![]() China has rendered valuable assistance to Pakistan’s economy in the construction of dams, ports, roads, power plants, and industrial projects. We are grateful to China for helping us build our civil and military infrastructure. It is not directed against any other country or community.Īmbassador Masood Khan regarded Pakistan-China friendship as the cornerstone of Pakistan’s foreign policy and an aspiration shared by all political forces and all people in Pakistan. Moreover, ours is a benign relationship which has sought stability and shared prosperity. ![]() Our cooperation has been based on the principles of mutual respect, mutual trust and mutual benefit. Masood Khan said in the past 60 years, our friendship has scaled many higher peaks, it has never gone through any troughs. President Hu Jintao has stressed that Pakistan is China’s good neighbour, close friend, dear brother, and trusted partner. President Zardari, Ambassador Khan mentioned, has said that this friendship is rooted in the hearts and minds of our two peoples. ![]() Sino-Pakistani friendship is a valuable asset for the people of both countries. People in Pakistan often say, we can give up gold, but not our friendship with China. Friendship towards China is embedded in the Pakistani psyche. China’s current Ambassador to Pakistan, Liu Jian said: China-Pakistan relations have gone beyond bilateral dimensions and acquired broader regional and international ramifications. Sino-Pakistani friendship not only meets the common aspirations and fundamental interests of our people, but also contributes to peace and stability in the region and beyond. In his message Yang Jiechi, China’s Minister for Foreign Affairs,said that during the last sixty years when one (of our countries) was in trouble, the other has always been there, firm as a rock. The picture book contains scores of historical photographs of meetings of Pakistani and Chinese leadership including Chaudhry Mohammad Ali, Ayub Khan, Mohammad Khan Junejo, Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao. The book has included some rare photographs including those of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed, President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani,Syed Alamdar Gilani, Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Chairman JCSC, General Khalid Shameem Wynne with Chinese leadership. He said this in his message printed in a photo album titled Sixty years of Diplomatic Relations between Pakistan and China, recently published by the World Affairs Press of China in both Chinese and English languages. Pakistan’s Ambassador to China, Masood Khan has said that longevity, resilience and trust are the best words to describe Pakistan-China relations, adding that no relationship among the two sovereign states is as unique as that between Pakistan and China. Indian intelligence agencies had in May last gathered evidence on the presence of several hundred of China’s People's Liberation Army engineers working in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir under the guise of regular Chinese workers.Ī vehement China had then officially denied the presence of Chinese military in the region India lays claim over the disputed PoK area and any interference by a third country in the region is bound to raise temperatures in New Delhi. "The railway link will make the route very short,” Khan said.Īfter China accused Pakistan of harbouring Xinjiang’s “Islamic separatist forces”, the Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on a visit to Xinjiang last week said that the troubled region plays an important and strategic role in building relationship between the two countries.ĭuring the visit, the Pakistani President reportedly discussed the laying down of a cross border pipeline to transport oil and gas to China through inland Eurasia. "A feasibility study of the railway had been conducted but there was still no time-table for starting the construction," Masood said.Īccording to Pakistan state run APP news agency, the Ambassador said that the railway line will shorten China's trading routes from the Gulf to Shanghai by 5,000 miles. China and Pakistan are planning to build a railway line connecting the two countries from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) to Kashgar, an old Chinese Silk road town in the restive north-western Xinjiang province said Masood Khan, Pakistan's ambassador to China.
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