Liang Guanglie, member of the Central Military Commission and chief of general staff of the PLA, held talks with Lubomir Bulik, the visiting chief of general staff of the armed forces of Slovakia yesterday in Beijing.

　　Liang Guanglie said that since Slovakia's independence, the exchanges and cooperation between China and Slovakia have developed smoothly in various fields. It is in the fundamental interests of China and Slovakia and their two peoples to further consolidate and deepen the Sino-Slovakian relations. The Chinese armed forces attaches great importance to developing its ties with the Slovakian armed forces and is willing to work together with the Slovakian side to push for the development of relations between the two militaries along multi-field and multi-level direction.

　　Liang Guanglie also briefed his guests on China's national defense policy and the army building, etc.

　　Lubomir Bulik said that in recent years, the Slovakia-China relation has progressed well. Slovakia and China should not only maintain their high-level contacts, but also intensify cooperation in personnel training and other fields so as to push forward the friendly cooperative ties between the two countries and the two militaries.

　　Zhang Qinsheng, assistant chief of general staff of the PLA attended the talks.

　　Liang Guanglie held a welcome ceremony in honor of his counterpart before the talks.

　　Lubomir Bulik and his delegation arrived in Beijing on November 19 to pay a six-day visit to China at the invitation of Liang Guanglie.

　　By Zhang Shun

　　(Nov 21, PLA Daily)