Myanmar leader Vice Senior-General Maung Aye Thursday reaffirmed that his country will continue the "one-China" policy and develop friendly ties with China.

Maung Aye, Vice-Chairman of the Myanmar State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Defense Services, made the remarks when he met with General Ge Zhenfeng, visiting Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA).

General Ge said China attaches importance to the friendly bilateral relations between China and Myanmar, and the exchange between the two armed forces constitutes an important part of the two countries' ties.

General Ge stressed that the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on establishment of border defense talks mechanism and management of border affairs, to be signed during the visit, will help strengthen the exchange and cooperation between the two armed forces in the sector of border defense and jointly safeguard peaceand tranquility in the border areas.

The MoU will conform to the fundamental interest of the two peoples, having important significance in furthering the two countries' good-neighborly ties, he added.

At the invitation of Myanmar SPDC member and Chief of General Staff (Army, Navy, Air Force) General Thura Shwe Mann, Ge, who leads a border defense delegation, began a five-day visit here from Wednesday.

On the same day, the two generals had discussions on strengthening the ties between the two countries as well as the two armed forces, and border defense talks mechanism and management of border affairs.

The meeting and talks were attended by Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Li Jinjun and Military Attaches Senior-Colonel Ma Shoudong.

During the visit, defense ministries of the two countries will sign the MoU. Previously, China has set up such mechanisms with neighboring Russia, Mongolia, India and so on.

Source: Xinhua