The United States will wean China from showing its dissatisfaction with US policy – Pentagon

The Pentagon will wait for China to fulfill its obligations and will try to “wean Beijing from deleting contacts” when it decides to demonstrate its displeasure with US policy. This was reported to Foreign Policy magazine by anonymous high-ranking Pentagon representatives, TASS reports today, November 23.

According to the newspaper, to resolve tensions in the Indo-Pacific region and prevent a possible conflict, the United States is trying to restore communication channels with China. So in an interview with the correspondents of the magazine, representatives of the US Department of Defense commented on the meeting of the head of the Pentagon Lloyd Austin and Minister of Defense of the People’s Republic of China Wei Fenghewhich took place on Tuesday in Cambodia.

The resource informs that Austin affirmed the importance of maintaining a dialogue between the two countries in order to reduce the risks in relations and the need to improve “crisis” communication.

As Foreign Policy recalls, after the visit to the island by the president of the House of Representatives of the US Congress Nancy Pelosi China has canceled phone calls between the region’s top military commanders, which it had previously used “as political leverage to express dissatisfaction with US actions and policies”.

In addition, the United States and China usually had political dialogues, high-level talks on military contacts and security under a naval consultative agreement. However, due to recent tensions between the countries, this has been put on hold.

“There is hope that there is a reboot of some of the mechanisms that have been frozen for the past six months,” – cites the publication of the representative of the US Department of Defense.

In addition, according to the magazine, the United States wants to create additional “military hotlines”, which, if necessary, will provide an opportunity for a conversation between the head of the US Indo-Pacific Command, Admiral John Aquilinohead of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CNS) of the US military Mark Mille and their Chinese counterparts.

However, both sides are skeptical about the resumption of contacts, which, given the situation in the region, can be terminated at any time, the newspaper said. At the same time, he reports that the Pentagon will wait for China to fulfill its obligations and will try to “wean” Beijing from canceling contacts when it decides to demonstrate its dissatisfaction with US policy.”