U.S. Assistant Defense: China has not responded to the request of the two countries�

Ely Ratner, an American Assistant Secretary of Defense, who is in charge of Indo -Pacific Security Affairs, said Beijing has not officially responded to the request of Washington's meeting during the Sino -US Defense Minister of Defense During the Shangri -La dialogue in Singapore.

According to Bloomberg report, Latna said on Thursday (May 25) at the event and international research center in Washington that US Defense Secretary Austin and the US Department of Defense proposed to the Chinese government with the Chinese government with ChinaThe request of the Defense Director Li Shangfu met, but had not received a reply from Beijing.

The United States premesned with the premise of the two countries to meet at the Shangri -La dialogue in Singapore next week.However, Bloomberg said that the Chinese government believes that the US State Department's sanctions on Li Shangfu's sanctions have not been lifted, and Li Shangfu will not be in an equal position with Austin.

In this regard, Latna reiterated on Thursday that the sanctions against Li Shangfu will not constitute a legal obstacle to the meeting of the two defense ministers.He also said that the connection between the army and the army is essential to manage the potential military conflict crisis in the future.

He said, for China, the question is that "do we have to take things seriously after a major crisis?" For the United States, "our argument is to do it now."

The U.S. government was Li Shangfu, the Minister of Equipment Development of the Central Military Commission of the Central Committee of the Central Committee of the Central Committee of the CPC Central Committee in 2018 in 2018.According to the United States, this sanctions are related to the purchase of 10 Su-35 fighters in 2017 and the purchase of S-400-to-air missile system related equipment in 2018.

The outside world believes that the United States may be sanctioned by Li Shangfu for the purpose of the talks, but the US State Department stated on Monday (May 22) that the United States has not plans to terminate the sanctions on Li Shangfu.