PM terms strategic partnership with China, strong anchor for peace, prosperity
July 07, 2021
Prime Minister Imran Khan says the all weather strategic cooperative partnership between Pakistan and China remains a strong anchor for peace, progress and prosperity in this era of complex and profound changes at global and regional level.
He was virtually addressing the participants of Communist Party of China and World Political Parties Summit.
The Prime Minister reiterated Pakistan’s support to China’s efforts to safeguard world peace, contribute to global development, and preserve international order.
He said in the wake of emerging global and regional environment, Pakistan has recalibrated its priorities from geo-politics to geo-economics.
China fear Terror group in Xinjiang amid US withdrawal from Afghanistan: Report ANI | Updated: Jul 08, 2021 05:30 IST
Beijing [China], July 8 (ANI): Amid the ongoing US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, China is worried about the instability to come in the country, a revival of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), its cross-border agitation and terrorism in Xinjiang region, said scholar Salman Rafi Sheikh.
The ETIM, also known as the Turkistan Islamic Movement, is an ethnic Uighur group active in Afghanistan that has long sought to achieve independence for Xinjiang, which it envisions as a future East Turkestan.
The ETIM is also active in Syria s civil war, where battle-hardened fighters have largely been grouped in Idlib and other northern regions. The United Nations has categorised the group as a terror organisation since 2002.
View: India s Afghan strategy as China steps up presence in Af-Pak region
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View: India s Afghan strategy as China steps up presence in Af-Pak regionBy Avinash Paliwal, TOI Contributor
Last Updated: Jul 08, 2021, 10:44 AM IST
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To complicate India’s position further, Beijing is allegedly ramping up infrastructural projects such as the Kabul-Peshawar highway to link Afghanistan to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
As things stand, India’s Afghan allies are struggling to mount a coherent resistance to the Pakistan-backed Taliban despite having similar military and stronger financial resource set
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FM terms Pak-China partnership an anchor for regional peace, stability
July 8, 2021
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday said the 70-year relationship between Pakistan and China had proved its strength with a unique level of trust shown by the two generations, governments and political parties.
“From China’s Chairman Mao to President Xi and Pakistan’s Field Marshal Ayub Khan to Prime Minister Imran Khan, both sides have contributed to the unique and priceless relationship,” the foreign minister said in a media talk, here at the opening session of the high-level conference on ‘Pakistan-China at 70: A Unique Bilateral Partnership’.
The foreign minister said the relationship between Pakistan and China was all about “trust and confidence”, adding that from generation to generation, Pakistan has pursued its journey with China in the right direction.