Kyrgyzstan, China to deepen military cooperation

June 15, 2012 – 13:51 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Kyrgyzstan is looking to deepen its military
cooperation with China, Kyrgyz President said on Friday, June 15.

“We have received evidence that China is a country which earnestly
wants to see the stability and economic development of Kyrgyzstan,”
President Almazbek Atambayev said following talks in Bishkek with Ma
Xiaotian, deputy chief of the general staff of China’s People’s
Liberation Army.

“We are determined to develop our relations in all spheres. I hope the
Chinese People’s Liberation Army will expand cooperation with our
army.”

Emphasis will be laid on fighting “terrorism, extremism and
separatism,” Atambayev said, RIA Novosti reported.