter.com\/dxG3hK2G3h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecPompeo\/status\/1223839023803904000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan \u2014 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday pressed Kazakhstan to be wary of Chinese investment and influence, urging the Central Asian nation and others to join calls demanding an end to China&#8217;s repression of minorities.<\/p>\n<p>Bringing a message similar to the one he has delivered repeatedly to other countries, Pompeo told senior Kazakh officials that the attractiveness of Chinese investment comes with a cost to sovereignty and may hurt, instead of help, the country&#8217;s long-term development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe fully support Kazakhstan&#8217;s freedom to choose to do business with whichever country it wants, but I am confident that countries get the best outcomes when they partner with American companies,\u201d he said. \u201cYou get fair deals. You get job creation. You get transparency in contracts. You get companies that care about the environment and you get an unsurpassed commitment to quality work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pompeo began his brief visit to the country by meeting with ethnic Kazakhs whose families have gone missing or been detained in China&#8217;s widespread crackdown on Muslims and other ethnic and religious minorities in its western Xinjiang region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe protection of basic human rights defines the soul of a nation,\u201d he said, thanking Kazakhstan for taking in those fleeing persecution.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy valtrex online <a href=\"https:\/\/drlauryn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/valtrex.html\">https:\/\/drlauryn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/valtrex.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> \u201cThe United States urges all countries to join us in pressing for immediate end to this repression. We ask simply for them to provide safe refuge and asylum for those seeking to flee China. To protect dignity, just do what&#8217;s right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pompeo also congratulated Kazakhstan on its repatriation of Islamic State fighters from Iraq and Syria. Kazakhstan has taken back nearly 600 fighters and family members detained in areas formerly controlled by the group.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy nolvadex online <a href=\"https:\/\/drlauryn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/nolvadex.html\">https:\/\/drlauryn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/nolvadex.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have and will continue to commend the Kazakhstani government for its leadership in repatriating foreign terrorists fighters and their families from Iraq and Syria,\u201d he said. \u201cI hope this commitment to justice will inspire other nations to do the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Kazakhstan has some under some criticism for pressuring an activist who had campaigned for the release of ethnic Kazakhs in China. Threatened with a long prison sentence, the man signed an admission of guilt for inciting ethnic tensions.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Pompeo was urging senior officials in the Central Asian nation to continue reforms that would allow greater U.S. investment in the country.<\/p>\n<p>At a news conference with Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tleuberdi, Pompeo praised Kazakhstan for its efforts to counter the spread of a new virus from China. He said the United States is helping the country with expertise from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and providing laboratory equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Kazakhstan&#8217;s \u201cquick action to stop the spread of the virus has been incredibly impressive,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kazakhstan is among the growing list of countries that have suspended travel links with China.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy pregabalin online <a href=\"https:\/\/drlauryn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/pregabalin.html\">https:\/\/drlauryn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/pregabalin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>This story corrects the spelling of the foreign minister&#8217;s last name to Tleuberdi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Met with the families of ethnic Kazakh-Chinese minorities who are among the 1M+ detained or sent to #Xinjiang internment camps. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":243845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-w","mauthors-matthew-lee","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243844"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":285706,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243844\/revisions\/285706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}