By Duan Jiangshan, Pang Bin and Lin Qinghua
BEIJING, Nov. 29 -- The Chinese and Lao militaries held the fourth border defense friendship exchange in Yot Ou district, Phongsaly Province, Laos, on November 28. General Wang Xiubin, Commander of the Chinese PLA Southern Theater Command, and Lieutenant General Khamliang Outhakaysone, Laos' Deputy Minister of National Defense and Chief of the General Staff of the Lao People's Army, led delegations to participate.
During the event, the two sides repainted the inscription on the boundary monument and took a group photo. And the two delegations then visited the 111th Border Defense Company of the Lao People's Army, where they inspected the equipment, listened to the company's debriefing, planted a friendship tree, and held friendly talks. The two sides also donated materials to Lao Ou Nua primary school.
The exchange aimed to implement the consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries and the two Parties, deepen the traditional bilateral friendship, and strengthen the two militaries' border defense cooperation.
General Wang Xiubin and Lieutenant General Khamliang Outhakaysone take a photo at the boundary monument.
Students of the Ou Nua primary school put on red scarves for General Wang Xiubin and Lieutenant General Khamliang Outhakaysone.