{"id":15568,"date":"2025-08-02T18:05:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T18:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=15568"},"modified":"2025-08-02T18:05:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T18:05:10","slug":"pakistan-china-reaffirm-resolve-to-deepen-bilateral-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=15568","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan, China reaffirm resolve to deepen bilateral ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Pakistan and China on Saturday reaffirmed their commitment to deepening bilateral relations and expanding cooperation across various sectors, amid growing regional and global challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The reaffirmation came during a meeting between Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong in Beijing, where both sides discussed matters of mutual interest, with a particular focus on the second phase of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).<\/p>\n<p>Iqbal praised Beijing\u2019s consistent support for Pakistan, especially during recent tensions with India, and commended China&#8217;s leadership for its role in promoting global peace. He also described the Pakistan-China friendship as growing stronger \u201cwith every passing day\u201d and termed China&#8217;s development model an inspiration for Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Also Read:\u00a0Iranian president reaches Islamabad after paying tribute at Iqbal mausoleum<\/p>\n<p>Vice Foreign Minister Sun reiterated China\u2019s strong commitment to enhancing cooperation with Islamabad and expressed satisfaction with progress made under CPEC. He reaffirmed Beijing\u2019s intent to further strengthen strategic ties and deepen collaboration in political, economic, and regional affairs.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting underscored the long-standing partnership between the two countries, often described as \u201call-weather\u201d and \u201cironclad,\u201d and came days after a high-level interaction between the leadership of both nations.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Chief of Army Staff Gen Syed Asim Munir met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during his visit to Beijing. The Chinese foreign minister had emphasized that Pakistan remains a diplomatic priority for China and reiterated support for Pakistan&#8217;s efforts to combat all forms of terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>Wang expressed confidence in the Pakistani military\u2019s ability to ensure the safety and security of Chinese personnel, projects, and institutions across the country. He also reaffirmed China\u2019s readiness to work closely with Pakistan to implement the strategic consensus reached by the leadership of both sides and jointly promote regional peace and stability.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan and China on Saturday reaffirmed their commitment to deepening bilateral relations and expanding cooperation across various sectors, amid growing regional and global challenges. The reaffirmation came during a meeting between Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong in Beijing, where both sides discussed matters of mutual interest, with a particular [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15568\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}