Weaponry to Taiwan 'biggest obstacle'
Source: Xinhua |
May 26, 2010, Wednesday
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A SENIOR Chinese army official said yesterday that United States arms sales to Taiwan remained the biggest obstacle to Sino-American military ties.
Ma Xiaotian, deputy chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, made the remarks when meeting US Commander-in-Chief of Pacific Command Robert Willard and Wallace Gregson, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, who were in Beijing attending the China-US strategic and economic talks.
The meeting was the first high-ranking military talks between the two sides since China in January partially halted military exchange programs in protest over US arms sales to Taiwan.
Ma said the arms sales, frequent reconnaissance by the US naval ships and aircraft in the waters and airspace of China's exclusive economic zones, and some laws had long remained the foremost obstacles to stable Sino-American military relations.
The US Congress passed bills limiting military exchanges with China, as represented by the 2000 Fiscal Year Defense Authorization Law.
Ma said China always attached importance to mutual trust and cooperation in the military field with the US and was willing to conduct exchanges based on the principles of respect, equality, trust, and reciprocity.
Ma Xiaotian, deputy chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, made the remarks when meeting US Commander-in-Chief of Pacific Command Robert Willard and Wallace Gregson, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, who were in Beijing attending the China-US strategic and economic talks.
The meeting was the first high-ranking military talks between the two sides since China in January partially halted military exchange programs in protest over US arms sales to Taiwan.
Ma said the arms sales, frequent reconnaissance by the US naval ships and aircraft in the waters and airspace of China's exclusive economic zones, and some laws had long remained the foremost obstacles to stable Sino-American military relations.
The US Congress passed bills limiting military exchanges with China, as represented by the 2000 Fiscal Year Defense Authorization Law.
Ma said China always attached importance to mutual trust and cooperation in the military field with the US and was willing to conduct exchanges based on the principles of respect, equality, trust, and reciprocity.
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