BEIJING, Dec 8, SPA -- The United States shouldimmediately cancel arms sales to Taiwan and stop all militaryties with the island China claims as its own, state media onMonday quoted the Chinese defence minister as saying. Arms sales to Taiwan had "poisoned the sound atmosphere ofbilateral military relations and endangered China's nationalsecurity", Xinhua news agency paraphrased Defence Minister LiangGuanglie as saying. It said Liang made the remarks at a meeting in Beijing withRichard Myers, a former chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs ofStaff, according to a report of Reuters.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/614851