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Us and Chinese military officials have met for their first working level from the US President Donald Trump He assumed his duty for the second time, with two parties share their concerns about military security at sea.
The American Indo-Pacific Command in a statement said that the talks, held on Wednesday and Thursday in the eastern Chinese city of Shanghai, were focused on the “reduction of cases of uncertain and unprofessional” actions by POM by POM China navy and air force.
The Chinese Ministry of Defense announced that it highlighted Our army Shipping and aircraft are conducting “reconnaissance, surveys and high -intensity surveys in marine and airspace across China, which are prone to causing misunderstandings and wrong proclamation and endangering of Chinese sovereignty and military security.”
China said now -in that she would continue to “respond to all dangerous provocative actions” and “decisively to protect the national territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests,” the Ministry said in a statement.
The conversations were held in the same week, Beijing conducted large exercises in the waters and airspace around the island of Taiwan. The meeting also came shortly after US Defense Minister Peta Hegsetth told his Japanese colleague that Japan was “our necessary partner in deterring communist Chinese military aggression.”
The bonds between Beijing and Washington have been tense in recent years because of questions such as trade, cyber safety, Taiwan and South Kine Sea. Under Trump, trade war was getting worse because his administration imposed tariffs and China announced retaliation.
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In order to withdraw to the Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific Ocean, the US intensified their presence in the region, sailing through the Taiwanese Strait and conducting exercises in the controversial southern Chinese Sea. Now he opposes any forced takeover of Taiwan, which Beijing claims to be part of the Chinese territory and vows that he will lead the force if necessary.
But both governments also want to maintain open communication lines, including semi -annual conversations of the working group.
The Chinese Ministry of Defense announced that the two parties “conducted sincere and constructive exchanges about the safety situation in maritime and air domains”, this time in Shanghai and that they discussed measures to improve marine military security between the two countries.
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