Saarc summit: China welcomes Gilani-Singh meeting
"China is always happy to see contact between India and Pakistan," says Lei
BEIJING:
China on Thursday welcomed the meeting between the prime ministers of Pakistan and India on the sidelines of the Saarc Summit in Maldives.
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said, “China is always happy to see contact between India and Pakistan”. Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh met on Thursday ahead of the opening of the 17th summit of South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc). Hong further expressed hope that both countries would “overcome their current differences and improve their relations”.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 11th, 2011.
China on Thursday welcomed the meeting between the prime ministers of Pakistan and India on the sidelines of the Saarc Summit in Maldives.
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said, “China is always happy to see contact between India and Pakistan”. Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh met on Thursday ahead of the opening of the 17th summit of South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc). Hong further expressed hope that both countries would “overcome their current differences and improve their relations”.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 11th, 2011.