US will not push allies into ‘us-or-them choice’ on China: Blinken

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is seen on the second day of a NATO foreign ministers' meeting at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2021. (Reuters)

• Blinken says US will not press allies to choose between Washington and China

BRUSSELS: President Joe Biden will not press Washington’s allies to choose between their ties with the US and China, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was set to say Wednesday.
“The United States won’t force our allies into an ‘us-or-them’ choice with China,” he was to say, according to excerpts of a speech to be delivered at NATO headquarters in Brussels.