ISLAMABAD: Sino-Pak ties are based on firm foundations of mutual respect, trust, peaceful co-existence and brotherly neighbourhood and are without parallel in the contemporary era of inter-state relations.
These views were expressed by acting National Assembly Speaker Murtaza Javed Abbasi while speaking to a Chinese delegation headed by Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee Chairman Yu Zhengsheng, who called on him at the Parliament House in Islamabad on Wednesday.
During the call, the matters of mutual interests and strategic matters in the region came under discussion.
The acting speaker highlighted that based on shared geopolitical, economic, historical and strategic interests; Pak-China relations have always stood the test of time.
“We have firmly stood by each other through thick and thin and that is the reason this friendship has passed from one generation to the other”, he said.
Referring to Pak-China strategic and inter-parliamentary relations, he said that this relation enjoys across-the-board political and popular public support.
“The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a manifestation of Pak-China friendship and a demonstration of our resolve to broaden cooperation in all spheres of development”, Murtaza Javed Abbasi remarked.
He added that the completion of the CPEC would unleash a new era of Pak-China relations.
The acting speaker highly appreciated Chinese assistance for enabling Pakistan’s Parliament to switch over to solar power for meeting its electricity requirements.
He further underlined the need for increasing the frequency of exchange of Parliamentary delegations to cement inter-parliamentary ties.
Yu Zhengsheng endorsed Murtaza Javed Abbasi’s proposal for cementing inter-parliamentary relations and expressed confidence in the progress of people-to-people contacts between both the countries. He further highlighted that China and Pakistan share the vision for regional peace and development manifested in unanimous support for the CPEC.
He asserted that Pakistan has an unrivalled importance in China’s strategic calculations and added that the leadership of both countries has demonstrated an unflinching resolve to further strengthen bilateral relations.
A vibrant Pak-China cooperation is central for tackling challenges in the region and beyond, he concluded.
