BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping sends a strong diplomatic message toIndia over Pakistan, reports Indian media.
President Xi Jinping, in a diplomatic message to India, has said that Chinawill always stand by Pakistan regardless of international pressure.
“No matter how the international situation changes, China will always standfirmly with Pakistan and is committed to deepening the ironcladChina-Pakistan friendship, so as to make China-Pakistan relations a modelfor building a community with a shared future for humanity, and betterbenefit the two peoples,” Xi told Pakistani President Arif Alvi who wasvisiting Beijing on Tuesday, news 18 has reported.
The statement assumes significance in view of the fact that China seesIndia, as an extension of its arch-rival, the US ever since Washington andNew Delhi have strengthened their strategic partnership under theleadership of President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The recent grand reception of President Trump in India during his two-daytrip is being considered as a new and decisive chapter in the world order.
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The ongoing US-China blame game over the coronavirus outbreak is playingout, accordingly. Beijing has accused the US army of bringing the COVID-19to China and deliberately infect its population. US President Donald Trumpin a strong rebuttal has now begun to refer COVID-19 as the ‘Chinese virus’.
While over 3200 have died and around 81,000 people have been infected bycoronavirus in China, over 110 are dead and over 6500 people are infectedin the US.
Relatively, Pakistan and India are still safer with only 247 and 148 peoplewho have tested positive for the infection, respectively. Three people havedied due to the infection in India.
