WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 03rd August, 2023) Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Ely Ratner discussed bilateral defense relations and regional security with Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs Director-General Yang Tao, US Defense Department spokesperson Lt. Col. Martin Meiners said on Wednesday.
"Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Dr. Ely Ratner spoke today (August 2) with PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs Director-General Yang Tao," Meiners said in a press release. "Assistant Secretary Ratner and Director Yang discussed US-PRC defense relations, as well as regional security issues."
Ratner emphasized during the talk that the department continues to seek open lines of military-to-military communication between the United States and China, according to the release.
