Chinese, US militaries had constructive meeting in Hawaii last week,

China and the U.S. held "candid and constructive" exchanges at a meeting in Hawaii on air and maritime safety last week, agreeing that improved communication could reduce miscalculations and enhance professionalism, the Chinese Navy said.



The May 28-29 meeting was attended by representatives from both sides' militaries, it said in a statement late on Monday.



A separate statement from the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said that it hosted representatives from the People's Liberation Army in Honolulu for discussions focused on reducing the risk of unsafe and unprofessional encounters.



The meeting follows a high-profile summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump last month and could ease concerns about a lack of communication after the absence of top Chinese military officials at the Shangri-La Dialogue, a regional defence forum, in Singapore over the weekend.



At last month's summit, Xi and Trump agreed to pursue a "constructive relationship of strategic stability", which analysts say could set practical boundaries for how the two powers interact.