Chinese senior diplomat Yang Jiechi recently conducted a two -day visit to Pakistan. What is the significance of this visit?Ministry of Foreign Affairs

On July 1, 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Zhao Lijian presided over a regular press conference

Papong News Agency: Chinese senior diplomat Yang Jiechi recently visited Pakistan for two days. Can you provide more information? What is the significance of this visit?

Zhao Lijian: At the invitation of the Pakistani government, Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Working Committee, made a formal visit to Pakistan from June 29th to 30th. During his visit to Pakistan, Director Yang Jiezheng met with Prime Minister Bashaza, Foreign Minister Biravar, and Balja, Chief of Staff, to exchange opinions on bilateral relations, pragmatic cooperation and international regional issues that were concerned about.

Director Yang Jiechi emphasized that China has always placed China -Pakistan relations in the priority direction of surrounding diplomacy, and is willing to further strengthen policy communication and development strategic docking with Pakistan, continuous traditional friendship, enhance strategic mutual trust, deepen pragmatic cooperation, safe, smooth, high quality, high quality Build the China -Pakistan Economic Corridor, and work together to build a more close community of China -Pakistan's destiny in the new era. Pakistan emphasized that the development of relations with China is the cornerstone of Pakistan's foreign policy. Pakistan is willing to work with China to deepen pragmatic cooperation in various fields, accelerate the construction of the China -Pakistan Economic Corridor, and promote the new height of Pakistan and China ’s all -weather strategic partnership. The two sides agreed to further strengthen cooperation in maintaining and promoting regional security development and counter -terrorism, and play a positive role in regional and world peace and development.

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