Liang Guanglie, state councilor and minister of national defense, met with General Moeen Ahmed, chief of staff of the Bangladeshi Army yesterday in Beijing.

　　Liang Guanglie said that China and Bangladesh are friendly close neighbors and there exists profound traditional friendship between the peoples of the two countries. The Chinese side gratefully appreciates the valuable support rendered to China by the Bangladeshi government, people and armed forces in the preparations and holding of the Olympic Games.

　　Liang also said that the Chinese People's Liberation Army attached importance to developing friendly cooperative relations with the Bangladeshi Armed Forces. Over the years, the two armed forces have carried out friendly multi-tiered and wide-ranging cooperation in weaponry and equipment, personnel training, exchanges between military educational institutions, and other fields. The Chinese side is willing to work together with the Bangladeshi side to constantly push forward the comprehensive and cooperative partnership featuring long-term friendship, equality and mutual benefit.

　　Moeen said that there existed fraternal friendship between Bangladesh and China and their two militaries. The Bangladeshi side is grateful to China for the valuable support it has rendered to Bangladesh in national construction and army building. The Bangladeshi side firmly supports China's stand on the Taiwan and Tibet issues and applauds the fruitful work done by the Chinese government, people and armed forces for the Beijing Olympic Games, and wishes the Beijing Olympic Games a great success.

　　Moeen is in China to attend various activities related to the Beijing Olympic Games in his capacity as president of the Bangladeshi Olympic Committee.

　　By Luo Zheng

　　(Aug 12, PLA Daily)                                                 Editor: Dong Zhaohui