Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation
Army Chen Bingde met with Chief of New Zealand Air Force Graham
Brian Lintott in Beijing on Monday, vowing to further expand
cooperation between the two armed forces.
Chen told Lintott China values its military ties with New
Zealand, and would like to make joint efforts with the country to
cement bilateral military exchanges in a bid to promote all-round
development of military ties.
Hailing the progress of bilateral relations, Chen said the two
countries made great achievements in deepening their cooperation in
politics, trade, technology, culture, education and other areas in
the past 35 years.
He also expounded China's principled stance on the Taiwan
issue.
In response, Lintott said the two countries have witnessed
continuous growth of military exchanges in recent years, adding his
country is ready to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with China
in various fields.
(Xinhua News Agency November 20, 2007)
