He said this at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda during his speech on US-China relations.
“In the UN, NATO, G7, G20, our economic, diplomatic and military might, if we use it correctly, is quite enough to meet this challenge. Perhaps the time has come to form a new association of states similar in worldview - the alliance of democracies, ”TASS quotes him.
According to the US Secretary of State, China by its actions presents a challenge that the West has not "faced before."
Earlier, Pompeo said that the previous system of interaction between the United States and China has collapsed.
On July 23, US President Donald Trump did not rule out that following the PRC consulate in Houston, other Chinese diplomatic missions in the country may be closed. The Chinese Foreign Ministry called the US decision to close the diplomatic mission "a unilateral political provocation" that violates the norms of international law.