According to Reuters, Austin met with the Japanese Defense Minister Hamada in Tokyo, Japan on Thursday (June 1).During the meeting, "I think this is regrettable," but he still welcomes any opportunity to contact Li Shangfu.
Austin said he believes that the national defense departments of the United States and China should talk to each other on the basis of conventional, or maintain an open communication channel, because he is worried that at one time, like a Chinese -US military aircraft interception on Tuesday, he is concerned aboutThe incident "may be out of control soon."
He said that it is very worrying to provocate the aircraft of the United States and its allies to provocate and intercept, and should stop such actions.
According to Agence France -Presse, when the US Secretary of State Brillings visited Sweden on Wednesday (May 31), it talked about the proposal to meet the Chinese side in Shangli -La in Singapore, Singapore.It is said that the two cannot meet "regrettable", and at the same time emphasize that the establishment of "conventional and open communication channels" between the United States and China is very important.
The Wall Street Journal quoted the Pentagon Statement on Monday (29th) that the Pentagonal Building stated that the United States wanted to actively promote the first meeting during the annual Shangri -La dialogue held in Singapore this week, but it was rejected by China.It shows that China is unwilling to have a military dialogue with the United States, and it is difficult for China -US military relations to thaw.
The next day, the Indo -Pacific Command of the United States issued a statement and short film, accusing the Chinese fighter aircraft on May 26 in the South China Sea International Airspace to conduct "unprofessional interceptions" and "unnecessary unnecessary interception" and "unnecessary unnecessary interceptions" and "unnecessary unnecessary interceptions" in the South China Seaprovocative".
