Liang Guanglie, member of the Central Military Commission and chief of general staff of the PLA, met with a delegation of the Korean People's Army led by An Yong Gi, director of the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the People's Armed Forces Department of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) yesterday in Beijing.

　　Liang Guanglie said that China and the DPRK are amicable neighbors linked by mountains and rivers, there exists profound traditional friendship between the peoples of the two countries, and the two sides have all along maintained friendly cooperative ties in political, economic, cultural, military and other fields. The China-DPRK friendship has now become a common valuable wealth of the two sides. Over the past years, China and DPRK have maintained close exchanges and cooperation in military field, through which the two sides have promoted the development of their respective armies and made contributions to the development of the friendly cooperative ties between the two countries. The Chinese side is willing to join hands with the DPRK to push for further development of friendly cooperative ties between the two countries and the two militaries, and make more contributions to regional peace and stability.

　　Liang Guanglie also briefed his guests on China's stand on the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsular and China's domestic situation and the army building.

　　An Yong Gi said that there exists profound traditional friendship between the DPRK and China and their two peoples. Since the advent of the new century, the DPRK-China friendship has entered a new stage of development. The armed forces of the DPRK is willing to constantly make new contributions to promoting the friendship between the two countries and the two militaries, and the DPRK is willing to work together with the Chinese side for maintaining regional peace and stability.

　　By Luo Zheng

　　(Mar. 28, PLA Daily)