Chinese military delegation joins US-hosted defence conference in Fiji

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SYDNEY, Aug 16 (Reuters) - A Chinese military delegation has joined a U.S.-hosted conference of defence chiefs in the Pacific Islands nation of Fiji, where Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has called for dialogue and said the Pacific should be a "zone of peace". General Xu Qiling, deputy chief of staff in the Joint Staff Department of China's Central Military Commission, is leading the Chinese delegation at the annual Indo Pacific Chiefs of Defence Conference, Fiji government statements showed. The U.S. commander of the Indo Pacific Command, Admiral John Aquilino, and Fiji's military commander, Major General Jone Logavatu Kalouniwai, are hosting...