Prime
Minister of Pakistan Shahid Khaqan Abassi who is visiting Sochi, Russia to
participate in the Council of Heads of Government of Shanghai Cooperation
Organization today met with the Premier of the State Council of the People’s
Republic of China, Li Keqiang.
The
Prime Minister congratulated Chinese Premier on the success of 19th Congress of
the Communist Party of China and his reelection on the Political Bureau as well
as of President Xi Jinping as Party General Secretary. He reaffirmed Pakistan’s
traditional strong support to China on its core issues, including ‘One China
Policy’. The Prime Minister appreciated the active work being undertaken
by the SCO under the Chinese current chairmanship and assured Pakistan’s
complete support in fulfilling the targets set forth by China in political,
security, economic and cultural realms during its Presidency.
The
Chinese Premier reiterated full commitment to the all-weather strategic
cooperative partnership between the two countries. He stated that Pakistan’s
membership of SCO will further contribute to the regional peace, security,
stability and development. Premier Li expressed happiness over the
finalization of Long-Term Plan of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor during the
recently held 7th meeting of the Joint Cooperation Committee in Islamabad.
The
two sides expressed satisfaction on the overall level of engagement and agreed to
continue close cooperation both within SCO and at the bilateral level in all
areas particularly political, economic and trade, defense and strategic and
multilateral and United Nations matters. The leaders acknowledged that
Pakistan-China partnership is an anchor of strength for regional and global
peace and stability. They underscored continued support to each other on all
issues of mutual interest.
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