Information minister also felicitates China on its National Day,
ISLAMABAD – Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar and Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani on Sunday conveyed warmest felicitations to President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Qiang and the Chinese nation on the 74th National Day of People’s Republic of China.
“Pakistan takes great pride in the achievements of our Iron Brother. In today’s world, China is an anchor of peace & stability as well as engine of development & progress. Long live Pak-China friendship,” Kakar posted on X, formerly twitter.
Meanwhile, Caretaker Foreign Minister Jilani extended his heartiest felicitations to his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and people of China on the National Day.
“Today we pay tribute to the rich history, culture, and achievements of this great nation and reiterate the resolve to take China-Pakistan iron-clad friendship to greater heights,” Jilani posted on X.
Meanwhile, in his video message on the microblogging site, interim Information Minister Murtaza Solangi also felicitated China on its National Day.
He said the people of Pakistan share the spirit of the festivities of the National Day of China.
The minister expressed hope this year and many years ahead of us will reinforce our all-weather relationship and promote peace and progress for us and the world at large.
Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani also extended his heartiest felicitations to Foreign Minister Wang Yi and the people of China on their National Day.
In his post on X, he said that they pay tribute to the rich history, culture, and achievements of this great nation and reiterate the resolve to take China-Pakistan’s iron-clad friendship to greater heights.
In an interview with The Washington Post during his visit to New York to attend the 78th United Nations General Assembly session earlier this week, Premier Kakar had said that Pakistan was focusing on its own interests without choosing sides in the great power competition, and the West was “over-obsessed” with efforts to contain China.
Pakistan, he had also said, intended to stay “neutral” on Russia’s war with Ukraine and saw China as its “all-weather friend” and “strategic partner”.
“It’s not a Cold War. There is no Iron Curtain here. It’s not that opaque. Everybody sees what is happening,” the prime minister had said.
He had further said the West was “over-obsessed” with efforts to contain China.
He had told the American newspaper that Pakistan was charting a path, designed to avoid getting caught up in the competition between the West and Russia and China.
PM Kakar had said Pakistan had no intention of committing to either camp in the growing US-China rivalry.
Last week, China had unveiled a white paper outlining its vision for building a global community of shared future, a concept initially proposed by President Xi Jinping in 2013.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi had emphasised that President Xi’s visionary idea had illuminated the correct path for the world, fostering international cooperation and consensus over the past decade.
Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Nong Rong, during a meeting with the Press Corps from Balochistan in Beijing last week, had said that Pakistan and China should engage in mutually beneficial cooperation which will benefit all Pakistani people.
Calling Pakistan and China “ironclad friends”, the top Chinese diplomat — who served as China’s ambassador to Pakistan for three years from September 2020 to September 2023 — recalled that the two countries had always supported each other and stood together in times of difficulty.
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