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Wen talks cooperation with Russia army chief
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-03-19 09:25
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and visiting Russian army chief discussed
Sino-Russian relationship and the cooperation between the two armed forces in
Beijing Friday.
The meeting with Premier Wen was the high note in Russian Chiefof General
Staff Yury Baluyevsky's trip to Beijing. It followed talks with senior Chinese
military officers on a joint military exercise to be held later this year.
Baluyevsky called the joint military exercise "a new way of cooperation
between the two armed forces," which now have a close relationship that was
unimaginable just a few years ago.
Both Wen and Baluyevsky agree that China-Russia relations are at the best
ever stage as the countries have removed all possible obstacles to the
relationship.
Baluyevsky arrived in Beijing Thursday morning for a four-day visit, the
first international trip he has taken since his currentpost last July. During
his stay in Beijing, he met with his Chinese counterpart, Liang Guanglie,
Thursday afternoon to furtherdiscuss details of joint military exercise.
Russia and China have agreed on the make-up of the troop, arms and equipment
and military methods involved in the training.
"Russian paratroopers, marines and other forces will take part in the
exercise," Baluyevsky said.
The message about China-Russia military exercise first came with a memorandum
of understanding between Chinese Vice-chairman of the Central Military
Commission Guo Boxiong and Russian DefenseMinister Sergei Ivanov last July.
China and Russia publicized the planned military exercise on December 13,
2004 when Ivanov visited China. Both defense ministers agreed in their talks
that the exercise would be "a big event in the relations between the two nations
and the two armies"and exert "far-reaching impacts."
Russian and Chinese military leaders are expected to attend this exercise.
Baluyevsky left Beijing for Sanya, a seaside resort in southernHainan
Province, Friday afternoon.
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