U.S. China defence ministers start meeting in Cambodia- U.S. official

The defence chiefs of China and the United States held face-to-face talks on Tuesday, a U.S. official said, their first meeting since a visit to Taiwan by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that enraged China.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met Chinese Defence Minister General Wei Fenghe on the sidelines of a gathering of their Southeast Asian counterparts in Cambodia. The two last met in Singapore in June.