China will continue its support to Pakistan, assures Vice President Wang Qishan

Beijing: Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif met with Vice President of the People’s Republic of China, Wang Qishan, where he reaffirmed China’s support to Pakistan’s independence and sovereignty and its counter-terrorism efforts.“China will continue to contribute to Pakistan’s economic development” Voice President added.Vice President Wang stressed that Pakistan-China relations were all weather and a model in inter-state relations.Pakistan Foreign Minister said CPEC will not only contribute to economic development of Pakistan but also have a salutary effect on the development of the region.He said that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a flagship project of President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative was making good progress and several projects have either been completed or are under implementation.Foreign Minister congratulated the Vice President on his recent election to the office and expressed his confidence that the Vice President would continue to play his role in further strengthening the strong and time-tested bilateral relations between Pakistan and China.While Voice President appreciated Pakistan’s active participation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and looked forward to the participation of the President of Pakistan in the SCO Qingdao Summit to be held in June 2018.The Foreign Minister and Vice President discussed various bilateral, regional and global issues and agreed to continue strategic communications between Pakistan and China on all issues.In the morning the Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif also held a bilateral meeting with Kamilov Abdul Aziz Khafizovich, Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan at Beijing on the sidelines of the Council of Foreign Ministers’ meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.Asif appreciated the active support of Uzbekistan for Pakistan’s membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization which was finalized during the SCO Astana Summit 2017.The two Foreign Ministers also discussed various issues of mutual interest and agreed to further strengthen bilateral, political, economic and people-to-people relations.After SCO foreign Minister meeting, Chinese Foreign Minister talked with media and said 14 resolutions have been signed.“Most of the resolutions will be in the draft to be signed during the Qingdao Summit. A long-term treaty of friendship among neighboring countries, an outline of plans for the next five years and cooperation from many other perspectives”, he added.He further said all parties agreed to promote practical cooperation, mutual benefits and common development.Before the summit of Qingdao, there’ll be meetings political parties, tourism ministers, supreme court judges and the journalists of respective countries.

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