China is willing to work with Vietnam to strengthen high-level communication and cooperation between their militaries, Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu said on Tuesday as he met his Vietnamese counterpart. | Reuters
Their meeting came after the USS Ronald Reagan made a stop in the Vietnamese port of Danang on Sunday – the third by a U.S. aircraft carrier since the end of the Vietnam War.
In the past few weeks, Li has met South Africa’s defense force commander and Thailand’s army chief but he has not held talks with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. Li, appointed defense minister in March, is under U.S. sanctions over his role in a 2017 weapons purchase from Russia’s largest arms exporter. China has said it wants the sanctions dropped to facilitate discussions.
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