Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan and his Afghan counterpart Abdul
Rahim Wardak held talks in Beijing on Tuesday, vowing to strengthen
military cooperation between the two armed forces.
Cao said the Chinese side attaches great importance to the
development of relations between the two countries and the two
armed forces.
He said China will continue to help the reconstruction of
Afghanistan and promote exchanges and cooperation with the Afghan
side in various fields.
Wardak said Afghanistan and China shared a long history of
friendly relations, adding the Afghan side will strengthen
exchanges with China to further bilateral cooperation in security
and other fields.
He said he was very glad to visit so many places of China and he
had found a lot that Afghanistan can learn from China.
Wardak said the two countries faced the same task of
anti-terrorism and he hoped the two sides strengthen cooperation in
this aspect.
Wardak, who started his official good-will visit to China last
Thursday as Cao's guest, had visited northwestern Xinjiang Uygur
Autonomous Region and will proceed to visit Shanghai, China's
business hub.
(Xinhua News Agency October 31, 2006)
