Title:

 China says has been invited again to U.S.-hosted naval drills

Author:

Reuters Staff

Source:

Reuters

Date:

January 25, 2018 

Description:

China’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday that China has again been invited to attend a major U.S.-hosted naval drill this year, even as tensions simmer between the two countries over the disputed South China Sea. Ministry spokesman Wu Qian told a monthly news briefing that it had received an invite to the exercise and had sent a team to discuss initial arrangements with the United States. He did not elaborate.