Senior Chinese military officer meets Egyptian defense minister

Guo Boxiong, vice-chairman of the Chinese Central Military Commission, met with Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, commander-in-chief of the Egyptian armed forces and minister of National Defense and Military Production, and his party in Beijing Tuesday.

Guo told Tantawi that the friendship between the people of China and Egypt had a long history, the Sino-Egyptian relations were close and military cooperation were fruitful.

The Chinese military force attaches great importance to its relations with Egyptian armed forces and is ready to enhance exchange and cooperation in all fields so as to contribute more to the further development of the strategic cooperative ties between the two countries, Guo said.

Guo also briefed the Egyptian guests on China's domestic economic development, army building as well as the just concluded Fourth Plenum of 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

Tantawi said Egypt and China and their armies share a long-standing history of contact and the Egyptian side hopes to further increase cooperation with Chinese side in military sphere.

Tantawi is currently on a six-day official good-will visit to China as Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan's guest.

Source: Xinhua