Follow-up Measures After Last Month’s U.S.-China Summit
“Need to Maintain Dialogue to Prevent Accidental Clashes”
High-level military talks between the U.S. and China have resumed after approximately one year and four months.
According to Bloomberg News on the 21st (local time), the U.S. Department of Defense announced that U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Charles Brown and General Liu Zhenli of China’s People’s Liberation Army held discussions via video call that day.
This phone call follows the agreement to restore military communication channels at the U.S.-China summit on the 15th of last month. The dialogue resumed after 16 months when China cut off official military communication channels in response to then-U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan in August last year.
During the meeting, Brown emphasized the importance of maintaining dialogue to prevent accidental clashes. He said managing competition responsibly, avoiding misjudgments, and cooperating to keep direct communication lines are crucial.
In addition, they discussed the need for
- holding U.S.-China Defense Policy Coordination Talks
- holding Maritime Military Security Consultation (MMCA) meetings
- Dialogue between the defense authorities of both countries, the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, and the commanders of China’s Eastern and Southern Theaters
The meeting between the U.S. and Chinese defense ministers is expected to resume when the Chinese Minister of Defense’s successor is confirmed. The U.S.-China defense minister talks have not been held since last November, and a successor has yet to be announced following the sudden dismissal of Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe in October.
By. Hyo Sun Byeon
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