Sunday, September 14, 2008

Serbia pledges to strengthen military ties with China

Serbia is keen to strengthen traditional friendship with China and enhance bilateral military ties, said Serbian Defense Minister Dragan Sutanovac on Saturday.

Sutanovac made the remarks when meeting with Chen Bingde, chief of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army of China.

Sutanovac spoke highly of the relationship between the armies of Serbia and China, which, he said, is witnessing a good momentum of development.

The two armies enjoy political mutual trust and also engage themselves in mutually beneficial economic cooperation, he added.

Sutanovac said Serbia highly values its relations with China and is ready to make joint efforts with China to strengthen their time-honored friendship and lift the relations between the two armies to a new level.

Chen conveyed to Sutanovac Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie's greetings and good wishes. Chen left Beijing on Wednesday afternoon for an official visit to Serbia and Norway.

He said that bilateral relations between the two countries have grown steadily in recent years and remarkable achievements have been made in the political and economic exchanges and cooperation between the two sides.

China appreciates Serbia's valuable support on many issues such as Taiwan, said Chen.

He added that China respects Serbia's internal and external policies as well as its chosen path of development.

Chen said he hoped the two armies would continue to strengthen their exchanges.

Source: Xinhua

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