BEIJING – China has always provided support and assistance to Pakistan’seconomic and social development within its capabilities, a Chinese foreignministry’s spokesperson said on Friday.“We support Pakistani side to take measures to actively respond to andovercome the temporary difficulties,” Hua Chunying said during her regularbriefing when asked to comment that Pakistan was about to reach anagreement with China in the financial sector.The spokesperson said China and Pakistan are all-weather strategicpartners, adding, China has always provided support and assistance toPakistan’s economic and social development within its capabilities.Responding to a question about the visit of Secretary-General of AfghanHigh Peace Committee to Beijing, she said the special representative of theAfghan Presidential Reconciliation Regional Consensus and theSecretary-General of the Afghan Peace Committee visited China from January24 to 26. China Assistant Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong met with him.The Special Envoy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, DengXijun, and the visiting Afghan dignitaries held talks and exchanged viewson issues such as the Afghan reconciliation.She said both sides believed that dialogue is the fundamental way toresolve the Afghan issue. The international community, especially theregional countries, should strengthen cooperation and create a goodexternal environment for the Afghan reconciliation.The Chinese side emphasized the support for the broadly inclusive”Afghan-led and Afghan-owned reconciliation process” and is willing tocontinue to play an active and constructive role in achieving peace,reconciliation, stability, and development at an early date.