Islamabad, October 13 (INP); Chinese Premier Li Qiang's three-day visit to Pakistan starting on Monday will help overcome difficulties and challenges implementing CPEC for the maximum benefit of the people, said Ambassador Jiang Zaidong. Briefing the newsmen here about the visit, he said, as for the temporary difficulties faced by CPEC construction and even the entire China-Pakistan practical cooperation mentioned above, there are both constraints from Pakistan's security environment and the impact of the global economic downturn. I think the first thing to solve is not what to do, but how to look at it.

He said, China and Pakistan are all-weather strategic cooperative partners and ironclad friends. We have just celebrated the 73rd anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan, and have reviewed the glorious history of China and Pakistan together. 

" We deeply feel that the relationship between the two countries has withstood the test and remains rock-solid. Especially President Xi Jinping made a historic visit to Pakistan in 2015, defining the positioning of China-Pakistan relations as all-weather strategic cooperative partnership, promoting China-Pakistan relations into the best period in history, and injecting strong impetus into building an even closer China-Pakistan community with a shared future in the new era. 

We would like to adhere to the development direction and strategic arrangements of China-Pakistan relations determined by President Xi Jinping, further seek greater synergy in the development strategies of the two countries, to promote the high-quality CPEC cooperation, to deepen our practical cooperation in various fields, and strengthen multilateral collaboration including SCO.

fully reflected the great importance China attaches to the development of China-Pakistan relations and its strong support for the new government of Pakistan. About the recent Karachi's incident, the Ambassador Jiang said" all sectors of Pakistani society for the deep condolences to Chinese citizens who lost their lives in the 6 October terrorist attack. 

Chinese side strongly condemns this terrorist act, expresses deep condolences to the victims, extends sincere sympathy to the relatives of the victims, and wishes the injured a speedy recovery.  After the incident, President Zardari, Prime Minister Shehbaz and all walks of life in Pakistan strongly condemned this insane terrorist act and vowed to resolutely defend China-Pakistan friendship. 

A large number of people in Balochistan Province also held rallies, holding banners with Chinese and Pakistani flag and also the slogan of "Balochistan and China Stand Together" on it, chanting "Support Pakistan-China Friendship" and "CPEC has changed the destiny of Balochistan Province" and other slogans, which let us deeply feel the solid foundation of China-Pakistan friendship.

The terrorist attacks on 6 October once again showed that violent terrorist acts challenge the common bottom line of human civilization. Terrorism is the common enemy of all mankind, and resolute and decisive measures must be taken to strictly crack down it. 

We appreciate the efforts and sacrifices made by the Pakistani government and military to combat terrorism. We hope that Pakistan will speed up the investigation of cases, severely punish criminals, and resolutely and effectively fight terrorism. 

We stand ready to further strengthen counter-terrorism and security cooperation with Pakistan, improve the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's mechanism to respond to security threats and challenges, strengthen close cooperation with all parties, work together to combat terrorism, and jointly safeguard regional peace and stability and international fairness and justice., "

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP) — Pak-China