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Appendix III Major Military Exchanges With Other Countries (2003-2004)
 

Date

Outgoing Visits

Visits to the PRC

Jan. 19-25, 2003

Chief of Staff of the Army, Italy

Feb. 17-Mar. 12

Deputy Chief of General Staff to Argentina, Brazil and Chile

Feb. 21-Mar. 13

Commander of the Air Force to Egypt and Sudan

Mar. 7-12

Port call to Shanghai by a Spanish naval ship

Mar. 4-25

Deputy Chief of General Staff to ROK, Cuba and Trinidad and Tobago

Mar. 31-Apr. 3

Chief of General Staff of the Armed forces, Belarus

Apr. 7-12

Chief of General Department of Border, Mongolia

Apr. 19-25

Minister of Defense, Switzerland

Apr. 20-27

Minister of Defense, India

Apr. 20-May 1

Political commissar of the Navy to Algeria and Mexico

Apr. 21-23

First Vice-Chairman of the National Defense Commission, DPRK

Apr. 26-May 17

Chief of General Staff to Tanzania, south Africa and Morocco

Apr. 27-May 4

President of the National Defense University to U.S.A.

May 2-7

Deputy Chief of General Staff to France

May 24-28

Port call to Shanghai by British naval ships

May 26-30

Minister of National Defense to Russia

Jun. 29-Jul.1

Minister of Defense, France

Jul. 14-20

Chief of General Staff, Guinea

Aug. 13-28

Political Commissar of the Academy of military Science to Egypt and Syria

Aug. 17-23

Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development council, Deputy Commander-in-Chief (Army), Myanmar

Aug. 18-22

Chief of General Political Department to DPRK

Aug. 21-29

Commander of the Joint headquarters of the Armed Forces, Peru

Aug. 23-30

Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Nigeria

Aug. 25-Sep. 6

Political Commissar of General Armaments Department to Poland, Czech and Slovakia

Aug. 26-Sep. 2

Chief of General Staff, Mozambique

Aug. 27-Sep. 2

Minister of Defense, the Congo (Brazzaville)

Aug. 31-Sep. 6

Commander of the Navy, Chile

Aug. 31-Sep. 7

Minister of Defense, Uganda

Sep. 1-4

Director General of the Defense Agency, Japan

Sep. 1-5

Deputy Prime  Minister, Thailand

Sep. 2-16

Deputy Chief of General Political Department to Belarus and Hungary

Sep. 4-20

Chief of General Staff to Pakistan, Brunei and Malaysia

Sep. 5-11

Minister of Defense, Canada

Sep. 7-12

Minister of Defense, Bulgaria

Sep. 7-28

Political Commissar of General Logistic Department to Zambia, Tunisia and Zimbabwe

Sep. 8-21

President of the Academy of Military Science to Mexico

Sep. 12-20

Deputy Chief of General Staff to Finland and Greece

Sep. 16-20

Vice-minister of Defense, Italy

Sep. 20-24

Port call to Qingdao by a Russian naval ship

Sep. 22-26

Port call to Zhanjiang by a U.S. naval ship

Sep. 22-28

Vice-Premier and concurrently Minister of Defense, Croatia

Sep. 22-30

Minister of Defense, Tanzania

Sep. 23-27

Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, France

Sep. 23-29

Minister of Defense, Australia

Oct. 8-16

Commander of the Air Defense force, Egypt

Oct. 8-16

Commander of the Mobilization Force of the Revolutionary Guards, Iran

Oct. 12-18

Chief of National Defense General Staff, Greece

Oct. 12-19

Chief of Staff of the National Defense Force, Guyana

Oct. 13-16

General Inspector of the Armed Forces, Germany

Oct. 13-18

Commander of the National Defense Force, Surinam

Oct. 13-19

Minister of Defense, Ghana

Oct. 15-19

Port call to Qingdao by ROK’s naval ships

Oct. 16-23

Minister of Defense, Romania

Oct. 18-21

Port call to Shanghai by Pakistani naval ships

Oct. 20-27

Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Pakistan

Oct. 22-25

PLA naval ships to Guam

Oct. 22-29

Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, Mongolia

Oct. 25-Nov. 1

Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the National Defense Force, Sweden

Oct. 26-Nov. 2

Chief of General Staff of the People’s Army, Vietnam

Oct. 26-Nov. 2

Vice-Minister of Defense, Sierra Leone

Oct 27-Nov. 2

Minister of National Defense to U.S. A.

Oct. 30-Nov. 16

Political Commissar of the Nanjing Military Area Command to Ethiopia, Uganda and Botswana

Nov. 3-14

PLA naval ships to Brunei and Singapore

Nov. 4-14

Chief of General Political Department to U.K., Spain and Portugal

Nov. 9-12

State Affairs Secretary of the National Security Council, Belarus

Nov.10-14

Port call to shanghai by Indian naval ships

Nov. 10-14

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, ROK

Nov. 12-25

Commander of the Nanjing Military Area Command to U.S.A. and Canada

Nov. 12-28

Political Commissar of the Air Force to Russia and Greece

Nov. 17-26

Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Armed Forces and concurrently Commander of the Army, Cambodia

Nov. 17-29

Political Commissar of the Lanzhou Military Area Command to Croatia and Romania

Nov. 18-22

Vice-Minister of the People’ Armed Forces, DPRK

Nov. 18-25

Minister of National Defense, Kyrgyzstan

Nov. 20-25

Minister of Defense, Togo

Nov. 21-Dec. 4

Assistant to the Chief of General Political Department to Tanzania and Egypt

Nov. 22-26