U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he and his Chinese counterpart had not spoken for a “couple of months.”
The secretary of defense said in a Feb. 23 interview that Wei Fenghe, China’s Minister of National Defense, declined to take a call after the United States shot down the Chinese surveillance balloon.
Austin said it is “really important” for world leaders to maintain good communication in order to “avoid misperceptions and manage crises.”
“So we hope that minister Wei will have a change of heart and schedule that call. He knows where to find me,” Austin said on “CNN This Morning.”…