BEIJING: Chinese Defense Minister, Wei Fenghe has said that China iswilling to work together with Pakistan to focus on building a community ofhuman destiny, consolidate all-weather friendship and deepen pragmaticcooperation in various fields between the two armed forces.

He expressed these views while talking to visiting Chief of Naval StaffAdmiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi in a meeting here on Thursday.

Wei Fenghe said that China and Pakistan are good neighbours, good friends,good partners.“Under the correct guidance of the heads of state of the two countries,China-Pakistan all-weather strategic cooperative partnership has developedin a healthy manner,” he added.

He said his country is ready to provide strong security guarantees for thebuilding of the “One Belt and One Road.”

The Chinese Defense Minister introduced the relevant conditions for thesuccessful convening of the “two sessions.”

He said that under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committeewith Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, the people throughout the country arestriving hard to realize the Chinese dream.

Under the guidance of Xi Jinping and the idea of strengthening the army,the Chinese People’s Liberation Army will work hard to build a world-classarmy, resolutely safeguard the interests of national sovereignty, security,and development, and make active contributions to maintaining world andregional peace, he added.

During the meeting, Admiral Abbasi expressed his congratulations on theworld-renowned achievements in the construction of the Chinese armed forces.

He said that Pakistan highly cherishes the traditional friendship betweenPakistan and China and is willing to continuously deepen exchanges andcooperation between the two armed forces in high-level exchanges, practicaltraining, and equipment and technology, and promote the continuous andin-depth development of the relations between the two countries and the twoarmed forces. – APP