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ISLAMABAD, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) – China and Pakistan pledged Saturday to advance the strategic partnership of cooperation between the two countries to reach a new high.
During his meeting with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi hailed Pakistan's parliamentary elections in July, saying China respected the people of Pakistan's choice. .
As a good friend of Pakistan, good partner and good neighbor, China will stand firmly with Pakistanis, Wang said.
Highlighting the ties between China and Pakistan as an all-time strategic cooperation partnership, Wang said relations between the two countries were based on long-term mutual understanding, mutual support and mutual trust.
China and Pakistan are "iron brothers" who have forged a proven friendship, Wang said.
Noting that China highly appreciates the reaffirmation of the new Pakistani government to continue to develop ties with China as a cornerstone of its foreign policy, Wang said China would continue to favor the development of relations with Pakistan neighborhood diplomacy. .
China will firmly support Pakistan's new government, assist Pakistan in its efforts to achieve new development goals, consolidate mutual strategic trust and strategic coordination, and speed up the construction of China-Pakistan economic corridor, round cooperation, deepen Friendship between the two peoples, push the all-weather strategic cooperation partnership to a new summit and forge a narrower China-Pakistan shared future community, Wang added.
For his part, Qureshi said that Pakistan and China are the most reliable partners and friends, and that the change of government would not affect their friendship.
The new Pakistani government fully supports the unique strategic cooperation partnership between Pakistan and China, and still considers its relations with China as the cornerstone of Pakistan's foreign policy, he said.
The Pakistani side has always been and will fully support the main interests and problems of China, said the Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs.
With regard to issues related to the security and national sovereignty of Pakistan, the Chinese side also sits on the Pakistani side, he added.
The new Pakistani government is now pushing ahead with an ambitious reform agenda and wants to learn from China's experiences in economic development, poverty alleviation, disaster reduction, anti-corruption and anti-corruption protection. environment. .
Pakistan is also willing to work with China to strengthen counterterrorism and defense, and to intensify coordination and cooperation in multilateral opportunities, to bring the strategic cooperation partnership between Pakistan and China to a new high.
At a joint press conference at the end of the meeting, the Chinese state councilor said the two sides had reached a consensus, including by strengthening mutual strategic trust, making advance bilateral trade in a balanced manner cooperation on capabilities and strengthening development and cooperation by focusing on people's livelihoods.
The two sides also agreed to strengthen defense and security cooperation, expand the exchange of governance experiences, expand cultural exchanges, strengthen cooperation on international and regional affairs, and strengthen the Sino-Pakistani community of shared future.
Wang pays an official visit to Pakistan from Friday to Sunday.
