UNITED STATES: HEADS OF MILITARY OF UNITED STATES AND CHINA MEET AT PENTAGON TO IMPROVE MILITARY CONTACTS

Record ID: 338453

  • Title: UNITED STATES: HEADS OF MILITARY OF UNITED STATES AND CHINA MEET AT PENTAGON TO IMPROVE MILITARY CONTACTS
  • Date: 8th August 1997
  • Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (AUGUST 8, 1997) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. TRACK U.S. CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF GENERAL JOHN SHALIKASHVILI AND CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF OF CHINA'S PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY FU QUANYOU WALKING OUT OF PENTAGON AND UP TO FULL HONOURS FIELD PLATFORM 0.17 2. SV SHALIKASHVILI AND FU STANDING ON PL
  • Embargoed: 23rd August 1997 13:00
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  • Location: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVAEUUVVZQ8Z6HN3AKAQVXL1RVXT
  • Story Text: INTRO: The head of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) has met his United States (U.S.) counterpart at the Pentagon.

    General John Shalikashvili, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff greeted Fu Quanyou, chief of the General Staff of China's PLA with a full honours ceremony, complete with 19-gun salute at the Pentagon on Friday (August 8).

    This was a reciprocal visit for Fu, who hosted Shalikashvili in Beijing in May.

    Following the ceremony, U.S. Defence Secretary William Cohen held a closed meeting with Fu.

    The Chinese general's eight-day U.S. visit is aimed at thawing relations frozen after Chinese soldiers crushed demonstrations at Tiananmen Square in 1989.

    Aside from Washington, Fu has made stops at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, the U.S. Army base at Fort Bragg, North Carolina and Langley Air Force base in Virginia.

    He was scheduled to leave Washington on Saturday for a visit to San Francisco and to the U.S. Pacific Command in Hawaii before returning to China on August 13.

    A number of Western countries have recently moved to improve military ties with China, following an effective freeze in relations after Chinese soldiers put down the 1989 Beijing protests with heavy loss of life.


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