Defense ministers agree to cooperate on cybersecurity
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May 9, 2012, Wednesday
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The Chinese and US defense ministers said they agreed to work together on cybersecurity issues to avoid miscalculations that could lead to future crises.
General Liang Guanglie, China's minister of national defense, rejected suggestions that cyber attacks aimed at the US were coming directly from China.
"I can hardly agree with the proposition that the cyberattacks directed to the United States are directly coming from China," he said.
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said that since China and the US had advanced cyber capabilities, it was important for the nations to develop better cooperation.
"It's true, as the general pointed out, that obviously there are other countries, actors, others involved in some of the attacks that both of our countries receive," Panetta told reporters on Monday after a meeting in the Pentagon marking the first visit by a Chinese defense minister to the US since 2003.
"But because the United States and China have developed technological capabilities in this arena, it's extremely important that we work together to develop ways to avoid any miscalculation or misperception that could lead to crisis in this area."
Liang said he and Panetta talked about ways to strengthen cybersecurity, but they are leaving the details to the experts.
Cybersecurity was just one of the many issues discussed during their meeting, but it also is one of a number of contentious topics that rattle the often rocky relationship between the two nations.
Panetta and Liang, who led a 24-member delegation of top Chinese military officials, also discussed nuclear arms, North Korea and other issues of mutual concern during talks at the Pentagon aimed at putting their often rocky military-to-military ties on a more stable footing.
Liang invited Panetta to visit China in the second half of the year, and the US defense secretary accepted.
The two sides also agreed to hold a combined counter-piracy exercise in the Gulf of Aden later this year.
The Chinese delegation has already visited the US Navy base in San Diego, where they discussed counter-piracy operations with a commander who recently returned from counter-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden. It is also scheduled to visit US Southern Command in Florida, Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, Fort Benning in Georgia, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina and the US Military Academy at West Point in New York.
General Liang Guanglie, China's minister of national defense, rejected suggestions that cyber attacks aimed at the US were coming directly from China.
"I can hardly agree with the proposition that the cyberattacks directed to the United States are directly coming from China," he said.
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said that since China and the US had advanced cyber capabilities, it was important for the nations to develop better cooperation.
"It's true, as the general pointed out, that obviously there are other countries, actors, others involved in some of the attacks that both of our countries receive," Panetta told reporters on Monday after a meeting in the Pentagon marking the first visit by a Chinese defense minister to the US since 2003.
"But because the United States and China have developed technological capabilities in this arena, it's extremely important that we work together to develop ways to avoid any miscalculation or misperception that could lead to crisis in this area."
Liang said he and Panetta talked about ways to strengthen cybersecurity, but they are leaving the details to the experts.
Cybersecurity was just one of the many issues discussed during their meeting, but it also is one of a number of contentious topics that rattle the often rocky relationship between the two nations.
Panetta and Liang, who led a 24-member delegation of top Chinese military officials, also discussed nuclear arms, North Korea and other issues of mutual concern during talks at the Pentagon aimed at putting their often rocky military-to-military ties on a more stable footing.
Liang invited Panetta to visit China in the second half of the year, and the US defense secretary accepted.
The two sides also agreed to hold a combined counter-piracy exercise in the Gulf of Aden later this year.
The Chinese delegation has already visited the US Navy base in San Diego, where they discussed counter-piracy operations with a commander who recently returned from counter-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden. It is also scheduled to visit US Southern Command in Florida, Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, Fort Benning in Georgia, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina and the US Military Academy at West Point in New York.
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