China, US Agree to High-Level Military Consultations to Avoid Close Calls
Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump agreed to establish a new conduit for direct military communication to avert unnecessary military accidents and minimize military confrontation.
The military branches of both countries should also "improve the existing notification mechanism on military action and the code of unexpected encounters between their navies and air forces," XI said, China's Xinhua news agency reports.
Such unexpected encounters do occur now and then, as in 2016, when China's navy captured a US naval reconnaissance drone, leading to a few days of tension.
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