US Official Negroponte to Visit Hong Kong

Source: The Standard

US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte is to travel to Vietnam, Cambodia and Hong Kong for talks with his counterparts, the State Department said.

The visit by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's number two to the region from September 10 to 18 was ''for discussions with his counterparts on a broad range of bilateral and global issues,'' the department said in a statement.

No specific topics were identified.

Negroponte's trip ''is an opportunity to deepen our engagement in a region that is growing in peace, prosperity, and freedom,'' the statement said, citing strong ties with and enduring US interests in Asia.

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