Pakistan-China friendship rooted deeply peoples heart as we stand by each other in difficult times: FM

Pakistan-China all weather strategic cooperative partnership has become an anchor for peace and stability in the region, Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said, adding that both the countries support each other on their respective core issues.

According to media reports, the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi has expressed thes views while addressing a conference regarding Pakistan-China bilateral relationship in Islamabad on Wednesday.

On the occasion, the Foreign Minister said that Pakistan has always upheld ‘One-China Policy’ and supported China on Taiwan, Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong and South China Sea issues. He said China has stood by Pakistan in supporting our key strategic, economic, developmental priorities and always supported Pakistan on Jammu and Kashmir dispute.

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Shah Mahmood Qureshi further stated that Pakistan-China friendship is rooted deeply in the hearts of people of the two countries and both the countries have the finest tradition of standing by each other through difficult times. He said that our cooperation against coronavirus pandemic remained exemplary in line with this tradition.

The Minister has said that Pakistan looks forward for a multifaceted relationship with China and our future vision is to combine Infrastructure, Knowledge, Digital, Health and Green Corridors to make CPEC a People’s Corridor of Prosperity and Progress. He said the CPEC has helped us in infrastructure development and address our energy needs in the first phase and our focus is on industrialization, agriculture cooperation, socio economic development and job creation in the second phase.

“We have prioritized three Special Economic Zones in the second phase of CPEC. We welcome businessmen and entrepreneurs from all countries to benefit from our investment friendly regime and reap economic dividends from these SEZs,” he said, adding that Pakistan will continue to firmly advance CPEC and ensure timely completion of the corridor related projects.