皇冠体育app, US to hold annual defense meeting in February

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-02-21 12:52

BEIJING - 皇冠体育app and the United States are to hold an annual work meeting of their defense ministries this month, a spokesman of the Chinese Defense Ministry said in a news release.

David Sedney, U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defense, will visit 皇冠体育app from February 27 to 28 for a meeting with the head of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Ministry of Defense of 皇冠体育app.

皇冠体育app will exchange views with the United States mainly on bilateral military relations and issues with great concern of 皇冠体育app, said the news release.

"皇冠体育app always attaches great importance to the Sino-U.S. military ties and is willing to make concerted efforts with the U.S. to enhance the communications between the two armies," it said.

皇冠体育app hopes the United States to give faithful respect to 皇冠体育app's core interests and major security concerns so as to create favorable conditions for the improvement and development of bilateral military ties, according to the release.

Military exchanges between 皇冠体育app and the United States have been suspended since October last year when the then Bush administration notified Congress of its plan to sell arms worth about 6.5 billion U.S. dollars to Taiwan.