? China and the United States have reached consensuses on further developing military ties.

? Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie met with his U.S. counterpart Panetta on Monday.

? Liang said China and U.S. should make efforts to establish a new type of military relationship.

Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie (R) and U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta pose for a group photo at the Pentagon in Washington, the United States, May 7, 2012. (Xinhua/Zhang Jun)

China and the United States have reached consensuses on further developing military ties and strengthening pragmatic communication and cooperation between the two sides.

The consensuses were reached during a meeting between visiting Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie and his U.S. counterpart Leon Panetta on Monday afternoon.

During the talks, Liang said his visit aims at implementing the important consensuses reached by Chinese President Hu Jintao and his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama on developing the cooperative partnership between the two countries

Liang said the military ties between the two sides have generally been moving forward despite a number of differences such as U.S. arms sale to China's Taiwan, close-in reconnaissance activities by U.S. planes and ships on China and discriminated laws against China.

China and the United States should make efforts to establish a new type of military relationship that stresses equality, mutual benefit,cooperation and win-win, said Liang, adding that such a relationship is not unilaterally dominated, exclusive and zero-sum in nature.

The Chinese defense minister also proposed that the two militaries embrace polices that would promote ties between them, strengthen dialogues and communication and promote mutual trust, deepen pragmatic cooperation and properly handle differences and sensitive issues.

For his part, Panetta said the United States supports to build the two-way military ties which is future oriented.

Panetta hoped that the two sides would step up their cooperation to face security threats and challenges together.