Chinese Chargée d'affaires Pang Chunxue calls on PM Shehbaz

ISLAMABAD, July 11 (SABAH): Pang Chunxue, Chargée d'affaires of the
People’s Republic of China called on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in
Islamabad on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Shehbaz felicitated Communist Party of China on its 102nd
anniversary and thanked the CPC leadership for its firm support to Pakistan’s
sovereignty, integrity and economic development.

He said that as Iron Brothers and old friends, Pakistan and China have
always stood together in difficult times and have extended unflinching
support to each other on issues of mutual concern.

Recalling his substantive interactions with President Xi Jinping and more
recently with Premier Li Qiang, the Prime Minister appreciated strong
personal commitment of the Chinese leadership for strengthening bilateral
ties between the two countries. Noting the upward trajectory in Pakistan-
China ties and deepening economic and financial relationship, the Prime
Minister thanked China for its support for Pakistan’s economic stability and
expressed his firm commitment to further deepen development cooperation

between the two countries under the rubric of Global Development Initiative
and CPEC.

Conveying the best wishes and felicitations of the Chinese government for
Pakistan, Ms. Pang underscored that Pakistan is an All-weather Strategic
Cooperative Partner of China and a time-tested friend. She highlighted that
Chinese government and the Communist Party of China accorded a special
place to Pakistan in its neighborhood diplomacy and looked forward to
further deepening relationship in all fields of bilateral cooperation.

Thanking the Prime Minister for his virtual participation in the first High Level
Forum on Global Development Initiative (GDI), Chinese Charge d’ Affaires
expressed China’s resolve to implement GDI projects in Pakistan as
envisaged by the leadership of two countries.

Pang underscored that CPEC was a flagship project of the Belt and Road
Initiative and that Chinese leadership would continue supporting Pakistan’s
efforts for developing CPEC as the high-quality demonstration project of the
BRI.

She reiterated that China regarded Pakistan as an important economic
partner and would continue its efforts for promoting socio-economic
development and financial stability of Pakistan.