CNN —US and Chinese military representatives met in Hawaii this week to discuss the safety of forces in the Pacific, marking the first in-person meeting of its kind in years after cancellations by China.
The Military Maritime Consultative Agreement Working Group meeting was held in Honolulu on Wednesday and Thursday this week.
Eighteen officials from China’s People’s Liberation Army attended, alongside 18 representatives from the US military’s major commands in the Pacific, including officials from US Indo-Pacific command, US Pacific Fleet, and US Pacific Air Forces.
In January, US and Chinese officials also met at the Pentagon to discuss relations after two years of cancellations by China.
But in January, two US defense officials told CNN that China’s unsafe interceptions of US military aircraft had eased.
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