The recent meeting between the heads of state of China and Pakistan is "significant" for the promotion of a strategic and cooperative partnership between the two countries, said Qin Gang, spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Beijing Tuesday.

Qin said at a regular press conference that Chinese President Hu Jintao met with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf during the Asia-Africa summit in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, and the two sides exchanged views on political relations, economic cooperation and trade between the two countries, as well as on the situation in South Asia.

He said China and Pakistan are two developing countries with "traditional good-neighborly relations," and that the meeting between Hu and Musharraf will push forward the strategic and cooperative partnership as well as the cooperation between the two countries.