China declined meeting with US defence chief, says Pentagon
Tensions between Washington and Beijing have soared this year over issues such as Taiwan and an alleged Chinese spy balloon traversing America was shot down by a US warplane. – EPA pic, May 30, 2023.
BEIJING has declined a US invitation for a meeting in Singapore between Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Chinese counterpart Li Shangfu, the Pentagon said yesterday. “Overnight, the PRC informed the US that they have declined our early May invitation for Secretary Austin to meet with PRC Minister of National Defence Li Shangfu in Singapore this week,” Pentagon spokesman Brigadier General Pat Ryder said in a statement, referirng to the People’s Republic of China.
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