U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates
held talks with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing
on Monday on the first stop of his weeklong trip
to Asia.
It is Gates' second visit to the country since he
assumed the post in December 2006.
The trip is intended to deepen the military
relationship between the United States and China
-- a relationship that suffered a setback last year
when Beijing objected to Washington's sale of
defensive weapons to Taiwan.
Ahead of his arrival in Beijing, Gates told reporters
traveling with him that he intended to discuss
strategies and policies to avoid "miscalculations
and misunderstandings and
miscommunications."
Gates also wants the two nations to hold more
high-level visits, he said.
"My own view is that a positive, constructive,
comprehensive relationship between the United
States and China is not just in the mutual interest
of the two countries, but in the interests of the
region, and I would say the globe," he said.
For his part, Chinese Defense Minister Liang
Guanglie told Gates that the relationship will
require efforts from both sides to resolve
disagreements.
"The Sino-U.S. military relationship has new
opportunities for development. It also faces
challenges," Liang was quoted as saying by the
state run Xinhua news agency.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/01/10/china.gates.visit/
held talks with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing
on Monday on the first stop of his weeklong trip
to Asia.
It is Gates' second visit to the country since he
assumed the post in December 2006.
The trip is intended to deepen the military
relationship between the United States and China
-- a relationship that suffered a setback last year
when Beijing objected to Washington's sale of
defensive weapons to Taiwan.
Ahead of his arrival in Beijing, Gates told reporters
traveling with him that he intended to discuss
strategies and policies to avoid "miscalculations
and misunderstandings and
miscommunications."
Gates also wants the two nations to hold more
high-level visits, he said.
"My own view is that a positive, constructive,
comprehensive relationship between the United
States and China is not just in the mutual interest
of the two countries, but in the interests of the
region, and I would say the globe," he said.
For his part, Chinese Defense Minister Liang
Guanglie told Gates that the relationship will
require efforts from both sides to resolve
disagreements.
"The Sino-U.S. military relationship has new
opportunities for development. It also faces
challenges," Liang was quoted as saying by the
state run Xinhua news agency.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/01/10/china.gates.visit/
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