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The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, met Wednesday in Beijing with the Pakistani president, Asif Ali Zardari.
XI said that China and Pakistan enjoyed an unshakable friendship and were strategic partners in cooperation by all time.
In recent years, the two countries have enabled firm political support, have maintained close high-level exchanges, and have advanced the construction of the Chine-Pakistan economic corridor and cooperation in various fields, giving a good example for Relations between States, he said.
China is willing to work with Pakistan to promote their respective modernization efforts, accelerate the construction of a narrower Chine-Pakistan shared community in the new era, bring more profits to the peoples of the two countries, and contribute More to peace, stability and prosperity of the region, said Xi.
He stressed that China has always considered its relations with Pakistan since a strategic perspective and maintained a high degree of stability and continuity in its friendly policy towards Pakistan. According to him, China will always strongly support Pakistan in the safeguarding of its sovereignty, its independence and its territorial integrity, in the fight against terrorism and in the pursuit of a development path adapted to its national conditions.
He called on the two countries to deepen the synergy of development strategies and the exchange of governance experiences, to strengthen exchanges at all levels and between all authorities, as well as to constantly consolidate the political foundations of Sino-Pakistani relations.
China invites Pakistan to become one of the first countries to benefit from the further deepening of reform on all levels and the widening of the high level opening of China, noted Mr. XI, Adding that China was ready to deepen practical cooperation with Pakistan in various fields, to work together to improve cooperation of the Chine-Pakistan economic corridor and to help Pakistan consolidate the basics of its development and to release its development potential .
According to him, China hopes that Pakistan will intensify security measures for Chinese staff, projects and institutions in Pakistan and will strengthen bilateral and multilateral cooperation in the fight against terrorism.
Noting that next year will mark the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan, Mr. XI called the two parties to deepen exchanges and cooperation in the fields of culture, education And the media, in order to transmit friendship between China and Pakistan from generation to generation.
“China appreciates the active support of Pakistan in the three global initiatives and its participation in relevant cooperation and is willing to work with Pakistan to respect the five principles of peaceful coexistence, resist unilateralism and hegemonic practices, strengthen the Multilateral coordination and protect the common interests of developing countries, “he continued.
Pakistan will remain firmly alongside China, whatever the evolution of the situation, said Mr. Zardari. He expressed the recognition of Pakistan for the disinterested aid that China has brought to the economic and social development of his country. He said Pakistan was ready to draw inspiration from the successful experience of China and promote high-quality development of the Chine-Pakistan economic corridor and cooperation in various fields, in order to carry out industrialization and modernization .
Under the brilliant direction of President XI, China played a leading role of increased importance in international affairs and has become an increasing force for peace, stability and prosperity in the world, he noted.
Pakistan is ready to work closely with China to defend multilateralism, preserve free trade and promote the common interests of the two countries and the many developing countries, he added.
At the end of their interview, the two heads of state attended the signing of several bilateral cooperation documents in the fields of the China-Pakistan economic corridor, trade, science and technology, as well as the radio and television.
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