CHINA: U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Ray Odierno visits Beijing to meet senior military officials.

Record ID: 872567

  • Title: CHINA: U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Ray Odierno visits Beijing to meet senior military officials.
  • Date: 21st February 2014
  • Summary: MEETING IN PROGRESS WANG SPEAKING ODIERNO LISTENING WANG SPEAKING/ PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY DELEGATES SITTING MEETING IN PROGRESS ODIERNO SPEAKING WANG LISTENING ODIERNO SPEAKING/ U.S. DELEGATES SITTING MEETING IN PROGRESS
  • Embargoed: 8th March 2014 12:00
  • Keywords:
  • Location: China
  • City:
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA9FFB1XMUPCBATNK03JJU524WZ
  • Aspect Ratio:
  • Story Text: U.S. Army Chief of Staff, General Ray Odierno, visited Beijing on Friday (February 21) to meet senior Chinese military officials.
    Tensions between two of the world's biggest economies have increased amid territorial disputes between China and U.S. allies in the South China Sea and East China Sea.
    Odierno met Lieutenant General Wang Ning, Secondary Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) at the PLA headquarters where the two inspected the guard of honour and held a brief meeting with both Chinese and U.S. military delegates present.
    Last month the top U.S. military commander in the Asia-Pacific region acknowledged his concerns, particularly over entrenched tensions between Japan and China.
    Odierno is scheduled to meet with the top leadership of China's elite Peking University later on Friday and is set to travel to China's northern Shenyang Military Region on Saturday (February 22), Chinese state media reported.
  • Copyright Holder: POOL (CAN SELL)
  • Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2014. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
  • Usage Terms/Restrictions: None
Register