Pakistan PM lauds ties with China

Pakistani Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain Monday in Islamabad said Pak-China friendship is a model friendship and the relations between the two countries have stood the test of time, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported.

The prime minister made the remarks while meeting with a 13-member Chinese media delegation.

Hussain added that Pakistan was consolidating its economy and China's role has been laudable in this regard.

He said media cooperation between Pakistan and China will greatly help promote closer ties between the two brotherly countries.

On the Pak-Indo relations, Hussain said that Pakistan believes in resolution of all disputes with its neighboring countries through dialogue.

The Pakistani government has initiated the process of dialogue with India to resolve all outstanding issues including the core issue of Kashmir to bring peace to the region, he said.

Earlier Monday, Broadcasting and Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed also met the Chinese delegation, during which he said the Pak-China friendship is gaining strength day by day.

He said a number of big projects have been underway in Pakistan with cooperation and assistance from China, which is clear proof of the friendship between the two countries.

He said China has always extended its full support to Pakistan in all difficult circumstances and added that Pakistan is proud of its friendship with China.

Appreciating the exchanges of delegations between the two countries, Rashid said such exchanges always further strengthen the cordial relations between the two friendly countries.

He said that a delegation of Pakistani journalists, intellectuals and writers will visit China by the end of this month to promote people-to-people links between the two countries.