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Austin to see Chinese counterpart at Shangri-La security dialogue

  • By Al Mayadeen Net
  • Source: Agencies
  • 3 May 2022 19:54
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US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday that he looks forward to cooperating with his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe and seeing him at the Shangri-La Dialogue on June 10 -12. 

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    Officials attend a bilateral meeting at the Asia Security Summit in Singapore, known as the Shangri-La Dialogue, May 31, 2014 (AP/Wong Maye-E)

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday that he looks forward to cooperating in the near future with his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe and will surely see him at the Shangri-La Dialogue, which will be held in Singapore between June 10 and 12. 

During a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing, Austin said, "We both want to make sure that we work together to promote security and stability in the region, and so I look forward to again engaging him in the not-too-distant future. I’m sure I’ll see him at the Shangri-La Dialogue coming up in June.

Austin spoke with National Defense Minister Wei, in April, as a follow-up to a call between presidents Xi Jinping and Joe Biden. According to the Pentagon, the two leaders talked about issues such as the US-China relationship and the war in Ukraine.

The Institute for Strategic Studies convened the Shangri-La Dialogue, which is an annual event made to allow top defense officials and heads of state to meet in person to talk about security challenges. The Covid-19 pandemic prevented the event from taking place in 2020 and 2021.

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Explaining this, he said that China has the ambition to become the world's next great power. 

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