Happy Year of the Tiger! Happy Winter Olympics! Ambassador Munir Akram extends Chinese, Lunar New Year and Winter Olympics greetings Ambassador Munir Akram, the Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, greeted Called the occasion of Chinese New Year and hosting of Winter Olympics 2022 ‘double happiness’ at the virtual celebration of the Spring Festival and Opening of the Beijing Olympic Winter Games, hosted by Permanent Mission of China, says a press release received here today from New York. “It is a great pleasure to wish the Chinese people, China’s leaders and you, dear brother Ambassador Zhang Jun and your team, a very happy Chinese New Year”.: Ambassador Munir Akram said. He said in Chinese: ‘Xin nian Kuai le’ (Shin nee en khuai la). He called this “an auspicious occasion when China prepares to host the Winter Olympics next month”. “Beijing will have the unique distinction of having hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics” he added. “We are confident that, overcoming all difficulties, China will organize the Winter Olympics meticulously and make it a spectacular event for the athletes, the Chinese people, and the whole world which will be watching this great event” he expressed his hope. Ambassador quoted, Yao Ming, a famous basketball player from China, saying: “Sports is the best means of communication between different religions and countries.” “The global welcome to the hosting of the Winter Olympics in Beijing is the testimony of the world’s high regard for China, and respect for its great achievements, under the leadership of the CPC and President Xi Jinping” he said. Ambassador said that “the people of Pakistan and Prime Minister Imran Khan, greatly admires China’s unprecedented achievements in economic, social, technological and industrial development”. “Prime Minister Imran Khan was delighted to accept President Xi’s invitation to personally attend the Winter Olympics”. he added. He concluded by wishing “China’s all-weather friend and “iron brother” of Pakistan “all success in hosting the Winter Olympics and a very happy, peaceful, and prosperous year of the Tiger”. Ambassador Zhang Jun, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, appreciated Pakistan’s support and called the Pakistan-China relationship as an iron brotherhood. Earlier, Ambassador Munir Akram also joined Ambassador Zhang Jun , Chinese Ambassador to the UN, in his campaign about the role of Olympic Truce and Beijing Winter Olympics in harnessing the power of sport to advance the world by fostering an atmosphere of peace, development, resilience, tolerance, and understanding, Pakistan Mission posted social media posters sharing solidarity messages with the Chinese Mission.
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