3月1日，国务委员兼国防部长魏凤和同南非国防和退伍军人部部长莫迪塞视频通话。
BEIJING, March 1 -- Chinese State Councilor and Minister of National Defense Wei Fenghe held talks with Thandi Modise, minister of defense and military veterans of South Africa,via video link on March 1, 2022.
魏凤和说，中国和南非是友谊深厚、彼此信赖的好朋友好伙伴。近年来，在两国元首战略引领下，中南全面战略伙伴关系持续深入发展，双方携手抗疫、守望相助，各领域合作成果丰硕。作为重要发展中国家和新兴市场经济体，双方应共同抵制霸权霸道霸凌行径，践行真正的多边主义，维护国际公平正义，为世界和平与发展作出积极贡献。中国军队愿同南非军队继续保持高层沟通、完善合作机制、拓展合作领域、团结抗击疫情，努力推动两军关系更好向前发展。
Wei Fenghe said that China and South Africa are good friends and partners with profound friendship and mutual trust. Under strategic guidance of the heads of state of the two countries, the China-South Africa comprehensive strategic partnership has seen continuous in-depth development in recent years. The two sides work together in fighting the pandemic and cooperation in various fields have yielded fruitful results.
Wei pointed out that China and South Africa, both being major developing countries and emerging market economies, should jointly resist hegemonic, domineering and bullying behaviors, practice genuine multilateralism and safeguard international fairness and justice, so as to make positive contributions to world peace and development.
The Chinese military is willing to maintain high-level communication with the military of South Africa, improve the cooperation mechanism, expand cooperation fields, jointly fight the pandemic, striving to promote the development of bilateral military relations, Wei said.
莫迪塞表示，南非高度重视发展两国关系，将与中方坚定地站在一起，共同反对霸权主义和应对当今世界各种挑战。南非军队希望加强与中方在联演联训、装备科技、海空军交流等方面合作，不断提升两军关系水平。
Ms Modise said that South Africa attaches great importance to the development of bilateral relations and will stand firm together with China to jointly oppose hegemonism and jointly handle challenges of today’s world.
The South African military hopes to strengthen cooperation with its Chinese counterpart in terms of joint training and exercise, armaments technology, naval and air force exchanges, to continuously improve the relations between the two militaries, Modise said.
双方还就共同关心的国际和地区问题交换了意见。
The two ministers also exchanged views on international and regional issues of common concern.
