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China maintains open attitude on developing China-US military relations: MND on possible meeting between defense ministers

By Global Times Published: Oct 30, 2025 09:08 PM

From October 30 to November 2, Minister of National Defense Dong Jun will attend the 12th ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus) and the 15th China-ASEAN Defense Ministers' Informal Meeting in Kuala Lumpur at the invitation of the Ministry of National Defense of Malaysia, the rotating chair of ASEAN, Zhang Xiaogang, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, announced at Thursday's regular press conference.

At the ADMM-Plus, Minister Dong Jun will deliver a speech to review the 15-year-history of ADMM-Plus. At the China-ASEAN Defense Ministers' Informal Meeting, he will deliver a speech on Future-Oriented China-ASEAN Defense Cooperation. On the sidelines of the events, he will have bilateral meetings with defense leaders of relevant countries, said Zhang.

In response to a Global Times question on whether the Chinese and US defense ministers will hold a meeting during the conference, Zhang said that China maintains an open attitude toward developing military-to-military relations with the US, and hopes that the US side will work with China in the same direction to jointly build a relationship between the two militaries that is equal, respectful, peaceful, stable and positive. As for specific details, the spokesperson said he had no information to release at the moment.