Liang Guanglie, Chief of General Staff of the Chinese People's
Liberation Army (PLA), met with visiting Lao Deputy Prime Minister
and Defense Minister Douangchay Phichit on Wednesday.
Liang said that the friendship between China and Laos had
further developed in recent years and bilateral cooperation in
politics, economy, culture and military fields had also
increased.
Phichit said that the Lao government attached great importance
to relations with China and would like to strengthen bilateral
cooperation.
Phichit arrived in Beijing on March 19 at the invitation of
Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan.
(Xinhua News Agency March 22, 2007)
