From: Justin Burke (JBurke@sorosny.org)
Date: Wed May 03 2000 - 11:30:56 EDT
CHINA TO ALLOCATE AID TO KAZAKHSTAN'S ARMED FORCES
A spokesman for Kazakhstan's Defense Ministry told Interfax on
2 May that during Defense Minister General Sat Tokpakbaev's
visit to Beijing last week, the Chinese government agreed to
provide goods and services worth 11 million yuan ($1.3
million) to Kazakhstan's armed forces. Chinese Defense
Minister Chi Haotian had said on 24 April that China and
Kazakhstan plan to intensify cooperation in fighting
separatism, international terrorism, and religious extremism,
Reuters reported. LF
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