BEIJING, June 24 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese Defense Minister Chi
Haotian on Monday urged the United States not to send misleading signals
to the Taiwan authorities over the unresolved Taiwan issue.
He said that more contact between the Chinese and U.S. armed forces
will help develop relations between the two countries and safeguard peace
and stability in the Asia-Pacific region.
Chi made the remarks to Anthony Lake, former assistant national
security advisor to the U.S. President, who is leading a delegation to a
symposium on the development of Sino-U.S. relations, hosted by the Chinese
People's Liberation Army University of National Defense.
The defense minister said that the proper settlement of the Taiwan
issue is the key to ensuring healthy and stable relations between China
and the United States.
He said the Chinese government will solve the Taiwan issue
according to "peaceful reunification and one country, two systems", and
the eight-point proposal raised by Chinese President Jiang Zemin.
He urged the U.S. side to observe the three Sino-U.S. joint
communiques and not to mislead the Taiwan authorities.
Lake said that both the United States and China are influential
countries of the world, and the two governments need to keep strategic
dialogue if they want to maintain healthy and stable relations.
Chi, also vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission, said
that the symposium helps promote mutual understanding and trust and helps
realize the consensus on developing Sino-U.S. constructive and cooperative
relations.
He said that China and the United States shoulder responsibility
for world peace and development, and they share common ground, which is
the foundation to develop constructive and cooperative relations.
He noted that this year marks the 30th anniversary of the Shanghai
Communique. "Sino-U.S. relations in general have developed forward
although the international situation has changed greatly over the past 30
years," he said.
He expressed the hope that the symposium will contribute to the
development of the relations between the two countries and their armed
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