Ma Xiaotian meets with Armenian guests

Ma Xiaotian, deputy chief of general staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), met with Evajan, the visiting director of the Defense Policy Bureau of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia, on the morning of April 10, 2012 in Beijing.

Ma pointed out that there is profound traditional friendship between China and Armenia and between the two peoples. Since the beginning of the new century, the relations between the two countries have achieved new development. The Chinese side highly commends the Armenian side for its solid support on the Taiwan and Tibet issues.

In recent years, the relations between the two militaries have been well developed. The Chinese military attaches importance to the development of friendly relations with the Armenian military and it hopes to make joint efforts with the Armenian side to promote the pragmatic exchanges and cooperation between the two militaries.

Evajan said that the Armenian side is satisfied with the achievements made in the development of the relations between the two militaries in recent years, appreciates the Chinese side for its support and help in the building of the Armenian armed forces and is willing to constantly deepen and push forward further pragmatic cooperation between the two militaries in various fields.

Ci Guowei, deputy director-general of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Ministry of National Defense (MND) of the People's Republic of China (PRC), and Sargsyan Vaghinak, Armenian military attachéto China, were present at the meeting.