China News Service, September 25. According to a report by the Russian Satellite News Agency on the 25th, US Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby stated that US law restricts opportunities for interaction with the Russian military and restricts them to those necessary for conflict prevention. The minimum.
At the press conference, Kirby commented on an interview with Mark Milly, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, who advocated seeking ways to expand US-Russian military contacts.
Kirby said: “Due to Russia’s actions in Ukraine, for political and legal reasons, the Ministry of Defense has suspended military cooperation with Russia. Accordingly, our interactions with the Russian military have been reduced to a dozen times to reduce mutual The risk of misjudgment of the operation is to avoid conflicts during military operations."
Mark Milli pointed out that under the framework of expanding military contacts between the United States and Russia, the two countries can study the possibility of allowing the two sides to send observers to each other's military exercises in order to increase transparency and reduce the risk of conflict.
In addition, he said that not only can we consider establishing closer ties between the Russian and US military at the highest level, but we can also consider maintaining such ties between naval leaders.