Chinese ambassador to Pakistan Luo Zhaohui on Monday urged
Pakistan and China to join hands to push their bilateral
relationship forward.
He made the remarks when addressing a seminar jointly held by
the Institute of Strategic Studies of Islamabad (ISSI) and the
Chinese embassy in Islamabad on Monday.
Luo pointed out that China was satisfied with the Sino-Pak
relationship, but the two sides should make efforts to deepen
cooperation.
The political ties between China and Pakistan were strong while
the economic and trade cooperation should be enhanced, Luo said,
adding that the scale of bilateral trade was relatively small
despite rapid growth.
In recent years, China and Pakistan signed quite a number of
agreements and memorandum of understandings. However, the
implementation of these agreements was not well supervised and good
intentions did not bear fruits, Luo said. He also suggested the two
sides should set up a high-level coordination committee to make
sure the agreements were implemented.
Recent years witnessed the efficient and healthy official
communication between China and Pakistan, but the people to people
contact was not as good, Luo said.
He said China attached great importance to its relations with
Pakistan and looked forward to bringing the Sino-Pak relationship
to a new height.
The director general of ISSI, Dr. Shireen M Mazari, said at the
seminar the Pakistan-China relationship was well-established and
the strategic nature of the relationship should be sustained.
Director of the China Study Center of ISSI Fazal-ur-Rahman said
the Pakistan-China relations were based on solid foundations and
would not be impacted by the changes in regional or international
situation.
The chairman of ISSI, Inam ul Haque, said the two countries
should enhance their bilateral relations.
(Xinhua News Agency October 30, 2007)
