Washington: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will meet his Chinese counterpart, the Pentagon announced Friday, after Beijing carried out war games ar...
: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will meet his Chinese counterpart, the Pentagon announced Friday, 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’ defense chiefs in nearly 18 months. Austin will also travel next week to Cambodia for talks with defense ministers of the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN and end his trip in France, where he will join President Joe Biden in commemorations of the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
He will be “temporarily unable to perform his functions and duties,“ with Hicks briefly serving as acting secretary of defense, Ryder said.
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