U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates scheduled to visit China next week, he was China’s “rejection.” In response, Gates said at a press interview, he expressed its “disappointment” and said the Chinese military seems “unwilling” to start such a bilateral dialogue.
June 3, according to Agence France-Presse reported that U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on the 3rd, he was China’s “cancel” the decision of his original plan to visit China was “disappointed” and said the Chinese military “reluctance” and the United States bilateral dialogue.
Gates to visit China for the unpaired, Western analysis of the reasons most media said, this may be because the U.S. arms sales plan due. For example, Reuters reported that 2 “from the Obama administration in January to submit to Congress the value of up to 64 million since the report of arms sales to Taiwan, China and the United States has been postponed a number of high-level military exchanges.”
2 in the Asian security conference in Singapore on his way, Gates told reporters on the plane, he was in January a U.S. arms sales plan to do some “excuse.” He said this is not anything new, it did not affect the Beijing political or economic relations. He said, “In fact, these military programs since the beginning of Sino-US relations have” arms sales to Taiwan “did not restrain China’s political and economic relations.”
According to Agence France-Presse reported that PLA Ma Xiaotian, deputy chief of staff will also attend the Asia Security Conference in Singapore, but U.S. officials said Gates would not talk with Ma Xiaotian.
3-day Chinese Foreign Ministry’s regular press conference, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu’s Remarks on U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates media coverage was scheduled to visit China next week, said China’s refusal, at present, high-level Sino-US military exchanges have not yet arrangements. She said, “On Sino-US military relations, I suggest you ask the Department of Defense. We attach importance to Sino-US high-level military exchanges, as far as I know, no concrete arrangements.”
