President Arif Alvi, Xi Jinping hailed Iron-Brotherhood between Pakistan and China

ISLAMABAD/BEIJING, MAY 2021: On 21 May, the top leadership of Pakistan and China exchanged special messages to congratulate the peoples and governments of the two countries on 70th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic ties between Pakistan and China. The messages were exchanged between the Presidents, the Prime Minister/Premier and the Foreign Ministers of the two countries. 

In their messages, President Dr. Arif Alvi and President Xi Jinping hailed Iron-Brotherhood between Pakistan and China which has been elevated to all-weather strategic cooperative partnership between in last seven decades. They paid rich tribute to the successive generations and leadership of the two countries who made great sacrifices to lay a sound foundation of this fraternal relationship.

Exchanging their special messages on the occasion of the 70th anniversary celebrations, Prime Minister Imran Khan and Premier Li Keqiang highlighted that Pakistan-China ties are rooted in bilateral trust, mutual understanding and commonality of views on major global challenges. Reviewing the steady development of economic and trade relations, Prime Minister Imran and Premier Li observed that Pakistan and China would continue their successful cooperation to make CPEC a high quality development project of the Belt and Road Initiative.

In their messages, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi noted with satisfaction that bilateral ties are expanding in diverse fields of cooperation as per the aspirations of peoples of both nations. They highlighted that by virtue of close coordination and communication at all tiers, both countries have extended unflinching support to each other on their respective core issues both bilaterally and at multilateral fora.

In their messages, the Chinese leadership extended strong support to Pakistan in its fight against COIVD-19 and assured that China would continue extending unwavering assistance to Pakistan for provision of COVID-19 vaccines to defeat the pandemic.

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