Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (R) meets with Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 30, 2015. PHOTO: PID
BEIJING: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday that while China wants to continue working on expanding connections and assistance with Pakistan at all levels and in various areas, it hoped its long standing partner would adopt effective measures to protect its workers and projects in the country, Chinese news agency Xinhua reported.
In a meeting with National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq in Zhongnanhai, the headquarters of the Chinese government, Li stressed that China always ascribes significance to growing relations with Pakistan and firmly supports the country's effort to safeguard independence and sovereignity.
Li said that the development of the China-Pakistan economic corridor had provided a tactical background for the two countries to carry out practical collaboration. He expressed the wish that the two sides would further develop useful cooperation and mutually advance development of the economic corridor.
The Chinese premier said they are ready to work with Pakistan to maintain peace within the region and promote prosperity and development.
According to Sadiq, the friendly relationship between Pakistan and China has raised a model for international relations. The two countries will jointly celebrate the year of friendly exchanges.
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Very recently china has banned wearing burkha. It has also banned young people from entering mosque before they reach a certain age. Authorities there lock down mosques unilaterally as and when they decide for that barring uyghur muslims from offering their namaz and assemble for religious exchanges. This is mainly implemented in East Turkestan ( Xinjiang ). Pakistan is silent like a stone in the arctic cold. Does Pakistan really care about atrocities over muslims who are asking for independence ? Pakistan must take a principled stand over right to self-determination. If it becomes only Kashmir-specific then it would look like a ploy to grab land and resources. This then makes Pakistan a opportunist greedy state that merely invokes Islam to satisfy its greed.
What in the world is going on here... ? All the comments so far are from Indians, i am the first Pakistani to comments, LoL, so here it goes, Tribune please publish this if you a Pakistani News site, I think you will, Thank you, so here is my comment. Long live Pak-China Friendship...... Take that all you jealous Indians.. Ha ha...
'Do more' from Pakistan's 'all weather friend'...
Pakistan must put Islamic values first. Do not forget that Muslims are being oppressed in China.
Snakes are only an asset for the snake charmers and no one else.
China may be the sole country that can put some pressure on Nawaz Sharif to distance himself from the Saudi/Wahhabi terrorist mentality of Nawaz Sharif that is part and parcel of PML N has since the Zia days.
Thank you China for once again trying to save Pakistan
Great interaction.
Diplomacy is about having such honest exchanges.
I guess the Chinese are saying the same thing as the head of the UN and much of the World ... Pakistan should "do more". Pakistan deserves kudos for it's recent activities in fighting terrorist - but foreigners recall a time not that long ago when Pakistan considered some of these terrorist as "assets". Bottom line -- you want foreign capital you must make Pakistan safe.
how naive is china being proclaimed as hard workers, whole country has been triggered to security state, security need a security situation and china claiming to their workers be protected