Ma Xiaotian, deputy chief of general staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), held the 4th China-Mongolia Defense Security Consultation with M. Borbaatar, state secretary of the Defense Ministry of Mongolia on July 3 in Beijing. The two sides intensively exchanged views on international and regional security situations, the bilateral ties and other issues of common concern and reached general consensus.

　　Ma Xiaotian said that China attaches great importance to the relations with Mongolia and is willing to work together with the Mongolian side to boost the development of the good-neighborly and mutual-trust partnership between the two countries in a long-term and stable way and the two countries shall forever be good neighbors, good friends and good partners. In recent years, the fields of exchanges between the two militaries have been expanding with constant enriching of cooperation contents and continuous deepening of understanding and mutual trust. The Chinese side holds a positive attitude towards further developing the relations between the two militaries and is willing to work together with the Mongolian side to boost the relations between the two militaries to a new stage.

　　M. Borbaatar said that the relations between Mongolia and China are developing all roundly and the mutual visits of leaders of the two sides are frequent. With the development of the bilateral ties, military ties between the two sides have also obtained positive headway in defense consultation, joint training and personnel training. As the year 2009 is the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Mongolia and China, he hoped to push forward the relations between the two countries and the two militaries to a new level by taking this opportunity.

　　By Lu Desheng