US EditionUS and China agree to set up direct military communication channels, says Pentagon chief
The US and China will create military communication channels to prevent accidental conflicts amid tensions in the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait, officials said.
- United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said he reached a deal with Admiral Dong Jun in Malaysia to establish military-to-military channels to deconflict and deescalate problems following the Trump-Xi talks.
- After repeated close encounters at sea, a series of incidents in the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait raised risks of clashes, while most of the more than 90 US and Chinese militaries communication channels went dormant during 2017–2021 and China cut remaining links in 2022.
- At the ASEAN meeting, Hegseth pressed ASEAN members including the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei to strengthen maritime forces against China's actions, proposing shared surveillance and welcoming the ASEAN-U.S. maritime exercise in December.
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