CHINA / National
Visit opens door in US military ties
(China Daily)
Updated: 2006-07-20 06:07
WASHINGTON: China and the United States agreed on Tuesday to conduct
joint naval maritime search-and-rescue exercises later this year,
focusing on ways the US and Chinese can operate safely together.
General Guo Boxiong shakes hands with US defense secretary Donald
Rumsfeld outside Pentagon yesterday. [Reuters]
The two sides also agreed to co-operate on military archive information
involving US personnel missing in action, and promote exchanges between
military academies and officers.
The agreements were reached after General Guo Boxiong, vice-chairman of
the Central Military Commission, met US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
at the Pentagon on Tuesday.
At a welcoming ceremony on the steps of the Pentagon, Guo and Rumsfeld
shook hands and briefly exchanged small talk. An Air Force band played
each nation's anthem before the two men went inside for a working lunch.
Guo is the highest-ranking military officer from China to visit the
United States since 2001.
At the talks, the two had an in-depth exchange of views on the
international and regional security situations, the relationships between
the two countries and their armies.
Guo said his six-day visit, which will end on Saturday, aims to implement
the consensus reached by President Hu Jintao and his US counterpart
George W. Bush on increasing exchanges and co-operation between the two
armed forces during Hu's US visit in April.
He expressed the hope that his visit would help enhance mutual
understanding and trust, foster friendship and deepen the relationship
between the armed forces.
Guo and Rumsfeld agreed in principle to continue expanding
military-to-military contacts, said a senior US defence official who
refused to be named.
"They're very stable, very steady and they're expanding, and they have
high political impetus from both sides," said the Pentagon official,
describing bilateral military ties.
China agreed in June to join the United States in a search-and-rescue
exercise, and the two countries planned to conduct several phases of
drills under their bilateral Military Maritime Consultative Agreement, he
said.
Later in the day, Guo met with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
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