PLA Daily 2005-06-24 　　 　　Liang Guonglie, member of Central Military Commission and chief of general staff of the PLA, met with Faruk Comert, commandant of Turkish Joint Military College and the delegation led by him yesterday in Beijing. 　　Liang first expressed his warm welcome to Faruk Comert and the delegation led by him, he then recalled his visit to Turkey not long ago. On the Sino-Turkish relations, Liang said that although the two countries were far apart geographically, the relations between the two countries had developed smoothly since the establishment of the diplomatic relations between the two countries. In recent years, the friendly cooperation between the two countries in various fields had been further strengthened. China and Turkey also enjoyed broad consensus in many major international issues, and had supported and cooperated with each other in international affairs. China highly appreciated the support rendered to China by Turkey on the Taiwan question, the human rights issue and other issues. Chinese government and the army attached high importance to the relations with Turkey and its armed forces, and was willing to further develop the friendly relations and cooperation between the two countries and the two militaries in various fields. 　　Faruk Comert said that there existed very friendly relations between the Turkish Armed Forces and the PLA, and the past few years had witnessed further development of cooperation between the two militaries in various fields. The Turkish Armed Forces was willing to further its exchange and cooperation with its Chinese counterpart, and his current visit was aimed at enhancing the understanding and cooperation between the highest military educational institutions of the two countries. 　　(June 24, PLA Daily)