China treating Pakistani students 'like our own' — Minister Wang Yi

ISLAMABAD: The Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi assured his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday that the administration in Beijing was doing everything to ensure the safety, health and well-being of Pakistani students in China.
According to an official handout circulated by the foreign office in Islamabad, Qureshi had a telephone conversation with the Chinese minister on Friday in which he conveyed his condolences on the loss of precious lives due to the outbreak of coronavirus in China.
The foreign minister also praised the Chinese authorities for doing everything to contain the virus, saying that “the government and the people of Pakistan stood firmly behind China in its resolute and momentous efforts to deal with the virus.”
“On behalf of the Government of Pakistan,” said the statement, “the Foreign Minister extended the offer of sending a field hospital to China, as well as sending group of doctors, to the brotherly people of China to assist them in the recovery efforts.”
Qureshi also thanked the Chinese authorities for taking “immense pains to help the Pakistani students in Wuhan and hoped that Beijing will continue to take best possible measures for the protection of Pakistani nationals.”
In response, Wang Yi noted the Chinese government was treating the Pakistani students “like our own.”
He also conveyed a special message of gratitude to Prime Minister Imran Khan on behalf of Premier Li Keqiang, saying that Pakistan “had shown tremendous support and solidarity with the Chinese people at this difficult time.”
The Chinese minister also thanked Qureshi for Pakistan’s offer of sending medical hospital and doctors to China.