BEIJING: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Thursday calling the bilateral partnership made in “heaven” said that Pakistan blindly trusted China and that the country would not allow anything to undermine the bilateral strategic partnership, ARY News reported.
The prime minister, in his opening remarks while meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, said Pakistan firmly supported one China policy and would show it through its actions, not mere words.
The meeting took place on the sidelines of the Third Belt and Road Forum held here and attended by leadership and representatives from around 140 nations.
“Pakistan will not take an inch back when it comes to our relation with China,” he remarked as the two leaders met to discuss the bilateral and regional matters.
President Xi warmly received the prime minister as he arrived to hold the meeting accompanied by his delegation members including Shamshad Akhtar, Sarfaraz Bugti, Gohar Ejaz and others.
The prime minister thanked the Chinese leader for inviting him to attend the “historic” Belt and Road Forum and also congratulated him for the “resounding” success of the event.
He said President Xi’s address at the Forum was “profound, deep and visionary” which offered a lot of opportunities for the countries like Pakistan.
“I used to hear the phrase (Pak-China friendship) sweater than honey and iron clad brotherhood, but I realise that this moment is for Pakistan when you say ‘when China does well, the rest of the world does well.’ This is the moment for Pakistan to come and seize the opportunity,” he remarked.
He said the eight proposals President Xi had put forth at the Forum were actually a roadmap for not just physical connectivity but also an important stabilising factor in international order.
Prime Minister Kakar said Belt and Road Initiative was a “pragmatic” and “practical” answer to the global political, economic, civilisational challenges faced by many nations.
Pakistani premiere said the China’s unprecedented progress was a role model which transformed the lives of the millions of its people, also having no parallel in the world history.
He told the Chinese president that across the whole political structures in Pakistan, there was no dissenting view about China.
Prime Minister Kakar said that President Xi’s vision of the community of shared future was very relevant in the current disturbing time.
In his remarks, President Xi said that China stood ready to with Pakistan to carry forward the traditional friendship and deepen the bilateral partnership.
He also reiterated the resolve to accelerate building China Pakistan partnership in new era of community for shared future for benefit of the two people.
Furthermore, he also assured that China was committed for the high quality development of CPEC development and working for for peace development in the region.
