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President Jiang to Meet Russian Defense Minister

Chinese President Jiang Zemin was due to launch a round of talks with Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov in Beijing Friday, according to a Russian embassy official.


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Chinese President Jiang Zemin was due to launch a round of talks with Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov in Beijing Friday, according to a Russian embassy official.

"He will begin his main meetings with Chinese military officials on Saturday," he said.

The upcoming China visit of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov, his first since he took office, will be very important for China, said Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Kong Quan Thursday.

Kong also said that China welcomes the Rome Declaration signed between Russia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and calls on the international community to set up a new security concept. In Detail

During his three-day official visit, Ivanov is expected to brief Chinese leaders on Russia's new relationship with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), as well as the nuclear arms reduction treaty signed with the United States last week, Western diplomats in Beijing said.

His meetings with Chinese Defense Minister Chi Haotian on Saturday could also touch upon military exchanges between the two countries, they said.

Ivanov, who is on his first visit to China as Russia's top military planner, is also expected to meet with Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, Russian press reports said.




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