BEIJING – Commenting over bus service between China and Pakistan, a Chineseforeign ministry’s spokesperson Thursday said China had a clear cutposition on Kashmir issue and all the cooperation between China andPakistan had nothing to do with territorial dispute.
“In principle, I want to tell you that all the cooperation between Chinaand Pakistan nothing to do with territorial dispute,” Lu Kang said duringhis regular briefing.
A private Pakistani transport company has recently launched a bus servicefrom Lahore to Chinese city of Kashgar via Islamabad.
The spokesperson said China-Pakistan Economic Corridor was an economiccooperation project between the two countries.
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“It is not targeted against any third party and it has nothing to do withthe territorial dispute and it will not affect China’s principled positionon Kashmir,” he added.
When specifically asked about India’s protest to China over the bus serviceas it would run through the disputed region, the spokesperson said that hewas not aware of the specific information. – APP
