Sino-US military dialogue 'positive'

US Defense Secretary James Mattis' visit to Beijing was "positive and constructive" despite the two countries holding different opinions over some security issues, a Ministry of National Defense spokesman said on Thursday.

General Wei Fenghe, state councilor and minister of national defense, also accepted Mattis' official invitation to visit the United States by year's end, ministry spokesman Senior Colonel Wu Qian said at a news conference.

He said the mutual visits between high-ranking military officials were called for in a consensus reached by the top leaders of both countries last year.