Hainan Airlines, the fourth-largest airline in China, will resume operating the direct flight to Beijing starting in April, after it was suspended with the outbreak of the war.
Smotrich said he had thanked Bessent during the meeting for lifting sanctions on settlers in the West Bank.
The US president says Bagram Air Base is a critical asset for countering China, as experts debate the feasibility of reclaiming abandoned US military equipment in Afghanistan.
Researchers suggest the use of cinnabar had a religious, decorative, or medical function.
The discovery marks the earliest known physical evidence of fire-making technology discovered in China to date.
Experts at Sotheby's verified the plate is from around 1775.