PM Shehbaz extends heartiest greetings to President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang & people of China on the National Day of China

ISLAMABAD, Oct 01 (SABAH): Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has extended heartiest greetings to President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and the people of China on the National Day of China.

In a statement issued on twitter on Saturday, PM Shehbaz Sharif said that the peaceful rise of China as the second largest economy and paramount global power is a source of stability in a perpetually changing world.

PM Shehbaz Sharif said that China offers a promise of hope to developing world beset by multiple crises relating to climate, finance, food and energy. He said that Chinese template of inter-state relations prioritizes cooperation over confrontation and is the governing principle in formation of a Community of Common Destiny.

PM Shehbaz Sharif said that personally, he is deeply touched by the Chinese adherence to remarkable work ethic and national discipline. “This explains how China has been able to lift 800 million people out of acute poverty. At this stage in our national life, work, work and work alone can lift us out of crises” he said.