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Top U.S. general speaks with Chinese counterpart

FILE PHOTO: U.S. General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, holds a news conference with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, after a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact group at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 15, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman

U.S. Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff, spoke on Thursday with China's Chief of the Joint Staff Department, General Li Zuocheng, the Pentagon said.

"Gen. Milley discussed the need to responsibly manage competition and maintain open lines of communication," Milley's spokesman said.

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