Ministry of National Defense: The exchange contacts between the Chinese and American a

(Beijing Comprehensive News) In response to China's rejection of the Minister of Defense of China and the United States in Singapore, and China ’s repeated rejection of the United States request for exchanges, the Chinese Ministry of National Defense respondedResponsibility is exactly the United States.

According to the website of the Ministry of National Defense, a spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense Tan Kefei on Wednesday (May 31) said that China attaches importance to the development of the relationship between the two armies of China and the United States and the development of various levels of communication.

Tan Kefei said that the current communication between the Chinese and American armies is facing difficulties, and the responsibility is exactly the United States.He said, "There is no principle of dialogue, there is no bottom line to communicate."

He said that the United States claims to strengthen exchanges, but regardless of the concern of the Chinese side, it will seriously damage the mutual trust of the two armies."The United States should show sincerity and correct errors with practical actions, and create necessary conditions and atmosphere for the communication between the two parties."

Agence France -Presse reported that the US Department of Defense said on Tuesday (May 30) that China has rejected the US side's proposal to meet the two countries' defense ministers during the Singapore's Shangri -La dialogue.A national defense official said that since 2021, the Pentagon has demanded more than 10 important leaders of the two armed forces to contact, repeatedly requested long -term dialogue, and in recent 10 requests to conduct working -level contact, but China either refuses or does not respond.

China requires the United States to revoke the sanctions imposed on Li Shangfu since 2018 to clear the obstacles of dialogue. It is believed that if sanctions are not canceled, the status of Li Shangfu and the US Secretary of Defense Austin is not equal.The United States said that the sanctions against Lee Shangfu "did not prevent Austin from meeting him when performing official duties."