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U.S. and Japan Announce Mekong Power Partnership
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August 7, 2019

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo with Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono at the U.S.-Australia-Japan Trilateral Strategic Dialogue​ in Bangkok on August 1, 2019.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo with Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono at the U.S.-Australia-Japan Trilateral Strategic Dialogue​ in Bangkok on August 1, 2019.

During the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Bangkok, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the U.S. and Japan will partner on a new initiative to develop regional electricity grids in the Lower Mekong region. The U.S. is committing an initial $29.5 million to promote a more sustainable energy sector in the Indo-Pacific region.

The joint statement said, “The United States and Japan pledge to partner with Mekong countries to maintain and promote a more sustainable energy sector and quality energy infrastructure development that meets the needs of the people of the Mekong, in accordance with the G20 Principles for Quality Infrastructure Investment.”