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Pakistan, China sign mutual military cooperation agreement
Chinese delegation meets Army chief, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Chairman.
Chinese delegation meets Army chief, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Chairman. PHOTO: ISPR
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan and China signed a document for bilateral military cooperation on Tuesday.
According to a press release by the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the document was signed during a visit of Chinese delegation led by Deputy Chief of General Staff of People Liberation Army General Ma Xiaotian to Joint Staff Headquarters in Rawalpindi.
The delegation met Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Chairman General Khalid Shameem Wynne and discussed ongoing cooperation between the armed forces of the two countries.
General Xiaotian appreciated the role played by the people and armed forces of Pakistan especially their efforts against terrorism. He reiterated that the cooperation in different fields between the two armed forces will continue with a renewed resolve and commitment towards each other.
The visit of the Chinese delegation commences the start of the 9th round of Pakistan-China Defence and Security Talks.
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‘General Xiaotian appreciated the role played by the people and armed forces of Pakistan especially their efforts against terrorism..’
So China gives TWO stern warning to Pakistan to stop exporting and they listened. Wonderful.
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Agreement to hand over G-B to Chinese army?
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Very bad news for India. Because any kind of strategic relation between these two countries is a clear indication of vieled threat to India.Pakistan can never be a friend of India because of its divisive tactics.India should keep vigil as much as possible.
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India must hope these strategic relationship should not be used against them.
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Goodbye USA daddy, come here Chinese Daddy.
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I think Pakistan has sold out major assets to china.. it includes gwador port, Gilgit, north western areas and other strategic assets. Chinese are shrewd businessmen and they will not even spend a dollar on useless causes. Anyways, today china controls almost everything here. Its turning out to be another colony.
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Agreement to hand over Pakistan to chinese army?
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Pakistan already has an agreement of mly cooperation with China , what is new in it ?
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Now Pakistan can dare to shoot down Drones . Isn’t it .
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Get some drone zappers from them
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@Treck:
Why does Pakistan always need a daddy?
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@Treck: ” … Goodbye USA daddy, come here Chinese Daddy. … “
Is it Daddy or Sugar Daddy.
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Pakistan … now called as Chinese colony
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This country has found a new Daddy
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No problem regarding the defense agreements but sincerely hope that Kashmir has not been gifted to the Chinese friends !!!
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Wow ! we just got a new Master…
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Has Bilour read this?
http://tribune.com.pk/story/416089/china-restricts-ramazan-fasting-in-restive-xinjiang/
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@Jaideep Gupta: then make a no war pack w/pakistan and china,if USA let you do it??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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The news require further clarifications and details.
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@mahakaalchakra: Agreement to hand over G-B to Chinese army?
Yah… To Chinese. Why? Should give it to you with 99% Muslim Population so that You can Slaughter them too like what your Regime is doing in Kashmir?
@Jaideep Gupta: India must hope these strategic relationship should not be used against them.*
I don’t think China need to do any harm to any of its neighbors .It has proven that over the years. On the Contrary India had been the epicenter of all State Sponsored Terrorism in the region. Well, That Hindu State Terrorism will be checked with this partnership. No Hindu State Terrorism of TAMIL TIGER Style any more in Afghanistan or Central Asia.
@sunil bhalla: Agreement to hand over Pakistan to Chinese army?
Yah. Absolutely. Why? You want to take it by force from them or what? Too Bad.. Because Chinese might not agree on that.LOL
@Dr. A.K.Tewari: Now Pakistan can dare to shoot down Drones . Isn’t it .
Should it? You tell. Will take your suggestion. But One thing I can guarantee, Hindu is on the run from Afghanistan for the Fear of Taliban. LOL
@kumar: Pakistan … now called as Chinese colony
Well, it will never be called a Hindu Colony, That’s for sure.
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what agreement ? no details in the article.
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@Hasan:
where is it you live because you know nothing at all
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Pakistan is playing the Chinese against the Russians. Good move.
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@Akbar Khan: “Well, it will never be called a Hindu Colony, That’s for sure.”
Hindus do not believe in colonisation. Muslims in India have full freedom of worship. IF you do not have your blinders on, you will know that is not the case with Muslims in China.
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@Akbar Khan:
Pakistan be careful with the Chinese , India is a known devil, Chinese are different. Learn from Chinese history, all events in its history are filled with violence. Just during 1960s, 20-45 million Chinese died because of Cultural revolution (yes, they also burned all kind of religious symbols , Holy books (related to Islam) etc).
Look at its intervention in South China countries, Remember Pol Pot?, he killed 21% of his own people (basically all city people), he was Maoist (Chinese communist), funded by China. Remember Vietnam-china war, it was a very small war, no one remembers it, but 60,000 Chinese soldiers and 50,000 Vietnam soldiers died in it. India-Pak wars are child’s play compared to Chinese wars in its last 5000 years of history.
Even today, Chinese have 2 card system where village folks are not allowed into its Cities. City folks get all the benefits from state, village folks do not get anything. Until 1970s, Village folks paid 3 times more tax as City folks….Chinese continue to discriminate against their own people …Imagine if they will care for foreigners or non Hans Ethnic people.
Chinese will give lots of goodies to Pak, but please do not blindly embrace China in your blind hated of India. A honest advice from an Indian. Chinese rise is feared by the whole world for a reason, its better Pakistanis learn from Chinese history and compare it with Indian subcontinent history.
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I dont find anything wrong with our all-weather/higher-than-himalaya/deeper-than-ocean/greener-than-dollar/rounder-than-circle friendship with china.
However, all this decision should be taken with civilian gocernment on board. All the terms and conditions of the treaties that deals with assets owned by “we the people” (gwadar, mining in balochistan, GB etc.) should be made transparent and known to the public. I dont trust the foresight and intellect of our khakis…..besides they (khakis, government) are known for corruption, i wouldnt be surprised if they sell us out for 10 cents on a dollar to the chinese.
Also we should bring up the human-right’s issue with our muslim brothers in china. All suffering muslims are brothers, kashmiris, palestanian and also chinese.
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@arijit…if you know anything about our history, you would know that we played everyone ;)
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Military cooperation between Pakistan and China
should not mean a united front against India.
India has a great potential as a friend of Pakistan,both the countries have so much in common,we should correct our perceptions about each other,
The day these two neighbours learn to live with each other as friends,they will be on the road to progress and prosperity.
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@Treck:
are they your daddies… how many daddies you have ?Recommend
@Arijit Sharma:
Get ready you indians after the US and its followers flee from Afghanistan.Recommend
i tell the Indians to get ready for the STRIKE after the US and its followers flee from Afghanistan. PAK CHINA friendship is a thorn in your eyes….Recommend