BEIJING: China said political changes in Pakistan will not affect relations between the two countries countries.
Talking to media in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said China will support policy of friendships with Pakistan.
He said: “We hope that all factions in Pakistan will remain unify and jointly protect their common national stability and development”.
He said that China and Pakistan are allweather strategic cooperation partners. History has proven time and again that China-Pakistan relations have always been inviolable and solid, regardless of how in international the landscape and their respective home situations may change.
Zhao added: “We believe that the overall situation of China-Pakistan cooperation and construction of China-Pakistan economic corridor will not be affected by the political situation in Pakistan. As a true friend of Pakistan, we sincerely hope that all parties in Pakistan will remain single and work together for national development and stability.”
He said experts from both China and Pakistan are confident in in future of Sino-Pakistani ties, as they consider new government will continue to uphold the country’s long tradition of making sure Friendship with China and all Sino-Pakistani cooperation projects will not be affected.
Chinese and Pakistani analysts believe that domestic political changes will not affect the strong China-Pakistan relations. in Pakistan, because the preservation and development of bilateral relations is a joint consensus of all parties and all groups in Pakistan.
Potential successor of Khan of Sharif family who promoted China-Pakistan ties for long time, and the cooperation between the two countries is reported by the Global Times.
CPEC and BRI, as well as China-Pakistan cooperation in other areas, including the fight against terrorism and the fight against the coronavirus, are of great importance. for Pakistan to overcome current challenges. This means that China is the most reliable, trustworthy, powerful and irreplaceable partner for country, analysts say.
latest political change in Pakistan in general caused political party struggle and problems with in economy and people’s livelihood, said Qian Feng, director of in research Department of National Strategy Institute, Tsinghua University.
Qian added that current interior problems in Pakistan has nothing to do with strong ties with China, so there will be no significant impact on Sino-Pakistani cooperation. Han from recently rising political party – Pakistani movement for Justice and when traditional main political parties like Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) or Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) return to power Sino-Pakistani cooperation could be even better because these traditional the main parties have much closer and deeper ties with China, Qian noted.
