Senior military officials from China and the US held a virtual meeting on Thursday night, marking the first high-level military dialogue for more than a year. According to readouts from both sides, senior officers stressed the importance of exchanges and dialogue during the video call, but the Chinese side also stressed that the premise of healthy, stable and sustainable military ties is for the US to "genuinely respect China's core interests and major concerns."

Liu Zhenli, a Central Military Commission (CMC) member and the chief of the CMC's Joint Staff Department, on Thursday held a video teleconference with General Charles Q. Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US, at the latter's request, China's Ministry of National Defense said in a press release on the day.

The key to developing healthy, stable and sustainable military relations is for the US to have the right perception of China, with the premise that the US should genuinely respect China's core interests and major concerns, Liu said, noting that the key should be promoting pragmatic cooperation and boosting mutual understanding.

The dialogue came at a time when the US approved arms sales to the island of Taiwan while emboldening the Philippines to continue challenging China's sovereignty over the Ren'ai Reef in the South China Sea.

According to the AP, Brown's spokesman Navy Capt. Jereal Dorsey said in a statement that the two officers "discussed the importance of working together to responsibly manage competition, avoid miscalculations, and maintain open and direct lines of communication."

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