Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont and Thai Armed Forces
Supreme Commander Boonsang Niempradit on Thursday met in Bangkok
separately with Liang Guanglie, visiting chief of General Staff of
the Chinese People's Liberation Army, who stopped by Bangkok on the
way of his good will trips to Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar.
Liang made the stop-by visit at the invitation of Boonsang after
completing an official visit to neighboring Laos on Wednesday.
Liang said Thailand and China are close neighbors, and the
past31 years since the establishment of Sino-Thai diplomatic
relationship as seen frequent exchanges and fruitful cooperation
between the two countries' military forces on different levels and
areas. The Chinese government is satisfied with the development of
the bilateral relations over the long time.
Surayud said Thai government will stick firmly to the policy of
promoting strategic cooperation with China, and continue to
implement the one-China policy.
(Xinhua News Agency October 20, 2006)