The United States and China will resume military-to-military communications “in the coming months”, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has announced, a move that could ease growing tensions between the two countries.
Austin met with his Chinese counterpart Dong Jun on Friday on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, in the first substantive face-to-face talks between the two defence chiefs in 18 months. The meeting followed a video conference call in April.
