The United States doesn’t seek conflicts with communist China but will resolutely safeguard its interests in the Indo-Pacific region, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun in a meeting on Sept. 9.
Hegseth made clear that the United States “does not seek conflict with China nor is it pursuing regime change or strangulation of the PRC,” Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a statement, using the acronym of the communist regime’s official name, People’s Republic of China.
“At the same time, however, he forthrightly relayed that the U.S. has vital interests in the Asia-Pacific, the priority theater, and will resolutely protect those interests,” Parnell said….
US to Resolutely Safeguard Indo-Pacific Interests, Hegseth Tells Chinese Counterpart
