The Chinese military today said it is working to advance its ties with the defence forces of India, even as it intends to strengthen its already multi-dimensional relationship with the Pakistani military. In a 41-page white paper outlining the policies and perceptions of world's largest standing military of 2.3 million personnel, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) said it intends to work at building trust with its neighbouring countries. PLA policy paper said, China has strengthened military relations with its neighbouring countries. While PLA shares very close strategic links with its all-weather ally Pakistan, it has also in the recent past tried to enhance ties with the Indian military as part of wider attempts to improve overall relations between the two countries. The process suffered a reverse last year after India, in response to the denial of visa by China to its top General B S Jaswal on the ground that he headed troops in Jammu and Kashmir, which it regards as disputed territory. He was to come to Beijing to attend a bilateral meeting. Following this, India called off its defence exchanges with PLA, even though Chinese Defence Ministry continues to maintain that its military ties with India were intact. The issue was expected to figure in next month's meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese President Hu Jintao on the sidelines of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (BRICS) at the Chinese island of Sanya.China had also promised to review its policy to issue stapled visas to residents of Jammu and Kashmir.