US, Slovenia to ‘exclude untrusted vendors’ from 5G

Bled: The US and Slovenia signed a declaration Thursday to “exclude untrusted vendors” from 5G networks as the Trump administration continues its campaign to persuade allies to shun Chinese telecoms giant Huawei.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, on a tour of central Europe, signed the declaration with his Slovenian counterpart Anze Logar.

While the statement did not mention Huawei directly, it commits Slovenia to “a thorough evaluation of providers and chains of distribution and a strict commitment to the rule of law”.