FILE - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, right, shakes hands with China Defense Minister Li Shangfu, left, during the opening dinner for the 20th International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-La Dialogue, in Singapore, June 2, 2023.
Bloomberg: China Wants Sanctions Lifted as Condition for Military Talks With US
(Bloomberg) -- The US must lift sanctions against China if the Biden administration wants high-level communication between the Chinese and American armed forces, a Chinese diplomat said on Wednesday.
“The US side knows the reason for difficulties in its military-to-military relations with China — it actually imposed unilateral sanctions on China,” Liu Pengyu, the spokesman for China’s Embassy in Washington, said in a briefing on Wednesday.
“Such obstacles should be removed before any exchange and cooperation could take place between the two countries.”
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Update: China tells US to lift sanctions to reopen high-level military talks (The Hill)
WNU Editor: The U.S. has rejected this Beijing demand .... US Shoots Down Chinese Calls to Lift Sanctions (VOA).