11426d No.263203
By SHISHIR GUPTA
https://www.hindustantimes.com/columns/shishir-gupta
On the day his Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was goading the world to rise up against the tyranny of Chinese President Xi Jinping, US President Donald Trump dialled his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss the inclusion of Beijing in future talks on strategic arms control, oil security and Iran developments.
According to diplomats based in Washington and Moscow, this was President Trump’s fifth call to President Putin in the past two months as Russian Federation is the key to holding a rampaging China accountable in the long term interests of global peace.
While the US President understands the importance of Russia in handling Beijing, he faces stiff resistance from the cold warriors and anti-Trump activists in Washington who still see Moscow, not China as the enemy number 1. President Trump’s conversation on Iran was to dissuade President Putin from supporting Tehran who wants to join hands with China for a long term anti-US alliance.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/mike-pompeo-sets-agenda-for-a-new-cold-war-with-china-russia-will-be-key/story-pqOH74cFjqfZFzYashstJJ.html
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