China asks intl community to view Pak’s efforts objectively

Pakistan’s all-weather ally China on Wednesday hailed Islamabad’s constructive role on international and regional issues and asked the international community to view its efforts and contributions in fight against “terrorism” in an objective manner, Foreign Office said.

It said that Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah MehmoodQueshi, who arrived in Beijing after a three-day tour of Japan, met his Chinesecounterpart Wang Yi and discussed bilateral ties and agreed to build a closerties.

   

Qureshi arrived in Beijing ahead of Prime Minister ImranKhan’s visit to the Chinese capital to attend the 2nd Belt and Road Forum(BRF).

China will hold the BRF from Thursday to showcase itstrillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) without India’s presence for thesecond consecutive time, while 37 heads of the state and government, includingfrom Pakistan, would attend the three-day grand event.

The BRI was launched by Chinese President Xi Jinping when hecame to power in 2013. It aims to link Southeast Asia, Central Asia, the Gulfregion, Africa and Europe with a network of land and sea routes.

The CPEC, which connects Gwadar Port in Pakistan’sBalochistan with China’s Xinjiang province, is the flagship project of Xi’sambitious BRI.

India has been boycotting the BRI to protest over the USD 60billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) being laid through thePakistan-adminstered Kashmir.

“Both sides stressed that they regard developingChina-Pakistan relations as a diplomatic priority, and are committed tostrengthening all-weather strategic cooperative partnership between the twocountries and building a closer China-Pakistan community of shared future inthe new era,” said the FO in a statement.

It said that the Chinese side reiterated its steadfastsupport for Pakistan in safeguarding its sovereignty, territorial integrity,independence and national dignity, choosing its development path according toits national conditions, and establishing a better security environment.

The Chinese side appreciated Pakistan’s constructive role on international and regional issues, the FO said, adding both sides agreed to further strengthen their coordination and cooperation on international and regional matters, and to keep close communication and collaboration in multilateral forums including the UN, multilateral financial institutions, the SCO and the SAARC. PTI

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