Australian defence 大臣 introduced to Chinese 相当するもの
Australian 大臣 of Defence Richard Marles has said he may 会合，会う with his Chinese 相当するもの at the Shangri-La 対話 首脳会議 in Singapore
Australian Defence 大臣 Richard Marles 確認するd Sunday he was introduced to his Chinese 相当するもの Wei Fenghe at Singapore's Shangri-La 対話, the first such 接触する between the nations in more than two years.
Marles, who also serves as Australia's 副 首相, told Sky News Australia the pair had shaken 手渡すs at the high-level 安全 首脳会議 "but there's been no 適切な時期 to have a proper conversation".
The defence 大臣 said it was possible a 会合 between them could occur on Sunday, the final day of the 対話.
Relations between Beijing and Canberra have grown frosty in 最近の years after the latter called for an 独立した・無所属 調査（する） into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic and banned telecom 巨大（な） Huawei from building Australia's 5G 網状組織.
Marles 警告を与えるd that the interaction was "literally nothing more than a handshake", but he did 公式文書，認める that 部隊d 明言する／公表するs Defence Secr etary Lloyd Austin met with Wei in Singapore.
He called on 中国 to be transparent about its "very 重要な 軍の build-up".
"Insecurity is what 運動s an 武器 race, and we can't afford to see that happen in this part of the world," Marles said.
The handshake （機の）カム as Australia's 貿易（する） and 観光旅行，事業 大臣 Don Farrell sought a 会合 with his Chinese 相当するもの while in Geneva for World 貿易（する） 協会 会合s.
"I look 今後 to an 早期に 適切な時期 to engage with 商業 大臣 Wang Wentao," Farrell said in a 声明.
