PLA Daily 2007-01-17

　　Liang Guanglie, member of the Central Military Commission and chief of general staff of the PLA, held talks with Pavel Stefka, the visiting chief of general staff of the Czech Armed Forces yesterday morning in Beijing.

　　Liang said that the exchanges and cooperation between China and Czech in various fields have developed smoothly in recent years, and it is in the fundamental interests of China and Czech and their two peoples to further consolidate and deepen their relations. The relations between the two militaries are an important component part of the relations between the two countries. The Chinese military attaches great importance to developing relations with the Czech Armed Forces and is willing to push for further development of relations between the two militaries in various fields and at various levels.

　　Liang also briefed his guests on China's national defense policy, the army building and the things related to the recently published white paper "China's National Defense in 2006".

　　Stefka indicated that the Czech side is willing to develop the friendly cooperative relations with the Chinese military and, he expressed the hope that the two sides would increase cooperation in the fields of military institutional education and in fighting terrorism. He also emphasized that the Czech government will continue to unswervingly adhere to the one-China policy.

　　By Luo Zheng

　　(Jan 17, PLA Daily)