Mike Pence to flesh out US' Indo-Pacific vision during Asia visit
2018-11-10 09:46:43 source：The Straits Times
November 10, 2018
WASHINGTON - Vice-President Mike Pence will flesh out the US administration's strategy for a free and open Indo-Pacific during his visit to the region next week - his third to Asia since President Donald Trump took office.
But the region may have to wait until a key speech by Mr Pence on Nov 17 at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) CEO summit in Papua New Guinea to hear the details.
The Nov 17 address will be "a deep and broad speech that will talk both about the regional architecture and the vision of the Indo-Pacific from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean," a senior administration official told journalists in a conference call on Friday (Nov 9), ahead of Mr Pence's trip.
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