.SecDef Lloyd Austin briefly spoke with his Chinese counterpart on Friday at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. Their short and nonsubstantive exchange comes as the Chinese side has ignored outreach from US defense officials for months now.
Their short and nonsubstantive exchange comes as the Chinese side has ignored outreach from United States defense officials for months now. The Chinese government declined a U.S. request for Austin and Li to meet at the conference.“Secretary Austin and PRC Minister of National Defense Li Shangfu spoke briefly at tonight’s opening dinner of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore," Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said in a statement.
A day earlier, Lloyd said he was"concerned" that the silence from the Chinese could lead to an incident spiraling out of control.
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