Updated On: 31 May, 2024 05:21 PM IST | Singapore | mid-day online correspondent
The United States and China will resume military-to-military communications "in the coming months." Austin and Dong met here on the margins of the Shangri-La Dialogue to discuss US- China defence relations along with regional and global security issues. The telephone conversations between theatre commanders will be resumed in the coming months

US-China to resume military-military relations in the coming months, said Lloyd Austin at Shangri-La Dialogue (Picture Credit: AFP & AP)
The United States and China will resume military-to-military communications "in the coming months," said US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin after meeting with his Chinese counterpart Dong Jun in Singapore on Friday at the Shangri-La Dialogue.
According to a report of the meeting released by Pentagon, Austin and Dong met here on the margins of the Shangri-La Dialogue to discuss US- China defence relations along with regional and global security issues.