China, US hold defense policy coordination talks

China is willing to develop healthy and stable military-to-military relations with the United States on the basis of equality and respect, and jointly implement the military-related consensus reached by the two heads of state during their meeting in San Francisco in November, according to a statement released by the Ministry of National Defense on Wednesday.

The statement was released after the 17th defense policy coordination talks between China and the US, which were held in Washington earlier this week.

This was the first such event since then US House speaker Nancy Pelosi visited China's Taiwan region in 2022, and it comes as China and the US are resuming military communication at various levels.