Mattis meets with China's Defense Minister
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(9 Nov 2018) U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is meeting with his Chinese counterpart in Washington. Mattis hosted at enhanced honor cordon welcoming Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Gen. Wei Fenghe to the Pentagon. Top diplomats and defense chiefs for both the U.S. and China called the meeting in Washington to try to tamp down tensions on issues that have cooled the relations between the two world powers. Earlier on Friday, both Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis sat down with their counterparts Yang Jiechi and Wei Fenghe at the State Department. The talks were due to be held in Beijing last month but were postponed after Washington announced new arms sales to Taiwan, and U.S. and Chinese vessels came close to colliding in the South China Sea. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/1250d6d3657856cbac94e5ccfc4bdf2a
