Wu Shengli meets with US Pacific Fleet commander

Wu Shengli, member of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and commander of the Navy of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), met with Admiral Cecil D. Haney, the visiting commander of the United States Pacific Fleet, on the afternoon of May 28, 2013 in Beijing.

Wu Shengli noted that the Chinese Navy attaches great importance to establishing friendly and cooperative relations with the US Navy. The two navies have great space and potential for cooperation in many fields. He hoped that the two navies would explore the ways and fields of exchanges and cooperation, properly settle differences, manage and control crises, and avoid misunderstanding and misjudgment, so as to serve the new-type relationship between the two great powers in a better way and blaze a new trail of pragmatic and cooperative relations between the two navies.

Wu Shengli also said that the Chinese Navy is willing to strengthen cooperation with the US Navy in such fields as reciprocal visits of naval leaders and warships, escort missions in the Gulf of Aden, and exchanges among naval academies and cadets, constantly tap the potential for cooperation, expand cooperation areas, build closer bilateral relations, enhance mutual trust and promote friendship.

Cecil Haney expressed his hope that the two navies would take this visit as an opportunity to constantly maintain exchanges and cooperation, so as to persistently push forward the development of the bilateral relations.