Cui Tiankai Talks about the US Navy and Air Force's provocation: They are too close to our territory. Permission | Deployment | Military Power | Territory | Dialogue | China | Cui Tiankai | United States
According to media reports, former Chinese Ambassador to the United States, Cui Tiankai, recently stated in an interview with the media during the Shangri La Dialogue that if high-level defense negotiations between China and the United States are to resume, the United States should reduce its deployment of military forces near China in good faith.
"Why do they have to cross the sea? To our doorstep?" Cui Tiankai said of the deployment of US Navy and Air Force forces near China. "They are too close to our territory, too close to our territorial waters."
Cui Tiankai said that the deployment of military forces by the United States near China "is certainly a lack of respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of other countries."
However, Cui Tiankai remains optimistic about the relationship between the two countries. "I hope the situation will improve in the coming months and years," he said. As a matter of principle, we are always ready to engage in more dialogue with other countries, including the United States.