The Pentagon requested a high-level telephone call after the Chinese surveillance balloon was eventually shot down on Saturday.
"We believe in the importance of maintaining open lines of communication between the United States and the [
China's defence minister, Wei Fenghe, fourth right, and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, attend the ministerial roundtable luncheon at the Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore on June 11, 2022.Beijing continues to argue the U.S. downed a weather-monitoring civilian airship in an"obvious overreaction."over the widely watched shoot-down, said Monday that Beijing had"maintained communication with the U.S. and made a great effort to handle this matter in a responsible way.
Asked about China's rejection of the Pentagon call on Wednesday, Mao referred questions to the Chinese defense ministry.in person in November in Cambodia, after sitting down for their first talks last June in Singapore.
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