CHINA-US: S&D DIALOGUE

US Secretary of State Tillerson and US Secretary of Defense Mattis hosted China's State Councilor Yang Jiechi and the PLA Chief of the General Staff General Fang Fenghui on June 21, 2017, for the first meeting of the Diplomatic and Security Dialogue with the Chinese and the Trump Administration. Priority issues for the US Administration were identified by the US Government spokesperson as: (i) the DPRK/North Korea issue with the aim of advancing concrete cooperation with China towards a peaceful resolution of the nuclear and missile threat from North Korea. (ii) the South China Sea and maritime issues; (iii) working to defeat ISIS; (iv) other risk reduction efforts and military-to-military relations.

The spokesperson added that "We remain committed to a policy that aims to expand cooperation with China where it’s possible and also to narrow our differences on key issues. We do not expect that we will resolve all of our differences with China in one dialogue or in one day... "







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