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Appendix III. Major Military Exchanges with Other Countries (2003-2004)

Updated: 2004-12-28 11:38

Date

Outgoing Visits

Visits to the PRC

Jan. 19-25, 2003

 

Chief of Staff of the Army, Italy

Feb. 17-Mar. 12

Deputy Chief of General Staff to Argentina, Brazil and Chile

 

Feb. 21-Mar. 13

Commander of the Air Force to Egypt and Sudan

 

Mar. 7-12

 

Port call to Shanghai by a Spanish naval ship

Mar. 4-25

Deputy Chief of General Staff to ROK, Cuba and Trinidad and Tobago

 

Mar. 31-Apr. 3

 

Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, Belarus

Apr. 7-12

 

Chief of General Department of Border, Mongolia

Apr. 20-May 1

Political Commissar of the Navy to Algeria and Mexico

 

Apr. 19-25

 

Minister of Defense, Switzerland

Apr. 20-27

 

Minister of Defense, India

Apr. 21-23

 

First Vice-Chairman of the National Defense Commission, DPRK

Apr. 26-May 17

Chief of General Staff to Tanzania, South Africa and Morocco

 

Apr. 27-May 4

President of the National Defense University to the U.S.A.

 

May 2-7

Deputy Chief of General Staff to France

 

May 24-28

 

Port call to Shanghai by British naval ships

May 26-30

Minister of National Defense to Russia

 

Jun. 29-Jul. 1

 

Minister of Defense, France

Jul. 14-20

 

Chief of General Staff, Guinea

Aug. 13-28

Political Commissar of the Academy of Military Science to Egypt and Syria

 

Aug. 17-23

 

Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council, Deputy Commander-in- Chief of Defense Services, Commander-in-Chief (Army), Myanmar

Aug. 18-22

Chief of General Political Department to DPRK

 

Aug. 21-29

 

Commander of the Joint Headquarters of the Armed Forces, Peru

Aug. 23-30

 

Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Nigeria

Aug. 25-Sep. 6

Political Commissar of General Armaments Department to Poland, Czech and Slovakia

 

Aug. 26-Sep. 2

 

Chief of General Staff, Mozambique

Aug. 27-Sep. 2

 

Minister of Defense, the Congo (Brazzaville)

Aug. 31-Sep. 6

 

Commander of the Navy, Chile

Aug. 31-Sep. 7

 

Minister of Defense, Uganda

Sep. 1-4

 

Director General of the Defense Agency, Japan

Sep. 1-5

 

Deputy Prime Minister, Thailand

Sep. 2-16

Deputy Chief of General Political Department to Belarus and Hungary

 

Sep. 4-20

Chief of General Staff to Pakistan, Brunei and Malaysia

 

Sep. 5-11

 

Minister of Defense, Canada

Sep. 7-12

 

Minister of Defense, Bulgaria

Sep. 7-28

Political Commissar of General Logistics Department to Zambia, Tunisia and Zimbabwe

 

Sep. 8-21

President of the Academy of Military Science to Mexico

 

Sep. 12-20

Deputy Chief of General Staff to Finland and Greece

 

Sep. 16-20

 

Vice-Minister of Defense, Italy

Sep. 20-24

 

Port call to Qingdao by a Russian naval ship

Sep. 22-26

 

Port call to Zhanjiang by a U.S. naval ship

Sep. 22-28

 

Vice-Premier and concurrently Minister of Defense, Croatia

Sep. 22-30

 

Minister of Defense, Tanzania

Sep. 23-27

 

Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, France

Sep. 23-29

 

Minister of Defense, Australia

Oct. 8-16

 

Commander of the Air Defense Force, Egypt

Oct. 8-16

 

Commander of the Mobilization Force of the Revolutionary Guards, Iran

Oct. 12-18

 

Chief of National Defense General Staff, Greece

Oct. 12-19

 

Chief of Staff of the National Defense Forces, Guyana

Oct. 13-16

 

General Inspector of the Armed Forces, Germany

Oct. 13-18

 

Commander of the National Defense Forces, Surinam

Oct. 13-19

 

Minister of Defense, Ghana

Oct. 15-19

 

Port call to Qingdao by  ROK’s naval ships

Oct. 16-23

 

Minister of Defense, Romania

Oct. 18-21

 

Port call to Shanghai by Pakistani naval ships

Oct. 20-27

 

Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Pakistan

Oct. 22-25

PLA naval ships to Guam

 

Oct. 22-29

 

Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, Mongolia

Oct. 25-Nov. 1

 

Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the National Defense Forces, Sweden

Oct. 26-Nov. 2

 

Chief of General Staff of the People’s Army, Vietnam

Oct. 26-Nov. 2

 

Vice-Minister of Defense, Sierra Leone

Oct. 27-Nov. 2

Minister of National Defense to the U.S.A.

 

Oct. 30-Nov. 16

Political Commissar of the Nanjing Military Area Command to Ethiopia, Uganda and Botswana

 

Nov. 3-14

PLA naval ships to Brunei and Singapore

 

Nov. 4-14

Chief of General Political Department to the U.K., Spain and Portugal

 

Nov. 9-12

 

State Affairs Secretary of the National Security Council, Belarus

Nov. 10-14

 

Port call to Shanghai by Indian naval ships

Nov. 10-14

 

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, ROK

Nov. 12-25

Commander of the Nanjing Military Area Command to the U.S.A. and Canada

 

Nov. 12-28

Political Commissar of the Air Force to Russia and Greece

 

Nov. 17-26

 

Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Armed Forces and concurrently Commander of the Army, Cambodia

Nov. 17-29

Political Commissar of the Lanzhou Military Area Command to Croatia and Romania