A person familiar with the matter revealed that Li Shangfu, a Chinese State Commissioner and Defense Director, suddenly delayed his meeting with Vietnamese defense officials last week.
According to Reuters on Thursday (September 14), three people familiar with the matter reported that Li Shangfu was scheduled to participate in the annual defense cooperation annual meeting hosted by Vietnam from September 7th to 8th from September 7th to 8th.However, as Beijing informed Vietnam a few days before the meeting, Li Shangfu had a "health status" and delayed his meeting with Vietnamese officials.
An unwilling to name US officials said that Washington knew that Li Shangfu canceled his meeting with Vietnamese officials.
The Journalism Office of the State Council, the Ministry of National Defense, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not immediately respond to the request of the comment.Reuters could not immediately contact the Vietnamese embassy in China on Thursday evening.
Li Shangfu was appointed as the new defendant in March this year. He is also one of the five Chinese members of China.
It is reported that Li Shangfu's last public appearance was to attend the third China -Africa Peace Security Forum in Beijing on August 29 and delivered a keynote speech.Prior to this, Li Shangfu visited Russia and White Ross from August 14th to 19th. During the period, he held talks with Russian Defense Ministers Shao Yigu and Bai Ros Defense Director Hedienin.
