A senior Chinese general on Tuesday praised China-US military cooperation in a meeting with visiting US Defense Department officials in Beijing.

"Sino-US military ties have maintained a good momentum of development," Director of the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Li Jinai said in the meeting with General Counsel of the US Defense Department William Haynes.

Li, a member of the Central Military Commission (CMC), China's top military authority, hailed the frequent high-level visits, new cooperation areas and effective exchanges between military institutions.

Haynes said the US would adhere to the one-China policy and three US-China joint communiques, according to a statement from the Chinese Defense Ministry.

Haynes is visiting China at the invitation of the PLA General Political Department.

(Xinhua News Agency April 18, 2007)