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so-called Senior Experts Group on International Norms and
Related Issues is expected to gather twice a year, the U.S.
State Department said in a statement announcing the meeting.
It provided scant information about the talks, saying officials
from the two nations' foreign, defense and other ministries
discussed "international norms of state behavior and other
crucial issues for international security in cyberspace."
China's foreign ministry, in a brief statement, said the two
sides had a "positive, deep and constructive" discussion about
issues including international law as it relates to the Internet
and trust measures.
China and the United States will hold another meeting at an
appropriate time within the next six months, it added.
China withdrew in 2014 from a separate bilateral cyber working
group following the U.S. indictment of five members of its
military on charges it hacked six U.S. companies. The new group
appears be a fresh start to grapple with cyber issues.
Cyber security has long been an irritant in relations between
China and the United States, despite robust economic ties worth
nearly $600 billion in two-way trade last year.
The September pact, reached during a U.S. visit by Chinese
President Xi Jinping, included a pledge that neither country
would knowingly carry out hacking for commercial advantage.
(Reporting by Arshad Mohammed; Additional reporting by Ben
Blanchard in Beijing; Editing by Peter Cooney)
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