recent days the u.s. deployed an act after carry out to the region washington insists it has intelligence reports about iran backed forces threatening u.s. personnel but as yet presented no further details spy that both tehran and washington claim they don't want to start a war. professor lecturer from american university had meant ghareeb believes the champ is sending a clear message to tehran. this is a situation that's still fluid we don't well that's going to really blow this is clearly a message the president is sending both internally and. through your own of course. is willing to send more forces to protect its interests in the area but at the same time he's sending a message that this is not really an escalation in the. war to. this

news item basically said forget it given the authority of the secretary of defense acting secretary to send. troops to the middle east the lonesomeness is sending a message that this is protected this is not a large number of forces so in a way he's blown to say that the potential is there we will defend our interests but the best the numbers are not huge and they are not anywhere near what the fuck you are. ok thanks for staying with international more updates on our top stories in half an hour.

well welcome to sophie and calm sophie shevardnadze if traits tensions weren't enough china's military after great is causing major concerns in washington so what are. the in the pacific and across the world. a director of security cooperation for the military office of china's national defense ministry. the temperature is rising in the pacific where american supremacy is being challenged by china's fleet as territorial disputes threaten to escalate into full confrontation off the chinese coast will the great drive was. there into an arms race parallel to the current trade war and regional militarization endangered

decades of peace. and conflict between beijing and washington be avoided. scenario no as you go well come to the show it's really great to have you with us. so according to. seychelles spokesperson for the national people's congress china's growing military spending is necessary to ensure the country's security does this mean that china is facing security threats today and if so who or which country costs such a threat. sophie i said he's right china won't take any country as a threat but china does have a threat because china is still a countries that is not really unified and china does have a land border dispute with. one and two countries china also have time to speak use with some countries besides since the world has changed.

is faced with was way cold nontraditional threats which is a common threat to all people therefore we have to spend more money on military spending but having said that the traditional speaking we would cut the money into three potions one focus and no one for equipment and a while for training now because of china's ever growing overseas interest and its increasing international responsibility will have the new missions therefore we have to have more expenditure having said that. we still would conclude that logically that china's rise has been so peaceful so in the last forty years china's rise has been peaceful this is recognised by the world so i know we have managed best to keep. that low level which is always a slight to one point five percent so you have you have mentioned expenditure and

it's true that the worldwide stefanski pending is growing china is second only to the united states and you spend more and more money every year so if i may i would like to ask you a question in more narrow sense would you say that the arms race is a debtor and against an all out conflict with another major power. well i hope not but. first of all off the cold war we do not have made just threats around the world for example the more than twenty navies combat team piracy the gulf of aden that shows actually there was no major threat from another point of view but assume time we do have a some inconvenient a situation or difficult time in that for example the united states has of taken china and russia as a primary competitors as this was released. two major documents one is

a security strategy another defense strategy so therefore we are i believe we have entered a new situation where people feel more nervous about comparable situation so the shock i call peroration organization is going to hold major anti-terrorism drills this error would that be fair to say that this trail is how to create a russian chinese military or alliance. i don't think so because i'm happy you mention about shanghai cooperation organization actually in a chart of shanghai cooperation organization is made quite clear that this kind of cooperation is not a directed against any party is china russia doing joy very good relationship with fishley was described as a comprehensive a strategic partnership of condemnation and as well reflected in either the

exercises with shanghai cooperation organization or even by natural exercises over years we have a saying the exercise is expanding i think in terms of subjects or in terms of scope with faraday the un they made it to reigning in the body to see if the south china sea and the sea of japan which really reflect the good relationship between the two countries so one of the latest pentagon reports refers to china's military forces as the quote china's military threat does beijing perceive this report as a provocation what is the united states trying to achieve here. well that is a good question sophie because we are wondering why the u.s. would to take china as a first or revisit a country and then as a primary competitor if you look at the china policy we would conclude the launch

claims that the chinese policy has been fairly consistent. the united states the rest of the world i think this question is good but the should be a good question for america to answer because my question is the united states doesn't seem to be as confident as before because of the relative decline in the last decades because by the end of the second world war americans g.d. . you know wote is fifty percent nowadays is only fifteen fifteen percent and it will further reduce there for the united states taking china as a strategic competitor is not a reorientation but i believe it's a loss of direction driven by. this should not be the case because china always asking for a relationship of no confrontation and

a low conflict my best hope for this relationship however sophisticated is that if this is a manageable relationship let's look at the south china sea where as a us navy would conduct a so-called follow up or operation regularly and yes both the chinese military and the u.s. military's do not want conflicts but is a question is could always a tactical arrangements as a rule of behavior planning counter to see. be able to prevent accidents from happening again so the kernel it for us to avoid accidents or incidents it's good that you mentioned the south china sea sorry for interrupting because starting from twenty fourteen china has been building artificial islands in the south china sea and according to your foreign ministry spokeswoman who actually in china has the right to deployed military bases on these islands over security concerns you

know the states and other regional powers are accusing china of militarizing south china sea is chrism justify didn't why are you doing this. whoa. first of all those are not justified by talk because we do not consider to be artificial islands and we do not consider what we're doing. kind of meta has ation on the other hand the rigor rise to fall of all ration in the south china sea and the violation of americans own positions as they would not take sides and they do not have a position on the sovereignty of south china sea to be a kind of a b. to rise ation china is not the first country to claim land in the south china sea and china is not of the first country duty of the probably weapons. is necessary defense this is our land and we've got to defend them sit china's

military has been on high alert to us missile destroyer sails near china's artificial islands in the south china sea united states say the operation was just a freedom of navigation patrol but beijing says it as a violation of china's sovereignty and stability in the region. why is that where they thought. well in china in the united states certainly have a different opinion regarding this kind of operations they use a u.s. believes that as a challenge in china as a so-called excessive claims in the south china sea why china believes that china is defending its sovereign rights so we are. not talking about the same saying in different lights i personally. delegations. american counterparts on this very important issue what i can say is that.

this very core concept though you and conversational see that is freed of navigation both china and the united states agree to it but is it disagree as to what he did means because china has a nine hundred ninety hate has actually issued a domestic law. saying foreign ships freedom navigation overflight in chinese water so long as they are you line with china's national law and international law so we think about this over twenty years ago china actually had to put a this very important concept in china's the mystical law so we are not against freedom of navigation we are against the abuse of a freedom navigation for other purposes. another important topic is that us have pulled out of the i am after hill and present trump offer to replace it with another agreement that would include china and other countries to china's

foreign ministry spokesman once again has already excluded any possibility of china being part of an extended version of i n f but if we talk about a brand new arms control deal not enough something new what china joining if yes then on what conditions well the first question is a water kind of the new. control treaty because people have been talking about it for a while but nobody has made it very clear as to what kind of a treaty it won't be my first is a question why would a us a pool from i.n.f. treaty i talk because this definitely. european countries. america. in the asia pacific and the us is the strongest power in the wote us the the only countries that has used nuclear weapons in the history so. the

impression is that the u.s. looks like a victim but how kind us the victim being the strongest contrary with the largest nuclear arsenal as far as the chinese asked. and china has made it a clear that china won't achieve joining any trying to negotiation over nuclear disarmament reason because allah nuclear weapons cannot be a compact. by the us or russia in terms of quality or quantity and a we first country. no first use of nuclear weapons or use of nuclear weapons against a nuclear free country is all region so therefore we do not believe that or we should have such a row in such a scenario all right colonel we're going to take a short break right now when we're back we'll continue talking to her discussing

china's military relations with the rest of the world stay with us. there's an international economic forum is a unique event in today's business world. over the last twenty one years the forum has become a leading global platform for discussing the key economic issues facing russia

emerging markets the world of business community members attend the forum to address today's abidal issues. special forum coverage. we're back what siniora colonel grupo talking about china's military colonel china is believed to hold the keys to denuclearization of north korea is that so and if yes what concrete steps china taking to push north korea's nuclear ization forward . i don't think china holds a key to the new correlation in the korean peninsula i believe the director. that

is the us. they have the key because everybody knows that china has made. as to what denuclearization on a korean peninsula china is a country is that has actually proposed the six party talks and china always chaired the six adi talks and china has put forward. i believe a good proposal of a suspension for suspension or freeze for freeze if you look at is the current situation or the factors that. actually he has talked to naturally don't you believe that this is very much on or is a realisation of china's proposal because china proposed that to the united states suspend its exercises then they might be willing to have a moratorium and this happened so we also encourage them to talk about naturally

and this has happened so china does have a great row in the new cars ation but china would. also continue in this regard about china doesn't have such a key in china so the general thinking is that it's nuclear weapons for insurance against a regime change if china ready to guarantee a north korea's international security. china cannot guarantee north korea about the security i believe the security of north korea is even. hand over the people of the d.p. r. k. because it is the in the only interest to denuclearize to have. a secure and a safe korean peninsula because having all this nuclear weapons the may be useful media terribly but how about economic development and how about

the stress to the whole region including the neighboring countries so nuclear weapons now days are not exactly really useful. as this is my opinion so they should not take hold of nuclear weapons rather they would continue but natural talks with the united states to seek a final solution as far as solution is concerned that china has a propose to start from something easy and simple and then consolidate the results had every stage and eventually hopefully they can find a solution. i want to talk about another neighbor of yours china and south korea are at loggerheads over the thought anti-ballistic missile system which china says is a threat to the regional security balance now beijing has many times asked to remove the system but was refused can this leap to

a wider rift between south korea and china. well we don't believe. such a system issue to be deployed at all because first of all it is not to use force secondly it is harmful to the interest of other countries let me talk about a first point of assad says the sas system not being useful because a korean peninsula is just about one thousand one hundred kilometers in terms of lens and does a so-called threat from. to the south is actually to come the from the fire. cannons and a whole is a shows because a d.p. r. k. has a certain time again to attack so for example into a c.e.o. fire so know if missile defense system can shield of the shower of conventional a weapon shows so that is why we believe such kind of system was only in two

batteries would not be useful and second to what if it is not useful why would you deploy it do you have some other purposes do you want to look deep into other countries territory defined as a military activities do you want to intercept the missiles launched by other countries during test or even in a real situation so we do not abide such if siri that assad a system is for self-defense. so the chinese fleet is getting more active then counter paris the operations near the gulf of aden and the indian ocean demonstrating the cap abilities of a potential blue water navy are you as blue water navy as one of the key pillars of america's power protect projection across the globe china planning to eventually develop the same capacity. absolutely yes because.

we are not shy to talk about our ambition to turn chinese navy into a blue water navy actually we have but it clear that by mid century. we'll be developed fully into a world class military that of course would include a first class the chinese navy. where. zia well actually i was thinking maybe five years one hundred years ago during mean dynasty china did have a blue water navy so this is the second time that the world building ourselves into a blue water navy and a kind of parity in the gulf of aden is certainly a big boost in that regard because ever since then we have been sending. our stopped to the gulf of aden we make sure that each time we always have a story two four ships come to our compared with other countries for a single country to send us three or four ships that it definitely is

a large task force compare to say of math or us land or ocean shield of nato or we like russia independent deploys in the gulf of aden. so it china's ministry of foreign affairs has more than once were fair to taiwan and as one of the most sensitive issues in a bilateral china united states relations now the chinese government has protested against us selling weapons to the island of thailand on multiple occasions what is the ultimate goal the united states is pursuing by continuing to make passes at taiwan what's your take. well that's certainly the good question because china's repeated protest. oh by the united states to taiwan always fall on a deaf ear but the point is. what is

a real use. to taiwan. the men in the china is becoming stronger and stronger no matter how many weapons to taiwan would have by their would not be useful. was the scenario i believe the taiwanese. is not to really buy weapons they're trying to buy you sure it's are you sure is that it could be filled with american blood are you sure it's not to could not to really guard he's a safety so what. is the safety of the taiwanese people their safety and security come from good relationship with them and then china that is where the security lie and even economically dependent so heavily upon men and china i know we have extended the good will time and again if you compare the previous. and the current to us r.t. you would find the difference so. and it won't be.

across a strait utilizing the trust of china taiwan. now at the moscow conference on international security minister of aid said that china is strongly against the taiwan travel act that the united states adopt it is a blatant interference in china's domestic affairs that undermines the peace and stability in the taiwan strait that's a quote what could potentially lead to an open confrontation in the taiwan strait. well. situation across trade is not so favorable and indeed being capitol hill a number of bills passed by the congress by the we have also taken notice that. some of those who were ratified about american president. they are not

necessarily implementing it. to date. taiwan issue is a core issue over china's national interest and we've made it a very clear and very much a resolute to safeguard. because of the mainland china and especially music capability. days grow you know. we are. very much on this issue and i think he's beautiful united states to consider what is a pro and what is a corner is it important. to make use of taiwan not against china made china is easy is becoming more and more important is such a huge influential power in the world so what is the purpose of us doing this to china. china and pakistan and other big topic there traditionally and very good relations and vice chairman of the center and military

commission general john. said that pakistan china military elations is an important pillar of strategic ties does it mean that china is on pakistan side when it comes to tensions between india and pakistan like the recent ones. no i don't think so and china as you rightly said. is a very good friend. but china doesn't have to choose sides between india and pakistan. china except both india and pakistan shanghai cooperation organization within the member countries and the china's relationship with india is the land border issue is actually. very good because the way you will have a joint exercises of terrorism during holidays the soldiers across the border could

even be cigarettes so we do not believe this is the black and white picture so we sincerely hope both pakistan and india could have co-existed they were once one country now they should be brothers. colonel it's been such a pleasure talking to you thank you very much for this insightful interview will wish you all the best of luck but we're talking to. director of security cooperation for the military office of china's national defense ministry discussing china's increasing military strength and its implications for the world that's it for this edition of.

only days ago we were told the u.s. was preparing to strike. to deter specific. simply disappeared and just exactly what. regarding the red. i. i. i i i. i. i. i.

i. an attack on journalism. the moment a reaction pulls in from. each carrying up to ten years and. an emotional treason. stepped down as conservative party leader. with no ill will but with enormous. the opportunity to serve the country. trump announces he sending another fifteen hundred troops to the middle east tensions with. the number is much.