We’re open to meeting with US defence secretary, says Beijing


BEIJING: China said it is open to a meeting with the US defence secretary on the sidelines of a regional security forum in Cambodia this week, in a sign of thawing relations after the countries’ top leaders met earlier this month.

China Defence Minister Wei Fenghe and US Secretary of Defence Austin Lloyd previously confirmed separately that they would attend the forum with South-East Asian countries, the Asean Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus.

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