ISLAMABAD – Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing on Wednesday said boththe neighboring countries would work together for regional peace andstability.
He was addressing Pak-China’s joint exhibition of painting and calligraphyheld here to celebrate 70th anniversary of founding of Peoples’ Republic ofChina and 5th anniversary of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) at theNational University of Modern Languages (NUML).
The Chinese ambassador was chief guest on the occasion while SenatorMushahid Hussain Syed, NUML Rector Major General (r) Muhammad Jaffar, NUMLDirector General Brig Muhammad Ibrahim, Director Confucius Institute,guests and large number of students also attended the event.
Speaking on the occasion the ambassador said Sino-Pak excellent diplomaticfriendly relations were entering into a new phase, which was economicfriendship. Pakistan was the most reliable friend of China and both thecountries would work together for regional peace and stability.
Chinese government was focusing at the gross level and offeringscholarships for Pakistani students to study in China. He said NUML wasplaying pivotal role in promoting Chinese language and culture.
Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed in his address said NUML and Pak-Chinarelations were deeply connected with each other. NUML, which was initiallyNIML, was the premier language teaching institute and Chinese language wasbeing taught here since decades.
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He said 70,000 jobs were created through CPEC, Gwadar port and Thar coalproject are the mega projects and Thar coal start generating electricity.He praised Chinese government for their poverty alleviation steps and bringmillions of people out of poverty.
Pakistan must learn from China to overcome poverty in the country. Earlier,NUML Rector Major General (r) Muhammad Jaffar welcome the honourable guestsand briefed them about the university.
He said NUML is multicultural and multilingual university and large numberof Pakistani students learning Chinese language. He thanked both the guestsand later chief guest along with NUML rector, Mushahid Hussain Syed and DGNUML inaugurated the exhibition.
