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Perry’s China visit to focus on resumption of defence ties
BEIJING. Oct 15: US Defence Secretary William Perry arrives in China on Sunday for-a visit that marks the culmination of efforts by Washington and Beijing to resume high-level military contacts following the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, reports AFP.
Perry will be the most senior Pentagon official to visit Chjna since former US ‘ D/tenee. Secretary Frank Carlucci’s trip in 1989, reflect-. Ing Washington's recognition that Sino-US military understanding is crucial to maintaining US influence in regional security matters, analysts here
While Perry's three-day mission is primarily a trust building exercisq. his talks with Chinese officials will address regional Issues such as North Korea and territorial rows In the South China Sea. as well ,as highly sensitive bilateral disputes over missile proliferation, nuclear testing and Taiwan.
'The visit has a strong symbolic element, but at the same time there are some seriously divisive Issues that need to be threshed out if the two sides are going to put their relation-
ship on a footing of genuine trust." said the military attache at a western embassy here.
Allied against the Soviet Union. Washington and Beijing e-'^yed extremely close mlli-tar, s before Communism's collap -e in Eastern Europe, cooperating in their support for rebel movements in Afghanistan and Cambodia
These were suspended after the 1989 crackdown and Washington has rqade i{ clear
that "the resumption of high--level contacts in the post-Cold War era will not mean a return to the pre-1989 level of cooperation.
Washington, which has been respecting a moratorium on nuclear testing, in place since 1992. expressed deep regret last week when China carried out its second nuclear test In four months.
A* -report released Wednesday by the London", based Internationa] Institute for Strategic Studies (1ISS) that assessed the yields of nuclear tests by China over the past year, confirmed fears that it Is developing a number of new nuclear weapons.
Perry's talks with his Chinese counterpart Chi Haollan and Premier LI Peng are also sure to address the thorny question of missile proliferation.
The subject remains one of serious cohcern to the United States, despite the easing of tension earlier this month which Washington agreed to lift a series of sanctions against China under a deal that called on Beijing to stop selling ground-to-ground missiles abroad, including to Pakistan.