WASHINGTON, May 25 — US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin will meet his Chinese counterpart, the Pentagon announced yesterday, after Beijing carried out war games around Taiwan in a...
People read a Chinese newspaper with news coverage of China military drills around Taiwan, in Beijing May 24, 2024. — AFP picWASHINGTON, May 25 — US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin will meet his Chinese counterpart, the Pentagon announced yesterday, after Beijing carried out war games around Taiwan in a sign to the US-backed democracy’s new leader.
Austin’s meeting with Dong had been widely expected since Austin spoke to Dong by telephone in April, in what were the first substantive talks between the two powers’ defence chiefs in nearly 18 months.President Joe Biden’s administration and China have been stepping up communication to ease friction, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken visiting Beijing and Shanghai last month.
Austin, a key figure in Western efforts to support Ukraine against a Russian offensive, “will undergo a scheduled, elective, and minimally invasive follow-up non-surgical procedure related to his previously reported bladder issue,” Pentagon spokesman Major General Pat Ryder said .
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