Vice President Kamala Harris started a trip to Asia Sunday wherein she will offer reassurances of Washington's dedication to the location after the chaotic U.S. pullout from Afghanistan and Taliban takeover. The hardline Islamists' fast return to power per week ago, and determined scenes of heaps seeking to flee, have cast some other shadow over the United States' popularity as a worldwide superpower.
But on her go-to, which incorporates stops in Singapore and Vietnam, Ms Harris will seek to allay worries about U.S. dependability. "The vice president will make clear all through the trip that we do have a long-lasting dedication to the region," stated a senior U.S. respectable.
Ms Harris, an Asian-American whose mom turned into of Indian origin, landed in Singapore Sunday and will start her activities Monday with the aid of using assembly the city-state's leaders.
The Vietnam leg has sparked criticism, with a few accusing Ms Harris of being tone-deaf for travelling the communist country as U.S. forces battle to evacuate Americans, other foreigners and Afghan allies from Kabul airport. The disaster has brought about comparisons with the trauma of 1975 Saigon, whilst U.S. helicopters ferried the very last evacuees from the embassy roof, as Viet Cong troops advanced.