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Liang Guanglie wraps up visit to India

  

PLA Daily 2005-05-30

  

  General Liang Guanglie, member of the Central Military Commission and chief of general staff of the PLA, and the delegation led by him, left Bombay for Turkey on May 28 after wrapping up the 6-day visit to India.

  Liang Guanglie arrived in New Delhi on May 23 on the invitation of the Indian Armed Forces. During the visit, Liang met with Indian Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee and National Security Advisor M. K. Narayanan. He also held talks respectively with chiefs of staff of the army, the Air Force and the Navy of the Indian Armed Forces, and exchanged views with them on issues of common concern including the ties between the two counties, and contacts between the two militaries. Both sides indicated during the talks that they would continue to strengthen the exchange and cooperation between the two militaries and further promote the development of friendly ties between the two countries.

  During the visit, Liang Guanglie watched the exercise of the Indian airborne troops, visited Indian National Defense Academy, the Western Headquarters of the Indian Navy and the Bombay Military Subcommand. He also visited INS Vikrant, an Indian aircraft carrier museum and Destroyer Bombay.

  By An Zhiping

  (May 30, PLA Daily)