| Pakistan Chairman Senate Farooq Visiting China |
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| Thursday,July 16,2009 Posted: 14:04 BJT(0604 GMT) |
| From:The News Article type:Reproduced |
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China have agreed to further enhance parliamentary cooperation between the two countries, especially the Senate and the Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and to promote visits of their respective parliamentarians to their mutual advantage.
This understanding was reached between Chairman Senate, Farooq H. Naek, who is currently on a visit to China leading a bipartisan parliamentary delegation and Chairman CPPCC, Jia Qinglin during their recent meeting in Beijing, says a report received from the Chinese Capital here on Tuesday.
Both sides observed that the parliamentarians of the two countries must be able to study and understand each others system.
The Chairman Senate explained Pakistan’s perspective on its struggle to stamp out terrorism and extremism in all forms and manifestations.
He also dwelt on major planks of the government’s multi-dimensional strategy to root-out terrorism.
Farooq Naek said the on-going military operation undertaken by the government to destroy the terrorist network has full backing of the Parliament and the civil society.
Pakistan, he said, had paid a huge price for its struggle against terrorism and the country has suffered the most at the hands of the terrorist.
Thousands of its citizens and soldiers lost their lives while the economy too suffered colossal loss.
The government, he said, remained committed to combat and eradicate militancy and terrorism.
The Chairman Senate also briefed on the problems arising from the unprecedented internal displacement of millions of Pakistanis from the Malakand division.
He thanked the people and government of China for their strong and timely support to the people of Pakistan in dealing with this enormous challenge.
Farooq Naek underlined the importance of economic relations and people to people contacts in further solidifying Pakistan-China friendship.
He noted that more than 10,000 Chinese engineers and technicians were working on 120 projects in Pakistan.
He recounted various steps including the mechanism of exchange of 100 member youth delegation to strengthen people to people contact between the two friendly neighbours.
Farooq Naek said that people of Pakistan see China’s phenomenal economic growth with pride and wanted to enhance cooperation with China in all areas of mutual interest particularly small and medium sized dams, hydropower, energy and agriculture.
He also congratulated his counterpart on the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. He also extended an invitation to Jia Qinglin to visit Pakistan.
Chairman CPPCC, Jia Qinglin, reciprocating the goodwill gesture observed the people and the government warmly welcomed the Chairman Senate and his delegation to China and stated that Chairman Naek had chosen China as a destination for his first official visit abroad testified to the strength of Pakistan-China relations.
He expressed satisfaction at the fact that since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries 58 years ago their bilateral relations had seen smooth and healthy growth and evolved into a strong strategic partnership of cooperation.
In fact Pakistan-China relations had become a model for bilateral relations between two countries with different social systems and national conditions. |
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