{"id":20373,"date":"2023-12-24T08:34:49","date_gmt":"2023-12-24T06:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/?p=20373"},"modified":"2023-12-24T08:53:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T06:53:17","slug":"us-china-military-leaders-hold-first-talks-in-more-than-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/us-china-military-leaders-hold-first-talks-in-more-than-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"US, China military leaders hold first talks in more than a year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Top military leaders from the United States and the People\u2019s Republic of China held a virtual meeting on December 21, 2023, marking the first interaction between the two militaries in more than a year.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Air Force General Charles Q Brown held a virtual meeting with Liu Zhenli, the chief of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission and a top general of China\u2019s People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two military generals discussed several \u201cglobal and regional security issues\u201d during their online discussion, Brown\u2019s office said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brown \u201cdiscussed the importance of working together to responsibly manage competition, avoid miscalculations and maintain open and direct lines of communication,\u201d according to a statement released by the Pentagon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A U.S. military spokesperson Captain Jereal Dorsey said that \u201cGeneral Brown reiterated the importance of the People\u2019s Liberation Army engaging in substantive dialogue to reduce the likelihood of misunderstandings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pentagon spokesman Major General Pat Ryder described the call between Brown and Liu as a \u201cpositive development\u201d, saying that the two sides were working to implement what had been announced by Xi and Biden. \u201cWhen you have two large militaries, it\u2019s imperative that we keep lines of communication open in order to prevent miscalculation,\u201d Ryder said.<\/p>\n\n\n

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U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Air Force General Charles Q Brown. (Image Credit: Reuters)<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The virtual meeting between the two militaries came after General Brown sent an introductory letter to his Chinese counterpart after taking office as the U.S. military chief in September 2023. In his letter, Brown told Liu that he was looking forward to open channels of communication between the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Military communication between China and the U.S. came to a complete halt after the former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the self-ruled island of Taiwan in August 2022, angering Beijing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liu said the key for the U.S. and China to develop a healthy, stable, and sustainable military-to-military relationship was for the U.S. to have a \u201ccorrect understanding of China,\u201d according to a Chinese defense ministry statement that was released after the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

General Liu, the 59-year-old military general, who has emerged as the top contender to take the office of China\u2019s next defense minister after the dismissal of General Li Shangfu, asked for the U.S. to respect China’s territorial sovereignty, and maritime rights and interests in the South China Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n

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People\u2019s Liberation Army of China Chief of the Joint Staff Department Gen. Liu Zhenli. (Image Credit: Twitter\/@RFA_Chinese)<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

“Be prudent in words and actions, and take concrete actions to safeguard regional peace and stability and the overall situation of China-U.S. relations,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liu was sanctioned by the U.S. in 2018 for an arms deal he secured with Russia in an earlier role. China had demanded that the sanctions, which included a visa ban and prohibitions on conducting U.S. financial transactions, be lifted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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