China's National People's Congress (NPC) will work with the National Assembly of Pakistan to push forward the relationship between the two countries, said Wu Bangguo, China's top legislator, Wednesday.

Wu, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, told Chaudhry Amir Hussain, speaker of the Pakistani National Assembly, that the NPC and its Pakistani counterpart have maintained sound cooperation in the international parliamentary organizations, and the two sides should promote exchanges on law-making and supervision in the future.

He said China and Pakistan are good neighbors, and Sino-Pakistani friendship has been tested by time and endured the changing international situations.

The leaders of the two countries have maintained frequent contacts and consulted with each other on major international and regional issues, he said, stressing that economic and trade cooperation between the two countries has expanded with a number of big projects undertaking smoothly.

He said that the further promotion of Sino-Pakistani relations conforms to the fundamental interests of the two countries and peoples. "China is thankful for the support of Pakistan on the Taiwan, Tibet and human rights issues," he said.

Hussain said Pakistan and China have enjoyed an "all-weather" friendship. He expressed gratitude for China's assistance to Pakistan, and reaffirmed that Pakistan supports China's positions on Taiwan, Tibet and human rights.

He expressed condolence to the Chinese victims in the recent hostage incident in Pakistan. He said the Pakistani government will do more to strike terrorism so as to prevent reoccurrence of similar incidents.