ISLAMABAD – Ambassador of China to Pakistan Yao Jing Wednesday said that2020 was the year of renewed commitment from both Pakistan and China tonegate common enemy’s propaganda by further strengthening mutualcooperation in areas beyond China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)including defense and international affairs.
“In 2020 we are still facing challenges, these challenges are neither fromChina nor from Pakistan but are from our common enemies who do not want tosee good relationship between the two countries,” Yao Jing said whileaddressing media persons here at the Chinese embassy.
He said the Western Media was up against relationship between Pakistan andChina especially against CPEC which was quite unjustified.
“Our enemy does not want to enhance our capabilities on economic, defenseand social fronts, it does not want to see our capability of maintainingpeace and stability,” he added.He said last year China had completed 70 years of its creation, during thattime it witnessed many ups and downs with the world, however Pakistanremained the strongest, firmest and the best friend of China.
“We also celebrated 70 years of high quality friendship with Pakistan,” hesaid adding after launch of CPEC, the bilateral relationship entered a newera of cooperation.He said China had always supporting Pakistan’s stance over Kashmir disputeas the Indian occupation was unjustified and illegal.
He said this dispute must be resolved accordance with the United NationsSecurity Council’s resolutions and wishes of the Kashimiri people.
Jing said China and Pakistan should also express determination to thecommon cause of regional peace and stability especially that of Afghanistanand the Middle East.He appreciated the visit of Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi to Iranand Saudi Arabia aimed at diffusing tension in the region.
With regard to CPEC, he said the mega project had entered in its secondstage where social, industrial and agriculture sectors would be the areasof special focus.The envoy informed that a number of Chinese agriculture companies werecoming to Pakistan to purchase more value added agriculture products.
Read Top Stories
Further he said that as per vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan toalleviate poverty, social sector was also area of priority under CPEC andin the first stage several villages of back ward areas of the country werebeing model of poverty alleviation.
He further informed that a new area was being included in CPEC that wasscience and technology to produce more high value added products in thecountry.
Replying to a question, the envoy pointed out that there was no slowingdown of work under CPEC. He said impression of slowing down of CPEC wasonly because currently no mega project was under execution, however he saidthat there were number of small projects that were being executed in Gwadarand other areas of Balochistan and rest of the country.
He said Main Line Railway project was a huge project and had big financialimplication therefore both countries had constituted a committee to findout a suitable financial module to fund the project.
With respect to rumors being spread by the Western Media, the envoy saidthat Xinjiang was a Muslim majority and there was nothing true in reportsof suppressing Muslims in the province. He said the per capita income ofthe province had increased manifold from only $70 in 1949 to $7000 nowwhile number of mosques had also increased from only around 2900 to 25000.
