China And NATO Talk Regularly: "Getting To Know You' -- Aol Defense NewsNATO HEADQUARTERS: The People's Republic of China and NATO hold little known high-level consultations, usually twice a year.
"We have had regular exchanges with the Chinese. They are not frequent," James Appathurai, NATO's deputy assistant secretary general for political affairs and security policy said yesterday. He mentioned the Chinese meetings in passing during a briefing about NATO relations with its many partner nations.
The NATO official described the talks as semi-annual exchanges "at a high level."
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