WASHINGTON (AFP) - Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe warned his US counterpart in a phone call on Thursday (Aug 6) to avoid firing up bilateral tensions, a day after Washington angered Beijing by announcing it would send a senior official to visit Taiwan.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe warned his US counterpart in a phone call on Thursday to avoid firing up bilateral tensions, a day after Washington angered Beijing by announcing it would send a senior official to visit Taiwan.
"The secretary called for greater PRC transparency on Covid, expressed concerns about PRC destabilising activity in the vicinity of Taiwan in the South China Sea and called on the PRC to honour international obligations," said Defence Department spokesman Jonathan Hoffman. Azar will be the most senior US Cabinet member to visit Taiwan since 1979, which, owing to China's territorial claim on the island, does not have official diplomatic relations with the United States despite their close alliance.
Tsai, though, called the visit"another testament to the strong Taiwan-US partnership," a relationship underscored by extensive defense cooperation and US arms sales. Esper also raised the issue of China's mishandling of the initial Covid-19 outbreak, as President Donald Trump blames Beijing for the global pandemic that has killed nearly 160,000 Americans.
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