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Defense News - China / Russia
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| Thursday, November
22, 2012, 10:15 AM |
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| China
to strengthen military relation to a higher level with Russia. |
China has pledged to strengthen military ties with Russia during a visit
by its defense minister Sergei Shoigu to Beijing. Vice Chairman of China's
Central Military Commission Xu Qiliang and Defense Minister Liang Guanglie
met with Shoigu respectively on Wednesday, November 21, 2012.
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Xu Qiliang (R), vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the
Communist Party of China, meets with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu
in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 21, 2012.
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Xu said that
the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination has
maintained a positive, healthy and stable momentum, during a meeting with
Shoigu.
He said the agreement reached during a meeting between President Vladimir
Putin and President Hu Jintao in June outlined the development direction
for bilateral relations.
Noting that the two countries' military relations have developed, he said
China regarded the development of military relations with Russia as a
priority.
"China is willing to work with Russia to positively implement the
two leaders' important agreement and further promote pragmatic communication
and cooperation so as to upgrade their military relations to a higher
level," Xu said.
Shoigu said the two countries' relationship has reached an unprecedented
level and the two sides have broad common interests and deep mutual trust.
He noted that the two sides' military relations have developed smoothly,
witnessed by 2012 Russia-China joint naval exercise and Peace Mission
2012 Shanghai Cooperation Organization Joint Anti-Terrorism Military Exercise.
Liang said bilateral military relations, developing in a multi-level and
wide-ranging pattern, have injected a new vitality into the development
of the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination.
China is willing to push the China-Russia military relations to a higher
level, Liang said.
Shoigu said the development of China-Russia relations has brought pragmatic
interests to the people of both countries and has made a positive contribution
to world peace and stability.
Russia hoped to make joint efforts and strengthen communication and coordination
with China in order to push for in-depth development of the friendly cooperative
relations between the two militaries.
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