June 15, 2012 - 13:51 AMT
Kyrgyzstan, China to deepen military cooperation

Kyrgyzstan is looking to deepen its military cooperation with China, Kyrgyz President said on Friday, June 15.

"We have received evidence that China is a country which earnestly wants to see the stability and economic development of Kyrgyzstan," President Almazbek Atambayev said following talks in Bishkek with Ma Xiaotian, deputy chief of the general staff of China's People's Liberation Army.

"We are determined to develop our relations in all spheres. I hope the Chinese People's Liberation Army will expand cooperation with our army."

Emphasis will be laid on fighting "terrorism, extremism and separatism," Atambayev said, RIA Novosti reported.