BEIJING, May 20, (ChinaMil) -- Zhao Keshi, member of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the People's Republic of China (PRC) the Communist Party of China (CPC) and director of the General Logistics Department (GLD) of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), met with Lt. Gen. Muhammad Haroon Aslam, the visiting chief of logistics staff of the Pakistan Army, and his party on the afternoon of May 17, 2013.
Zhao Keshi extended his welcome to Haroon and his party for their visit to China. He said that no matter how the international situation fluctuates, China and Pakistan have always been supporting and cooperating closely with each other, offering mutual benefits and achieving common progress since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The two countries and their people have established a profound "all-weather" friendship in the long-term friendly contacts. He hoped that the logistics departments of the Chinese and Pakistani militaries would constantly tap the potential for cooperation and expand the scope of contact, so as to add new content and bring new vitality into further development of the relations between the two countries and the two militaries.
Haroon expressed that as a fraternal friend, the Pakistani side is sincerely proud of the achievements China has made in economy, science and technology, and military since the reform and opening-up. With the constant advance of the relations between the two countries, the relations between the two militaries have also been improved to a new high. He believed that the visit would surely further push forward the exchanges and cooperation in logistics field as well as the development of the relations between the two militaries.
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