{"id":17707,"date":"2010-12-17T15:08:17","date_gmt":"2010-12-17T10:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/?p=17707"},"modified":"2010-12-17T15:08:17","modified_gmt":"2010-12-17T10:08:17","slug":"chinese-premier-kicks-off-official-visit-to-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/en\/2010\/12\/17\/chinese-premier-kicks-off-official-visit-to-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese premier kicks off official visit to Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD, Dec. 17 (Xinhua)<\/strong> — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao started an official visit to Pakistan Friday noon, in a bid to further push forward bilateral pragmatic cooperation and lift economic and trade cooperation to a new high.<\/p>\n

“The purpose of my visit this time is to solidify friendship, deepen cooperation, support Pakistan’s efforts of post-disaster reconstruction, and ring in, together with Pakistan, the 60th anniversary of China-Pakistan diplomatic relations in 2011,” Wen said in a written statement released at the airport.<\/p>\n

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and other senior officials welcomed Premier Wen at the airport.<\/p>\n

As an important country in the region, Pakistan has made positive contributions to peace, stability and development of the region and the world, said Wen.<\/p>\n

“China and Pakistan are all-weather cooperation partners. Under the complex and fluid international and regional circumstances, it is a firm policy of the Chinese government to further cement and deepen the strategic partnership of cooperation with Pakistan,” said Wen.<\/p>\n

Wen is expected to hold talks with Gilani and other Pakistani leaders on bilateral cooperation as well as issues of shared interest.<\/p>\n

Premier Wen will also attend a China-Pakistan business summit and meet Pakistanis who have contributed to the friendship between the two countries.<\/p>\n

China’s participation of Pakistan post-flood reconstruction is one of the main issues of Wen’s visit, said Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Hu Zhengyue.<\/p>\n

“We will continue to do what we can to support the Pakistani people,” Hu told a press briefing on Monday concerning Wen’s visit.<\/p>\n

China pledged a total of 250 million U.S. dollars to Pakistan after the floods hit Pakistan in July and August.<\/p>\n

Pakistan is the second leg of Wen’s two-nation South Asia trip. He started his official visit to India on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0http:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/english2010\/china\/2010-12\/17\/c_13653636.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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