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US urges China cooperate on defence issues
United States defence secretary Robert Gates says the lack of military contact between the US and China is damaging regional security in Asia.
At a security conference in Singapore, Mr Gates appealed to Beijing to restore military relations, which it suspended in protest at recent US arms sales to Taiwan.
He urged China to accept that the US is committed to arming Taiwan, but says it is in the interests of both countries to resume cooperation.
"The United States department of defence wants what both Presidents Obama and Hu want: sustained and viable military-to-military contact at all levels that reduce miscommunication, misunderstanding and miscalculation," he said.
"There is a real cost to the absence of military-to-military relations.
"I believe they are essential to regional security, and essential to developing a broad resilient US-China relationship that is positive in tone, cooperative in nature, and comprehensive in scope."
US urges China cooperate on defence issues - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
United States defence secretary Robert Gates says the lack of military contact between the US and China is damaging regional security in Asia.
At a security conference in Singapore, Mr Gates appealed to Beijing to restore military relations, which it suspended in protest at recent US arms sales to Taiwan.
He urged China to accept that the US is committed to arming Taiwan, but says it is in the interests of both countries to resume cooperation.
"The United States department of defence wants what both Presidents Obama and Hu want: sustained and viable military-to-military contact at all levels that reduce miscommunication, misunderstanding and miscalculation," he said.
"There is a real cost to the absence of military-to-military relations.
"I believe they are essential to regional security, and essential to developing a broad resilient US-China relationship that is positive in tone, cooperative in nature, and comprehensive in scope."
US urges China cooperate on defence issues - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
