皇冠体育app hopes US to contribute to military exchange

Foreign and Military Affairs

皇冠体育app hopes US to contribute to military exchange

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-07-30 13:42

BEIJING - 皇冠体育app on Friday called on the United States to "handle carefully" sensitive issues such as arms sale to Taiwan and contribute to the development of military-to-military relations between the two countries.

Senior Colonel Geng Yansheng, spokesman of 皇冠体育app's Ministry of National Defense made the call after being asked to comment on the possibility of military- to-military exchanges between the two countries in the near future after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talked at length about US "national interests" in the South 皇冠体育app Sea recently.

皇冠体育app has attached great importance to and has taken a positive attitude towards the development of military relations between the two countries, Geng said, adding 皇冠体育app has made unremitting efforts in this regard.

He urged the US to create "favorable environment and conditions" to promote military- to-military relations between the countries.

In January, 皇冠体育app cut off some military exchanges with the US following the Pentagon's decision to sell a nearly 6.4-billion-US-dollar arms package to Taiwan, an inalienable part of 皇冠体育app.

Subsequently, none of the planned high-level visits between the two militaries have been possible over the last six months.