China rejects U.S. request for a meeting of the defense chiefs
Source: NBC News
HONG KONG China has declined a request from the United States for a meeting between the countries defense chiefs, the Pentagon said late Monday, as the worlds two largest economies struggle to mend ties.
The Pentagon had suggested a meeting between Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue, an annual security forum being held in Singapore from June 2 to 4.
Washington has been seeking to restore high-level communications with Beijing as both sides signal a willingness to ease tensions stoked by clashes over Taiwan, a Chinese spy balloon and Russias war in Ukraine. But China has outlined limits to that conciliation over its issues with U.S. sanctions and what it sees as a broader effort to contain its rise.
Overnight, the PRC informed the U.S. that they have declined our early May invitation, the Pentagon said in a statement, using an abbreviation for Chinas formal name, the Peoples Republic of China. The Department believes strongly in the importance of maintaining open lines of military-to-military communication between Washington and Beijing to ensure that competition does not veer into conflict.
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Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)conflict
war??
Of course not, Pentagon, so stop the military buildup and provocations in these lands so far far away from your area of influence
whatever influence means
military, economic, political??
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,092 posts)no mention of China's military build up in the S. China Sea, just criticism of the US.
Your agenda is pretty obvious.