“It is absolutely vital that we have these kinds of communications,” he said, adding that it was something the U.S. will “keep working on.”
Wednesday’s rare visit to the Pentagon by Mr. Xie came after a recent invitation to the ambassador from the Defense Department, according to Army Lt. Col. Martin Meiners, a Pentagon spokesman.
“Assistant Secretary Ratner and Ambassador Xie discussed U.S.-[People’s Republic of China] defense relations, as well as a range of international and regional security issues,” Lt. Col. Meiners said in a statement, adding that Mr. Ratner “underscored the department’s commitment to maintaining open lines of military-to-military communication between the United States and the PRC.”China
halfway to get relations between the two countries and their militaries on the right track, according to Reuters. The news agency reported that Mr. Xie requested during his meeting with Mr. Ratner that “the U.S. side take action to remove obstacles, manage differences, handle Taiwan and other important and sensitive issues cautiously in accordance with the principles of the three Sino-U.S. joint communiques.”
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