China is committed to peace and won’t cause “chaos” in the world, but cannot give up even an inch of territory that the country’s ancestors have left behind, Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Wednesday, Reuters reported.
“We cannot lose even one inch of the territory left behind by our ancestors. What is other people’s, we do not want at all,” state television cited Xi as saying.
Mattis, in comments in front of reporters, told Xi his talks had been “very, very” good.
“I am happy to be in China and we are assigning the same high degree of importance to the military relationship,” Mattis said.
