China-France Seminar on Defense and Security for Senior Defense
Officials opened in Beijing Saturday afternoon.?
More than 10 officers from the French army, navy and air force
attended the 10-day seminar hosted by the Chinese Defense
Ministry.
The seminar offers an opportunity for the two sides to exchange
views on international and regional security situations and helps
advance military cooperation between the two countries, according
to a senior Chinese defense official.
Noted experts and scholars from the Chinese Defense Ministry,
Military Academy of Sciences of the Chinese People's Liberation
Army, Chinese Foreign
Ministry and other institutions will give lectures on
international and regional situations, Sino-European relations,
international counter-terrorism and regional cooperation.
French officers will also pay a visit to Qingdao in east China's
Shandong
Province, Xi'an in northwest China's Shaanxi
Province and Shanghai.
They will visit military projects and be briefed on military
issues.
In 2003, some 20 Chinese defense officials were invited to
attend the first China-France Seminar on Defense and Security held
in Paris.
(Xinhua News Agency November 21, 2004)