China rejected America’s invitation, defense ministers meeting had to be canceled

The relations between China and America are deteriorating day by day. Since then, the tension between the two countries regarding the spy balloon has been continuously increasing in the midst of rhetoric. China has refused to attend the defense ministers’ meeting with the US. A meeting of the Defense Ministers of both the countries was to be held in Singapore this week. But China has refused to attend this meeting.

China has declined a US invitation for a meeting between Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Chinese counterpart Li Shangfu in Singapore, according to the Pentagon. Pentagon spokesman Brigadier General Pat Ryder said in a statement on Monday that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) informed the US that they declined our initial invitation to meet with Defense Minister Li Shangfu with Secretary Austin in Singapore this week. Is.

Last week, White House spokesman John Kirby said discussions were underway to start talks between Austin and his Chinese counterpart, who was named defense secretary in March. The possibility of a meeting between them was being closely watched given the rising tensions in the region and increasingly strained ties between Washington and Beijing over trade and human rights issues with Taiwan.