Major General Chang Guixiang, deputy chief of staff of the Lanzhou Military Area Command, led a PLA delegation to visit all the Chinese peacekeepers in the Congo (Kinshasa). On February 8, the delegation arrived at Bukavu, South Kivu in the Congo (Kinshasa) to extend greetings and appreciation to the 6th batch of the Chinese peacekeepers stationed there.

　　Chang Guixiang first conveyed the important speech made by President Hu Jintao when he visited the officers and men of the Chinese peacekeepers in Liberia. He then conveyed the cordial concern and best regards of the beloved ones of the motherland to all the Chinese peacekeepers in the Congo (Kinshasa), and wished them a happy Chinese Lunar New Year.

　　The delegation also paid courtesy calls to the peacekeepers sent out by Pakistan and Uruguay, and held consultations and exchanged views with the supreme executive officer of the Bukavu Mission Area of the UN Special Mission in the Congo (Kinshasa).

　　(Feb 12, PLA Daily)