Member of the Myanmar State Peace and Development Council
General Thura Shwe Mann met with visiting goodwill delegation of
the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) in Nay Pyi Taw on
Wednesday with the two sides expressing wishes to enhance friendly
ties between the two countries and the two armed forces.
The Chinese PLA delegation is led by General Liu Dongdong,
Political Commissar of the Jinan Military Area Command.
At the meeting also attended by Military Attache of the Chinese
Embassy Senior-Colonel Fan Lianfeng, the two sides exchanged views
on international and regional situation.
The Chinese PLA delegation, which will also visit Myanmar's
military institute and technical institute, arrived Yangon on
Tuesday on a four-day goodwill visit to the country.
Myanmar is the first leg of the Chinese delegation's tour to
five Southeast Asian nations. The trip will continue to take the
delegation to Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Singapore.
(Xinhua News Agency August 16, 2007)
