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LISBON cheap air max tn , Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Portugal strongly opposed the United States' decision to cut personnel at the Lajes military airbase in the Azores archipelago on Wednesday, according to Portuguese news agency Lusa.


"The Portuguese delegation had the opportunity to reiterate its strong displeasure for the decision taken and to transmit, in global terms, principles regarding the U.S decision, namely labor cheap nike vapormax , infrastructure and environment matters, and the efforts to mitigate socioeconomic effects," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement released on Wednesday night.


It is the first time for Portugal to formally debate the future of the Lajes airbase with the North American authorities at a meeting held in Portuguese capital Lisbon after the United States announced on Jan. 8 that it would gradually reduce the number of Portuguese employees from 900 to 400 this year.


The United States also plans to reduce the number of American civilians and soldiers from 650 to 165.


According to the statement, the future of the airfield will continue to be debated again "shortly."


Both countries will also enhance bilateral consultations to present "labor, infrastructure and compensation" matters to the Azores archipelago where the military airfield is based.


BERLIN cheap air max 97 , July 27 (Xinhua) -- Germany's economic boom will continue throughout the summer, a study published Thursday by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) predicts.


The DIW's economists forecast GDP to increase by 0.5 percent in the third quarter of 2017. "After a strong first half year, the German economy's growth remains above average," Ferdinand Fichtner of the DIW said.


The DIW's forecast was released on the same day as the market research institute GfK's regular consumer climate index. The Nuernberg-based researchers at the GfK announced on Thursday that the index had reached its highest level in nearly 16 years thanks to the economy's lasting momentum.


The index surprisingly rose by 0.2 points to 10.8, the fourth consecutive monthly gain. Economists had predicted stagnation.


GfK expert Rolf Buerkl said that consumers were more optimistic about economic prospects and viewed their own financial situation more favorable than at any time since German unification.


Figures released earlier this month showed that German production grew 1.2 percent in May cheap air max 95 , well ahead of forecasts for 0.2 percent growth. As a consequence, industrial output has risen for five consecutive months, the best track record witnessed since the outbreak of the European sovereign debt crisis in 2010.


According to the Federal Labor Office, the German unemployment rate stood at a historical low of 5.5 percent in June 2017.


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China's top naval official left Beijing for a visit to the United States on Sunday, a move experts described as part of the "rare, determined and intensive efforts" by Beijing and Washington in recent months to improve military ties.


The trip coincides with a joint China-US naval drill, involving three Chinese warships, scheduled on Monday in waters off Hawaii.


Wu Shengli cheap nike air max shoes , commander-in-chief of the People's Liberation Army navy, will pay an official visit at the invitation of Chief of US Naval Operations Admiral Jon Greenert, the Chinese navy said in a news release on Sunday.


His tour comes three weeks after Minister of National Defense Chang Wanquan visited the US.


"During the visit, Wu Shengli will meet leaders of the US navy and discuss issues including building up a new type of China-US naval relations and constructively pushing up relations between Chinese and US navies," said the document. Wu will also visit US naval and marine units cheap nike air max , it said.


Meanwhile, speaking at Washington-based think tank American Enterprise Institute on Thursday morning, Greenert said he is looking forward to meeting Wu as "we continue our mil-to-mil relationship, evolving and maturing that relationship".


Niu Jun, professor at the School of International Studies of Peking University cheap air max shoes , said: "I have spent years studying China-US relations. It is very rare to see the determined efforts made by both sides, after the two new administrations took office, to improve the relations."


"And progress in military ties is the most eye-catching and symbolic part in bilateral relations. That is partially because it is the sphere with most problems," Niu said.


Shortly before Wu's arrival, three Chinese navy ships pulled into Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Friday for a search-and-rescue exercise with the US navy.


The three ships — destroyer Qingdao cheap air max , frigate Linyi, and fleet oiler Hongzehu — carry a helicopter and 680 officers and sailors. They were greeted in Hawaii with a lion dance from a children's group.


The drill is scheduled on Monday with USS Lake Erie in waters off Waikiki and Diamond Head.


"This port visit is part of the US navy's ongoing efforts to maximize opportunities for developing relationships with foreign navies as a tool to build trust, encourage multilateral cooperation, enhance transparency, and avoid miscalculation in the Pacific," the US Navy said in a news release.


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