General Zhang and I have just signed an agreement committing the United States and Chinese militaries to work together on environmental security. The United States and China have both established programs to minimize environmental damage from military activities. The programs have different approaches. The United States stresses the use of technology.
China emphasizes natural processes and procedures.
We can learn from each other's methods. During our productive meetings, we covered other ways to deepen, to broaden and to advance our military relationship. For example, we discussed the need to control the spread of weapons of mass destruction. We agreed to carry out sand table exercises on disaster relief and humanitarian assistance in 1999, and we discussed the importance of combating international terrorism, particularly as it pertains to the use of chemical or biological attacks. We also agreed to a Chinese ship visit to the United States in 1999 and to conduct a seminar on sea search and rescue.