WASHINGTON: The Pentagon said on Wednesday that its top official for Asia spoke with an official from Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in an infrequent high-level talks between senior officials of China and the US.
Pentagon, Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry Discuss Relations
In a statement, a Pentagon spokesperson said, “Assistant Secretary Ratner and Director Yang discussed US-China defense ties, and regional security matters,”.
The spokesperson was referring to the assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs, Ely Ratner, and China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs DG Yang Tao.
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“Ratner also stressed the Department’s current commitment to maintaining open lines of military-to-military communication between the two sides,” the spokesperson maintained.
