China’s PLA seeks ‘new type’ relations with Indian military
16 Jan 2013 6:13 AM IST
Terming Sino-India ties as one of the most important bilateral relationships for China, the People's Liberation Army on Tuesday said that it wants to build ‘new type’ of military relations with Indian defence forces to promote peace and stability at the borders and in South Asia.
‘China-India military to military relations is an important indicator of the depth of the bilateral cooperation’, Deputy Chief of General Staff of PLA Lt Gen Qi Jianguo said, during his talks with Defence Secretary Sashi Kant Sharma at the two day Annual Defence Dialogue meeting.
‘China and India relationship is one of the most important bilateral relationships for China. China sincerely hopes to become a strategic partner of India based on equality, mutual trust, mutual learning and cooperation’, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei quoted Gen Qi as saying.
‘Two sides can work together to improve security, mutual trust, mutual beneficial cooperation so as to jointly uphold peace and tranquillity at the border areas and promote peace and stability in South Asia to build a new type of military to military relations featuring lasting stability and friendly cooperation’, he quoted Gen Qi as saying.
Hong quoted Sharma as saying that recent years high level exchanges between India and China have been frequent with steady progress across the board.
‘China-India military to military relations is an important indicator of the depth of the bilateral cooperation’, Deputy Chief of General Staff of PLA Lt Gen Qi Jianguo said, during his talks with Defence Secretary Sashi Kant Sharma at the two day Annual Defence Dialogue meeting.
‘China and India relationship is one of the most important bilateral relationships for China. China sincerely hopes to become a strategic partner of India based on equality, mutual trust, mutual learning and cooperation’, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei quoted Gen Qi as saying.
‘Two sides can work together to improve security, mutual trust, mutual beneficial cooperation so as to jointly uphold peace and tranquillity at the border areas and promote peace and stability in South Asia to build a new type of military to military relations featuring lasting stability and friendly cooperation’, he quoted Gen Qi as saying.
Hong quoted Sharma as saying that recent years high level exchanges between India and China have been frequent with steady progress across the board.
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