Foreign and Military Affairs

China, Singapore seek to further military ties

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-01-06 21:19
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BEIJING: China and Singapore pledged to further boost military cooperation at a high level meeting of senior military officers on Wednesday.

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"The Chinese and Singaporean armed forces have conducted diversified and pragmatic cooperation, and maintained a good momentum of development of their relations," said Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie when meeting with Singapore's Chief of Army Neo Kian Hong in Beijing.

Liang said China was willing to work with Singapore to further expand fields of military cooperation and exchanges to contribute to the comprehensive and in-depth development of China-Singapore relations.

Liang said China appreciated Singapore's support on issues concerning China's core interest.

Neo said the two armed forces had played a positive role in safeguarding regional peace and stability and the Singaporean armed forces would like to boost their friendly military cooperation with China.
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