Guo Boxiong (4th L), vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission, poses with the chiefs of staff from China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on Aug. 9, 2007.　

　　Yesterday, Guo Boxiong, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, met in Urumqi with Senior General Mukhtar Altynbayev, first deputy defense minister and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff of the armed forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Major General Boris Ugai, first deputy defense minister and chief of general staff of the armed forces of Kyrgyz Republic, Senior General Yury Baluyevsky, first deputy defense minister and chief of general staff of the armed forces of Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Ramil Nadirov, first deputy defense minister and chief of general staff of the armed forces of the Republic of Tajikistan, and Major General Usmonbekov, deputy chief of the joint chiefs of staff of the National Defense Ministry of the Republic of Uzbekistan, who had come to China to participate in the strategic consultation of chiefs of general staff of the armed forces of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization（SCO）.

　　Guo Boxiong extended warm welcome to chiefs of general staff of the armed forces of the five countries. He said that the SCO has now blossomed into an important, new-type regional international organization and is playing more and more important role in maintaining regional security and stability and promoting regional development and prosperity.

　　Guo Boxiong indicated that China regards Russia and the Central Asian countries as her good neighbors, good friends and good partners. The Chinese side will develop good neighborly and cooperative relations with them on the basis of mutual respect, equal consultation, mutual benefit and win-win，and make constant efforts to push for lasting peace and common prosperity in the region.

　　He also briefed his guests on China's views on the international and regional security situations and wished the exercise complete success.

　　On behalf of the chiefs of general staff of the armed forces of the SCO member states, Senior General Yury Baluyevsky expressed thanks to Guo Boxiong for finding time to meet them. He said that the defense and security cooperation within the SCO framework is in conformity with the "Shanghai Spirit", the Chapter of the United Nations as well as generally recognized principles of international law. He expressed his confidence that the joint anti-terror military exercise of the armed forces of the six SCO member states will be crowned with success.

　　Liang Guanglie, member of the Central Military Commission and chief of general staff of the PLA, Xu Qiliang, deputy chief of general staff of the PLA, Commander Wang Guosheng and Political Commissar Yu Linxiang of the Lanzhou Military Area Command, and principal members of the delegations of other five SCO member states were present at the meeting.

　　By Ma Sancheng and Tian Yuan

　　(Aug 10, PLA Daily)