US Vice President stressed the need for Arctic unity Strong concern for China and Russia September 5 8:17
US Vice President Pence stressed the need to unite Iceland and other Arctic countries to visit Iceland and compete with China and Russia, which are active in the Arctic.
Vice President Pence visited Iceland on the 4th and met with President Johnson and Foreign Minister Tall Darson.
Among them, Vice President Pence said, “We are concerned about the increased activity of the Russian Navy in the Arctic and the increase in investment by China,” he said. I conveyed my concerns.
After the meeting, Vice President Pence told reporters, “We must strengthen our ties with the Arctic countries. Now we should increase security cooperation and refuse to invest in China.” He stressed the need to unite Arctic countries, including Iceland, against China and Russia.
Within the U.S. government, the Department of Defense and the Coast Guard have announced the “Arctic Strategy” one after another, and President Trump has shown interest in the acquisition of Danish territory and Greenland in the Arctic Ocean. The challenge is how to increase the presence.
The US withdrew American troops from Iceland in 2006, but Vice President Pence expressed his intention to consider further military involvement in the Arctic stability.
US Vice President 5G maintenance request to eliminate Huawei
Vice President Pence also revealed in a series of talks with the Icelandic government that the Icelandic side had been asked to eliminate products from China's major communications equipment Huawei over the development of the next generation communication standard 5G. .
Vice President Pence told reporters, “Huawei is a Chinese company that is required by Chinese law to pass all data to the Chinese government and the Communist Party. Free countries like the United States and Iceland, And it does n’t fit for the privacy of people in free countries. ”
Vice President Pence, who has visited Europe, has signed a joint declaration on the 5th with the President Duda on the 2nd in Poland, where China has already had an impact on Europe. While strengthening, it shows the attitude to ask each country again to eliminate Huawei.