WASHINGTON ¨C The top U.S. military officer held a virtual meeting with his Chinese counterpart on Thursday, the Pentagon said, in the first such conversation in over a year amid hopes by U.S. officials that it could lead to a broader restoration of ties between the two militaries.
The video teleconference followed an agreement between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping last month to resume military-to-military ties severed by Beijing after then-House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited self-ruled Taiwan in August 2022.
U.S. Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gen. Liu Zhenli of China¡¯s People¡¯s Liberation Army touched on ¡°a number of global and regional security issues,¡± Brown¡¯s office said.
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