U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said he will meet with a senior Chinese military official during a security conference in Singapore and caution him about escalating territorial conflicts in the Asia-Pacific region.
Hagel is scheduled to meet with Lieutenant General Wang Guanzhong, deputy chief of general staff of China’s People Liberation Army and part of the country’s delegation to the annual Shangri-La security conference this weekend.
The U.S. has “a huge interest” in keeping sea lanes in the region open for commerce, Hagel told reporters on board his military aircraft heading to Singapore. Hagel said he also planned to discuss tensions between China and Vietnam over the South China Sea in “some specific terms.”
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