ISLAMABAD: Chinese President Xi Jinping has said that his government is prepared to work with Pakistan to build the “China-Pakistan Community of Shared Future” and jointly promote cooperation among the regional countries, the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported on Friday.
China's President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with Pakistan's President Dr. Arif Alvi (L) before their meeting at the Great Hall in Beijing on 17 March, 2020. (Photo courtesy: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China)
In a letter to Pakistan’s President Dr. Arif Alvi, the Chinese leader said their countries were working to maintain the “momentum of peace and development in the region.”
He maintained that China and Pakistan were close allies and enjoyed “special friendship.”
President Xi mentioned the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as a major part of his government’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), adding it would further strengthen the bond between the two countries and deepen their strategic partnership.
He noted that political parties in China and Pakistan had regularly carried out friendly consultations which had helped consolidate political consensus between the two states and promoted steady and long-term development of the corridor project and BRI cooperation.
President Xi was responding to a letter of congratulations written by President Alvi on the second conference of the CPEC Political Parties Joint Consultation Mechanism.
He added that the outbreak of COVID-19 had proved the importance of mutual support‚ solidarity and cooperation, the APP reported.
