ISLAMABAD – China Monday welcomed the recent positive interactions between Pakistan and India and said that it was ready to work with Pakistan to inject positive energy into regional peace, stability and development. This is the first official confirmation of a positive back channel contacts between the two countries. “China is pleased with Pakistan’s recent positive interactions with India. We …
ISLAMABAD – China and Iran on Saturday signed a comprehensive 25-year Strategic Economic Cooperation agreement, inked by Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s on-going six-nation tour to West Asia. The deal, which has been in the works for five years, was signed …
ISLAMABAD: Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday announced China would donate additional shots of coronavirus vaccine to Pakistan by March 31. The assurance came during a telephone call between Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Yi wherein the former sought more Chinese vaccines to fight the disease. Yi said that over a hundred countries had approached China …
BEIJING, China: Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Guilin, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Monday. The two sides conducted strategic communication on international and regional issues of common concern and reached broad consensus. This is Lavrov’s first visit to China since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The …
Indo-Pak Peace: Time to bury the past and move forward ISLAMABAD – Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa Thursday said that that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has been at the heart of Pakistan’s economic transformation plan and we have left no quarter to declare its necessity for addressing our economic woes. Bajwa’s comments come a day after Prime …
Say Muslims in Xinjiang Province enjoying full religious, ethnic rights ISLAMABAD – Speakers at a virtual conference have unanimously agreed that Chinese government has supported and protected the development of its ethnic minority groups while Muslims in Xinjiang Province are enjoying full religious and ethnic rights and their right to worship and religion is fully protected under the law. …
ISLAMABAD – Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China Li Keqiang met the press on Thursday after the closing of the fourth session of the 13th National People’s Congress. The premier took questions from Chinese and foreign reporters via video link. On employment – Potential surge in unemployment a major government concern during height of …
BEIJING, China (CGTN): Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday said improvements to Hong Kong’s electoral system were necessary to ensure stability, urged U.S. President Joe Biden to make a “clear departure” from his predecessor’s approach to the Taiwan region and dismissed allegations of genocide in Xinjiang as “a lie through and through.” Speaking via video link …
BEIJING, China: State Councilor and Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi answers questions about the country’s foreign policy and external relations at a press conference on Sunday during the fourth session of the 13th National People’s Congress, China’s top legislature. The press conference, which begins at 3 pm, is virtual at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, in line …
Premier Li Keqiang unveils China’s plan to tackle numerous challenges in new development stage BEIJING (CGTN): China has set a gross domestic product (GDP) growth target of over six percent for 2021 and outlined a plan to promote innovation, green development, and common prosperity in the next five years. Addressing the country’s annual legislative session, Premier Li Keqiang on Friday …