BEIJNG, Nov. 29 -- The Chinese and Lao militaries held the third border defense friendship exchange in Mengla County, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, on Monday. General Wang Xiubin, commander of China’s PLA Southern Theater Command, and Lieutenant General Khamlieng Outhakaysone, Laos’ Deputy Minister of National Defense and Chief of the General Staff of the Lao People’s Army, led delegations to participate.
北京11月29日电 11月28日，中国老挝两军第三次边境国防友好交流活动在云南省西双版纳州勐腊县举行。南部战区司令员王秀斌上将、老挝国防部副部长兼总参谋长坎良中将分别率团参加。
During the event, the two sides repainted the inscription on boundary monument and took a group photo. The two delegations then visited the 10th Company of an army border defense brigade under the PLA Southern Theater Command, where they inspected the equipment display and planted a tree of friendship. The two sides also held friendly talks and signed the meeting minutes.
活动期间，双方共同为碑文描红，在界碑处合影留念。随后，双方代表团来到南部战区陆军某边防旅十连，参观中共二十大宣讲展板和装备展示，共植友谊树。双方还进行了友好会谈，并签署会议纪要。
The exchange was aimed to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two Parties, the two countries and the two militaries, deepen the traditional bilateral friendship, strengthen the two militaries’ strategic mutual trust and border defense cooperation, and jointly maintain peace and stability in the border areas. Next, the two sides will take effective measures to strengthen communication and cooperation, maintain the regular exchanges, and expand the fields and depth of joint exercises and training.
此次活动旨在落实中老两党两国两军领导人达成的重要共识，推动双方传统友谊深入发展，加强两军战略互信和边防合作，共同维护边境地区和平稳定。下一步，双方将采取有力措施加强交往合作，继续保持常态化交往态势，拓展联演联训的领域和深度。
