Reuters-Biden will push China to resume military ties with US official says
November 12, 2023 2 min 326 words
白宫国家安全顾问杰克·沙利文表示，拜登总统计划在即将举行的亚太经合组织峰会期间推动与中国恢复军事联系。他认为，通过建立军事对军事的沟通渠道，可以避免误判、错误估算或沟通失误，符合美国国家安全利益。尽管中美关系在拜登总统于2021年上任后因一起事件而陷入紧张，但现在白宫希望通过与中国领导人的面对面会晤来恢复这些联系。此次会晤预计将涵盖全球议题，从以色列-哈马斯战争到俄罗斯入侵乌克兰、朝鲜与俄罗斯的关系、台湾、印太地区、人权、芬太尔生产、人工智能，以及公平贸易和经济关系。在这一努力中，白宫将寻求在各层级上重建军事联系，包括高层领导和战术层面，涉及印太地区的陆地和空中。这是一项紧迫的议程，但在采访中，沙利文没有提供更多细节。中国此前已中断了这些通讯渠道，拜登总统希望重新建立这一联系。这次会晤将是拜登与习近平的第二次面对面会晤，意义重大。
U.S. President Joe Biden wants to re-establish military-to-military ties with China, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday, days before the president and the Chinese leader are set to meet.
Biden will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in person for the first time in a year on Wednesday during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco. It will be only the second in-person meeting between the two leaders since Biden took office in January 2021.
"The president is determined to see the re-establishment of military-to-military ties because he believes it's in the U.S. national security interest," Sullivan said in an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation." "We need those lines of communication so that there aren't mistakes or miscalculations or miscommunication."
Sullivan said restored military ties could take place at every level from senior leadership to the tactical operational level, as well "on the water and in the air in the Indo-Pacific."
Sullivan said on CNN's "State of the Union" that Biden would seek to "advance the ball" on military ties during his meeting with Xi, but declined to provide further details.
"The Chinese have basically severed those communication links. President Biden would like to re-establish that," Sullivan said. "This is a top agenda item."
The Biden-Xi meeting is expected to cover global issues from the Israel-Hamas war to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, North Korea's ties with Russia, Taiwan, the Indo-Pacific, human rights, fentanyl production, artificial intelligence, as well as "fair" trade and economic relations, a senior U.S. official said.
Relations between the two countries grew frosty after Biden ordered the shooting down in February of a suspected Chinese spy balloon that flew over the United States. But top Biden administration officials have since visited Beijing and met with their counterparts to rebuild communications and trust.