The U.S. military stated that the resumed dialogue of the US -China military does not need to lift sanctions.
According to Bloomberg, the Chinese embassy spokesman Liu Pengyu said on Wednesday (June 28) at the press conference to talk about the high -level communication between the Chinese and American troops that the United States knows that the relationship between the Sino -US armed forces is in trouble.The reason -in fact, the United States has imposed unilateral sanctions on China. Before any exchanges and cooperation between the two countries, these obstacles should be eliminated.
Liu Pengyu did not point out any name of the US sanctions, but he refers to the request of the United States that the US defense director Li Shangfu.The United States announced sanctions on Li Shangfu in 2018 because Russia purchased fighters and missiles in the direction of the Chinese military.
In response to China ’s request to lift sanctions again in exchange for questions to restore high -level communication between the Chinese and American military, Laude, secretary of the Pentagon of the United States Pentagon on Thursday (29), responded at the news briefing.For the remarks of communication obstacles, US Secretary of Defense Austin has previously said that he can now communicate with the Chinese Minister of Defense (Li Shangfu). These sanctions do not need to be lifted to restore the communication with (China). "
Laude said: "From our perspective, there is no obstacle to maintaining public communication pipelines. We think that doing so is important, and we will continue to work hard."
This is the second time the China sideIt is required to terminate sanctions to restore the communication of high -level Chinese and US military.
According to Reuters, U.S. Secretary of State Brillings was questioned at a press conference at the end of the trip to China on June 19 that the United States and China did not make progress in establishing regular military communication channels.He said that the establishment of a military communication channel in the United States and China is absolutely important, but China has not yet promised to move forward in this regard.
Officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China responded on the same day that unilateral sanctions on the United States were one of the factors to prevent Chinese and US military communication.
During the conversation of U.S. Defense Minister Austin in June in Shangri -La, Singapore, he briefly communicated with Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu, but officials of the Pentagon said that there was no substantial content that exchange.
According to Bloomberg report, at a briefing on May 22, the U.S. State Department stated that the United States would not consider the termination of the sanctions against the Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu for the purpose of talks.
In 2018, the U.S. government used the sanctions to fight back the U.S. opponent bill sanctions Li Shangfu, the Minister of Equipment Development of the CPC Central Military Commission.According to the United States, this sanctions are related to the purchase of 10 Su-35 fighters in 2017 and the purchase of S-400-to-air missile system related equipment in 2018.
