Liang Guanglie, member of the Central Military Commission and chief of general staff of the PLA, met with Florin Pinta, the visiting deputy chief of general staff of the Romanian Armed Forces and his party in Beijing yesterday.

　　Liang stated that ever since China established diplomatic relations with Romania, the relations between the two countries have been developing steadily all along. The two sides enjoy mutual respect, mutual trust and equal footing politically, and reciprocity and mutual benefit and friendly cooperation economically. Besides, extensive interchanges have been witnessed in other fields with fruitful results. Moreover, they understand and closely cooperate with each other in international affairs. China appreciates Romania's consistent stand on its one-China policy and its support to China's reunification undertaking. Liang Guanglie noted that the Chinese side is willing to join hands with the Romanian side to constantly push forward the friendly relations between the two armed forces and make new contributions to the further development of the all-round friendly and cooperative partnership between the two countries. He also briefed the Romanian guests on China's national defense policies.

　　Florin Pinta said that constant enhancement of cooperation and exchanges between the Chinese and Romanian armed forces are in line with the fundamental interests of the peoples and militaries of the two nations, and are conducive to the continuous enrichment of their all-round friendly and cooperative partnership and to maintaining peace and stability of the regions and even the entire world.

　　Deputy chief of general staff Xu Qiliang was present at the meeting.

　　By Zhang Shun

　　(Nov 1, PLA Daily)