deepening the foreign military relations
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012Xinhua Beijing January 16 (Reporter Lixuan Liang, Wang Jingguo) around the more pragmatic diplomatic, military, normal release of information, joint training and joint exercises close to actual combat … In just the last in 2011, China’s military diplomacy bright scene in the new starting point to achieve a new leap. Qian Lihua, director of the Foreign Affairs Office Ministry of Defence recently told Xinhua News Agency reporters interview, said: ! – more ->
Prominent around the military and diplomatic
Creating a national security environment
Reporters: 2011 China’s neighboring countries, military diplomacy is very active, high-level visits, exchanges and dialogue consultations more frequently. How to evaluate the effectiveness of military diplomacy around?
Qian: Over the past year, the face of the security situation around the new changes, we have stable peripheral as the primary task of diplomacy to play a unique role of the military, all-round strengthening of military exchanges with neighboring countries and cooperation.
Central Military Commission, visited the headquarters of leading Vietnam, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Korea, Pakistan, India and other countries, in 14 countries around the defense department and military leaders to visit China. And Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, India and other neighboring countries held consultations on defense and security, to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization defense ministers’ meeting, Shangri-La Dialogue, the ASEAN Regional Forum Security Policy Conference, organized by the SCO member states meeting the army chief of staff and defense and security forum, China – ASEAN defense and security dialogue.
Our military forces in neighboring countries with military training, college education, personnel training conducted in-depth cooperation. In Pakistan, Thailand and other neighboring countries affected by natural disasters, the military sent a medical helicopter to rescue expertise, and assist government departments financing and delivery of humanitarian emergency assistance.
Pragmatic and active military diplomacy around for deepening bilateral relations, maintaining regional stability, creating a national security environment has played an active role. Strategically, strengthening strategic communication strategy to further enhance the level of mutual trust, maintaining regional peace and stability in neighboring countries and I reached a general consensus; in pragmatic cooperation, mutual benefit and learn from the experience of army building, improve the common response to new threats challenges; in multilateral mechanisms, and actively promote the establishment of mutual respect, equality and mutual trust, win-win cooperation, open and inclusive regional security mechanisms to safeguard the common interests of countries in the region.
Reporter: How do I under the new situation of military relations with neighboring countries?
Qian: Despite the current situation in the Asia-Pacific region there are some complicated factors, but is the trend of peace and stability, development and prosperity is the people, this is an irreversible trend. I and the surrounding National Geographic proximity and cultural similarity, stakeholders, the development of bilateral relations enjoy a solid foundation. China firmly pursues Of course, for the regional security situation in the hot and sensitive issues in bilateral relations, differences, we address the problem, face the contradictions, frankly that security concerns, declared the principle of position, and resolutely safeguard national interests. As long as increasing mutual trust, strengthen pragmatic cooperation and military relations with neighboring countries I will be able to withstand the test of international changes, and different in the sustainable development.
Military relations with major powers logistics
The maintenance of international strategic stability
Reporter: How to evaluate the Sino-US military relations?
Qian: 2011, Sino-US military exchanges between the highs, through the tortuous process of development. Frequent high-level exchanges, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates visited China in early, the PLA Chief of General Staff and Chairman of U.S. Joint Chiefs of exchange visits in two months. Mechanism for dialogue and exchange as planned, the two sides held the 12th defense consultations, working meetings the 7th Department of Defense and the Military Maritime Consultation Mechanism Group meeting, first took part in two high-level military and economic dialogue and strategic The framework of the first round of strategic security dialogue. Professional exchanges continue to expand, both in the Army Corps of Engineers, military medicine, military files, in areas such as humanitarian relief and mitigation extensive exchanges, mutual opening also some important military units.
As the United States announced a new round of large-scale arms sales to Taiwan military relations hit rock bottom again. We have thus carried out a resolute struggle against the United States that the solemn position. Facts have proved that only the respect and care for each other’s core interests and major concerns, practical issues affecting the bilateral military relations between the major obstacle to a healthy and stable Sino-US military relations and reliable manner.
Correspondents: the ups and downs of Sino-US military relations with the Sino-Russian military relations have been relatively stable, which in 2011 made new progress?
Qian: China-Russia military relations is the bilateral comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the important part. In 2011, we adhere to the multilateral high-level bilateral visits and exchanges of traction, driving all-round development of Sino-Russian military relations. Central Military Commission, led a successful visit to Russia headquarters, military General Staff strategic consultation, dialogue and other mechanisms of the Department of Defense project works well, deepen bilateral strategic mutual trust. In the professional military exchanges and cooperation in the field of practical in-depth. Leaders of the two defense departments and armed forces in the SCO defense ministers’ meeting on the army chief of staff meetings and other activities within the framework of the SCO conducted sound communication and coordination. In the normal development of the Russian military technology cooperation, in enhancing mutual trust, deepen bilateral relations played an active role.
Strengthen the military public diplomacy
Enhance the soft power of our army
Reporter: How do we face an international environment of public opinion?
Qian: China’s more developed, will face greater external pressure by the international attention is also increasing. These concerns in some because of lack of understanding, some legitimate concerns, there is a malicious attack. In this regard, we should remain calm and relaxed state of mind, habits of attention from the international community, at work to increase the intensity of the world shows that the Chinese, of course, have dismissed those rumors, and distortions in time speculation.
Reporters: 2011 Department of Defense established a regular press conference system, by domestic and international attention. How to assess the Chinese army’s opening?
Qian: we establish Defense Department from April regular press conference system, a successful press conference held at 9, in response to the military training, combat duty, equipment development, foreign relations, and many other sensitive issues, played a declared policy, enhancing trust and positive role in expanding the international influence of our army. Regular press conference system is established, marking the Department of Defense news release to achieve normalization, our military has taken a new step of opening up. This is a welcome step, but we also clearly recognize that, with the media and the expectations of the outside world than a regular press conference there are many places of work needs to be improved.
Department of Defense military routine press conference just a microcosm of expanding opening-up. We also published
We actively carry out various forms of public diplomacy activities. PLA Military Band to the United States access to performances, cultural exchange delegation to Laos Culture Week organized by the Chinese army, the navy Our men and men with foreign people close communication and extensive interaction, show excellent professionalism and energetic spirit, spread the good military culture, established a military peace, cooperation, and open a good image.
Joint training and joint exercises to deepen
Closer to the real
Reporter: The 2011 joint exercise joint training any new features, get what results?
Qian: Currently, joint training and joint exercises and foreign troops have become the outside of the normal military exchange and cooperation, but also to improve the level of military training in an important way. In 2011, our military and foreign armed forces conducted joint training joint exercise eight times. The joint exercise joint training, joint training and break the limitations of a single arm, the joint and combined arms training in a prominent position, exercises to strengthen the planning activities of the organization, closer to actual combat, get political, military, diplomatic and multiple benefits.
Lanzhou Military Area Command organization and implementation of the
Jinan Military Region, organization and implementation of the
Organization and implementation of the Pakistan Air Force (基斯坦) Air Force, joint training, the white (Russia) joint airborne training, the Commission (Neirui La) airborne urban anti-terrorism joint training, to promote reform and innovation in Air Force training.
In serving the overall situation
Promote innovation and development
Reporters: Please look ahead in 2012 and the coming period of military diplomacy.
Qian: current and future period, China will continue to face complex and challenging external environment. We want to enhance the overall awareness, sense, sense of mission, the military has to do diplomatic work of starting and ending points on the subject of national service and the overall development of the military construction, deepening the foreign military relations, enhance the level of mutual trust and cooperation with foreign armed forces ; expand pragmatic military cooperation, and further to focus on military construction services; actively and steadily push forward the reform of important areas of work, and enhance the vitality and vigor of military diplomacy; improve the cultural infrastructure, foster diplomacy with Chinese characteristics and style of the military. Do the diplomatic work, the strength is backing. We need to strengthen national and military power in the case, more emphasis on planning design, to improve the level of Foreign Art, and better safeguard national interests.
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