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WARSAW, Poland — The U.S. and Poland signed an agreement on Monday to co-
operate on new 5G technology amid growing concerns about Chinese
telecommunications giant Huawei.
Vice-President Mike Pence and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki
signed the deal in Warsaw, where Pence is filling in for President Donald
Trump, who scrapped his trip at the last minute because of Hurricane Dorian.
The signing comes amid a global battle between the U.S. and Huawei, the
world's biggest maker of network infrastructure equipment, over network
security.
The agreement endorses the principles developed by cybersecurity officials
from dozens of countries at a summit in Prague earlier this year to counter
threats and ensure the safety of next generation mobile networks.
"Protecting these next generation communications networks from disruption or
manipulation and ensuring the privacy and individual liberties of the
citizens of the United States, Poland, and other countries is of vital
importance," the agreement says.
Pence said the agreement would "set a vital example for the rest of Europe."
At a joint news conference with Pence, Polish President Andrzej Duda was
asked whether the U.S. has provided Poland with evidence of China ever
spying using Huawei technology.
"Indeed, Poland's counter-intelligence has detected activity that could be
of espionage nature" and the prosecutors are investigating, Duda said,
standing alongside Pence.
A Chinese businessman who served as Huawei sales director in Poland and a
Pole who co-operated with the government on security measures were arrested
in Poland in January on suspicion of espionage.
The U.S. has been lobbying allies to ban Huawei from 5G networks over
concerns China's government could force the company to give it access to
data for cyberespionage. Huawei has denied the allegation.
The U.S. has called for an outright ban on Huawei, but European allies have
balked at that.
A senior Trump administration official told reporters during a briefing
ahead of the trip that the agreement would help ensure secure supply chains
and networks and protect against unauthorized access or interference by
telecommunications suppliers, some of which are controlled by "adversarial
governments."
During a visit to Sweden last week, Morawiecki said decisions were being
taken that would make Swedish networking and telecommunications company
Ericsson invest in 5G development in Poland.
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Jill Colvin, The Associated Press |
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