US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth met his Chinese counterpart, Dong Jun, in person for the first time on Friday, with both sides stressing a commitment to peace.
The discussion took place on the sidelines of the Asean Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus in Malaysia and came a day after a US-China summit eased tensions between the two countries.
Dong and Hegseth held a conference call in September but the talks on Friday were the first face-to-face meeting between the defence ministers of China and… South China Morning Post
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