{"id":12508,"date":"2022-11-24T09:20:44","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T07:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/?p=12508"},"modified":"2022-11-24T11:26:46","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T09:26:46","slug":"us-defense-secretary-lloyd-austin-meets-chinese-counterpart-general-wei-fenghe-in-cambodia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/us-defense-secretary-lloyd-austin-meets-chinese-counterpart-general-wei-fenghe-in-cambodia\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe holds talks with US Defense Secretary Austin in Cambodia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

China\u2019s Minister of National Defense General Wei Fenghe met with Chief of the U.S. Department of Defense Lloyd Austin on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asia Nations Defense Ministers Meeting-Plus in Siem Reap, Cambodia, on November 22, 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the second face-to-face meeting between the two defense officials this year. The meeting was described as \u201cproductive and professional\u201d\u00a0by U.S. defense officials. It lasted for more than 90 minutes as they discussed a wide range of issues, especially regarding China\u2019s increasing military presence around Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, \u201cSecretary Austin and General Wei discussed U.S.-PRC defense relations and regional and global security issues. Secretary Austin emphasized the need to responsibly manage competition and maintain open lines of communication.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite tensions between the United States and China, U.S. military officials have long sought to maintain open lines of communication with their Chinese counterparts to mitigate the risk of potential flare-ups or deal with any accidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S.-China security relations reached a critical point this year when U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on an unannounced trip in August, enraging Beijing. After Pelosi’s visit, China announced it was halting dialogue with the United States in a number of areas, including between theater-level military commanders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the first formal dialogue between the two defense chiefs since the controversial visit took place. Austin and Wei’s first met this year in Singapore in June, where both sides agreed that the continuation of talks was an important step in efforts to develop those means of communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III meets with China\u2019s Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe, while attending the Association of Southeast Asia Nations\u2019 meeting of defense ministers in Siem Reap, Cambodia on November 22, 2022. (Image Credit: Chad McNeeley\/U.S. DOD)<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The statement released by the U.S. Department of Defense states that \u201cSecretary Austin discussed Russia’s unprovoked war against Ukraine and underscored how both the United States and the PRC oppose the use of nuclear weapons or threats to use them. Secretary Austin also expressed concerns about recent provocations from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and called on the PRC to fully enforce existing U.N. Security Council resolutions regarding the DPRK’s unlawful weapons programs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meeting between the two ministers took place on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Defense Ministers\u2019 Meeting-Plus in Cambodia. Both China and U.S. are pushing hard to increase defense cooperation in the Southeast Asian region especially through enhancing their political ties in the region through engagements with ASEAN, the 10-nations organization that majorly represents all affairs related to the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, President of the United States Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met for the first time in a bilateral meeting since Biden became president. The two leaders discussed a wide array of issues related to the U.S.-China bilateral relations as well as Taiwan and Ukraine. The meeting is being termed as an effort to cool down the increasing tensions between the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the White House statement, U.S. President Biden\u00a0underscored that\u00a0\u201cthe United States and China\u00a0must work\u00a0together to address\u00a0transnational challenges\u00a0\u2013\u00a0such as\u00a0climate change, global macroeconomic stability\u00a0including debt\u00a0relief,\u00a0health security, and\u00a0global\u00a0food\u00a0security \u2013 because\u00a0that is\u00a0what\u00a0the\u00a0international community\u00a0expects.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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