In a significant outreach to Beijing within days of the meeting between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Sunday that he met China’s Minister of National Defense Admiral Dong Jun and both agreed to strengthen communication, maintain stability in bilateral ties and “ set up military-to-military channels to deconflict and de-escalate any problems that arise”.

Hegseth said he met Dong in Malaysia and they spoke again Saturday. He said Trump’s historic “G2 meeting” with Xi — the leaders met in the South Korean city of Busan on October 30 — had “set the tone for everlasting peace and success for the US and China”.

Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, was the venue of the 12th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting — Plus (ADMM-Plus). It was

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