Senior military officials of China and Singapore on Tuesday
agreed to cement ties between the two armed forces.
"China would like to make joint efforts with Singapore to cement
the relations between the two armed forces," Chinese Defense
Minister Cao Gangchuan said in a meeting with visiting Singaporean
Chief of Defense Force Ng Yat Chung.
Reviewing the bilateral ties, particularly the military ties,
Cao said that remarkable progress has been achieved since the two
countries forged diplomatic relations in 1990.
The armed forces of the two countries have witnessed an
increasingly expanded cooperation and deeper trust, said Liang
Guanglie, chief of the General Staff of the People's Liberation
Army (PLA), when holding talks with his Singaporean counterpart
Tuesday.
Chung said the Singaporean armed forces will work with the
Chinese PLA to push the military-to-military ties to a higher
level.
Chung also said Singapore will adhere to the one-China policy
and resolutely oppose the "Taiwan Independence."
Chung arrived in Beijing Monday for a five-day China tour.
(Xinhua News Agency July 5, 2006)
