US and China agree to ‘set up military-to-military channels to deconflict and deescalate any problems that arise’, Hegseth says in post.
Beijing and Washington may be set to revive dormant military communication channels but it is just a first step and the two sides are still some way from genuine trust, an observer has cautioned.
The assessment followed US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth’s announcement on social media on Sunday that the two countries had “agreed that we should set up military-to-military channels to deconflict and deescalate any problems that arise”.
