China confirms it is working with US to restore military communication channels based on Xi-Biden agreement
- Chinese defence ministry says it is in talks with Washington to resume suspended dialogues ‘on the basis of equality and respect’
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Senior Colonel Wu Qian, the ministry spokesman, said during a press briefing on Thursday that the defence authorities of the two countries were communicating and coordinating to resume military-to-military communication “on the basis of equality and respect”.
“According to the consensus reached between the two heads of state, the two countries will resume, on the basis of equality and respect, high-level military-to-military communication, the China-US Defence Policy Coordination Talks, and the China-US Military Maritime Consultative Agreement meetings, and conduct telephone conversations between theatre commanders,” Wu said.
“China values the military-to-military relationship with the US. The Chinese military stands ready to work with its US counterpart to … promote a sound and steady China-US military-to-military relationship.”
In a press briefing last month, Wu said “communication requires sincerity and dialogue should have a bottom line” and urged Washington to “earnestly respect China’s core interests”.
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