The Chinese defense minister did not accept the request of his American counterpart for a meeting
According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News Agency, citing Defense News, CNN, quoting high-ranking officials in the US Department of Defense (Pentagon), announced that US Defense Minister Lloyd Austin recently said at a meeting of defense ministers ASEAN” in Laos requested a meeting with Chinese Defense Minister Dongjun, but the Chinese Defense Minister rejected this request.
As part of long-term efforts to maintain military communication lines between the United States and the People’s Republic of China, the US Defense Secretary is looking to meet with his counterpart, according to CNN sources. It was China itself, but China did not accept this offer and announced the recent sale of American weapons to Taiwan as the reason for rejecting this request.”
Continuing the continuous US military aid to Taiwan, three weeks ago Washington approved the sale of military weapons worth $2 billion to Taiwan, which includes advanced surface-to-air missiles from The sentence is these weapons.
The Chinese government quickly condemned this US action and emphasized that it will take “decisive countermeasures” to defend its sovereignty.
