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China: Visits Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department (a) authorised and (b) requested the Chief of Defence staff's recent meeting with representatives of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
17 Apr 2025
Target answer date
25 Apr 2025
Answer
25 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department (a) authorised and (b) requested the Chief of Defence staff's recent meeting with representatives of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.

  2. 25 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The Chief of the Defence Staff’s meeting was arranged between the UK’s Ministry of Defence and China’s Office for International Military Cooperation of the Central Military Commission. It was authorised by His Majesty’s Government.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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