Fu Quanyou, chief of General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, met Wednesday with Victor. S. Chechevatov, president of the Military Institute of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.

Fu, also a member of the Central Military Commission, said that the PLA valued its relations with the Russian armed forces, and Sino-Russian military relations had been promoted as relations between the two countries have developed.

The Russian military institute was renowned around the world, said Fu, who hoped that the Chinese and Russian military institutes would cooperate closely in research and teaching.

Chechevaov said that the Russian military valued relations with the PLA, and their cooperation had expanded in recent years.

He voiced the hope to continue cooperation between the Russian Military Institute and the Chinese University of National Defense to help push forward friendly relations between the two armed forces.

( July 4, 2002)