Earlier this
week, a senior Chinese military officer visited Damascus to discuss
closer ties between Syria and China. Guan Youfei, director of the
Office for International Military Cooperation of China's Central
Military Commission, met Syrian Defense Minister Fahad Jassim
al-Freij, Xinhua reported.
"China
and Syria's militaries have a traditionally friendly relationship,
and China's military is willing to keep strengthening exchanges and
cooperation with Syria's military," Guan was quoted as saying.
Beijing and
Damascus also discussed personnel training and reached a consensus on
the Chinese military providing humanitarian aid to Syria, according
to Xinhua.
After China
adopted a law authorizing its armed forces to conduct
counterterrorist operations abroad many experts predicted that
Beijing may get involved in the Syrian conflict. However, that did
not happen. "Personnel training" could mean training of
technical personnel for the Syrian Army in China, said Vasily Kashin,
senior research fellow at the Institute for Far Eastern Studies.
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