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Zardari made the comments during a meeting on Tuesday with Zhang Chunxian, the Communist Party chief of the restive region of Xinjiang, at the start of a trade expo in the capital, Urumqi.
His visit comes after officials in Kashgar, a city in south Xinjiang, said a stabbing attack in late July was orchestrated by members of the separatist "East Turkestan Islamic Movement" who trained in Pakistan before returning to China.
Xinjiang, a region torn by ethnic violence, borders Pakistan, and some members of the ethnic Uighur community opposed to Beijing's rule have sought refuge there.
Zardari said that Islamabad opposes any terrorist activities, Xinhua said in a report on Wednesday.
Pakistan and China are long-time allies, and in recent months Islamabad has leaned closer to China as its ties with the United States have deteriorated.
Yet China has its own concerns over Pakistan's stability as it struggles to fight militant groups operating from its soil.
In 2009, Zardari endorsed China's policies in Xinjiang, after Muslim Uighurs rioted against Han Chinese residents in Urumqi, killing at least 197 people, mostly Han.
Ahead of the expo, China has tightened security in Urumqi, deploying SWAT teams and increasing checks on flights bound for the region, state media said
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@Romm: Bollywood is a special kind of wood used by chuck Norris for his all new house in Abottobad.
If you notice top level Chinese leadership has been unwilling to meet Hina Rabbani Khar or the President who have tried to mend fences. This despite sending the ISI chief to China the very next day after the terror attack to apologize.
Iran, Afghanistan, India and US already accuse Pak of sponsoring terrorists. Now China has joined the bandwagon. DOes Pakistan not realize it will totally be isolated unless they shutdown the terrorist infrastructure - which includes fund collection by the charitable wings of these terrorist groups?
I am afraid Cautious is right. China will not be our all-weather ally if we cannot control our terrorist menace. There are no GOOD terrorists.
@Romm,
If you don't want indians here, you must ask ET to stop publishing bollywood and indian news to attract indian market...
Why the heck does ET always publish happy, posed pictures of Zardari? Is that also a requirement set by his PR or are you guys just simply in luuv with him?
Indies again!
Same old line - won't be long before China understands why the USA judges Pakistan based on what it does rather than what it promises.
Soon brace yourselves for drones from the Chinese.