China’s Army Chief to Visit Israel

Posted August 8th, 2011 at 8:15 pm (UTC-5)
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China's military chief of staff will visit Israel next week for the first time..

Israeli defense officials say General Chen Bingde will meet with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak who visited China in June. Bingde will also meet with Lieutenant General Benny Gantz, the chief of staff, and other senior officials.

Although ties between the two countries have been shaky over the past decade, most recently over China's ties to Iran, bilateral trade reached 6.7 billion dollars in 2010.