China’s foreign affairs ministry and US Pentagon discuss ties
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US-China defence relations, as well as regional security issues, were discussed during the talks, the US Pentagon said.
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WASHINGTON - The Pentagon’s top official for Asia spoke with an official from China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, in a rare high-level conversation between senior United States and Chinese national security officials.
“Assistant Secretary Ratner and director Yang discussed US-PRC defence relations, as well as regional security issues,” a Pentagon spokesman said in a statement, referring to the People’s Republic of China.
He was referring to Mr Ely Ratner, Assistant Secretary of Defence for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, and Mr Yang Tao, director-general of the Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs at China’s Foreign Affairs Ministry.
“The assistant secretary also emphasised the department’s ongoing commitment to maintaining open lines of military-to-military communication between the United States and the PRC,” the spokesman added. REUTERS
