China's Xi Jinping Greets New Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, Says 'Iron-Clad Friendship Choice Of History And...'
Date
3/10/2024 4:00:40 AM
(MENAFN- Live Mint) "Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulated the newly elected Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on becoming the President of Pakistan. He said that the two nations' \"iron-clad friendship\" is a \"choice of history\" and that the ties' \"strategic significance\" has increased in light of recent global developments late Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's husband, Zardari, was resoundingly elected as Pakistan's 14th President on Saturday, making history as the nation's only civilian leader for a second time Read: Shehbaz Sharif becomes Pakistan's new PM, Asif Ali Zardari President. What does it mean for India?Zardari, the co-chairperson of the Pakistan Peoples Party, was the joint candidate of the ruling alliance of the PPP and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).In his message to Zardari on Sunday, Xi said \"China and Pakistan are good neighbours, good friends, good partners and good brothers, adding that the two countries' iron-clad friendship is a choice of history and a precious treasure of the two peoples.\"Also Read: Meet Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan's presidential candidate, 'strongly' backed by Shehbaz SharifXi said that \"the two countries have in recent years maintained close high-level exchanges, supported each other on issues concerning their respective core interests and major concerns, achieved fruitful results in the construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and maintained a high level of development of bilateral relations,\" state-run Xinhua news agency reported in his message said, that as the world is confronted with accelerated changes unseen in a century, the strategic significance of China-Pakistan relations has become more prominent said he highly regards the development of China-Pakistan relations, and is ready to work with President Zardari to carry forward the traditional friendship between China and Pakistan, advance practical cooperation in various fields, push for greater development of China-Pakistan all-weather strategic cooperative partnership, accelerate the building of an even closer China-Pakistan community with a shared future in the new era, so as to better benefit the two peoples, Xi greeted Shehbaz Sharif on being elected as Pakistan's Prime Minister Read: Pakistan's new PM Shehbaz Sharif pledges to 'maintain relations with neighbors' and 'eradicate terrorism' | Top 5 quotesThe return of Shehbaz and his brother Nawaz Sharif as well as Zardari at the helm of Pakistan's politics and government in the midst of chaos and severe economic crisis in Pakistan is viewed with a sense of relief here as all three of them over their years in power in the past few decades maintained close ties with Chinese leaders and furthered the strategic ties with Beijing viewed widely as a strategic alliance against India.(With inputs from Reuters)
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