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XINHUA-PAKISTAN SERVICE

China hopes safety of its nationals in PakistanBreaking

November 01, 2017

BEIJING, Nov 1 (INP): China hopes that Pakistan would continue with its best efforts to find the perpetrators, involved in kidnapping and killing of its two nationals and bring them to justice at an early date. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying told newsmen here that the relevant authorities of Pakistan have confirmed that the two Chinese nationals kidnapped in late May in Pakistan were killed. The statement issued be spokesperson said, “We express our deep condolences to the victims and sincere sympathy to the families of the victims. The Foreign Ministry of China and our diplomatic missions in Pakistan activated emergency response mechanism immediately after learning the kidnapping. We have been in close communication and cooperation with each other and making all-out rescue efforts. China firmly opposes and strongly condemns all forms of terrorism and extreme violent acts targeting civilians. China supports Pakistan's counter-terrorism efforts and will enhance counter-terrorism cooperation with the international community to safeguard peace and stability in the region and beyond. China always attaches high importance to protecting security and the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens overseas. We once again remind Chinese nationals who are abroad or planning to go abroad to take heed of relevant travel risk alerts and raise security awareness.” INP/J/SB