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The Seminar Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of China-Pakistan Diplomatic Relations Held Successfully
2021-05-28
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On May 25, the Chinese
People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA) and the Islamabad
Council of World Affairs, Pakistan (ICWA) jointly organized the
online Seminar Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the
Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between China and Pakistan. A total
of around 30 delegates from the two sides attended the Seminar.
Mr. Wang Chao, President of CPIFA and Amb. Khalid Mahmood,
President of ICWA addressed the opening ceremony. H.E. Nong Rong, Chinese
Ambassador to Pakistan and H.E. Moin ul Haque, Pakistan Ambassador to
China delivered congratulatory remarks at the opening ceremony.
Mr. Wang Chao highlights China-Pakistan
all-weather strategic cooperative partners and the friendship enjoying a
long history. Since the diplomatic relationship was established, the past 70
years have witnessed the relationship between the two countries continuously
strengthened, featuring growing strategic mutual trust, increasingly
fruitful substantial cooperation, steadily developed economic
and trade collaboration, and continually-deepening people-to-people and
cultural exchanges, forming an iron brotherhood sharing weal and woe. Since
the outbreak of the COVID-19, China and Pakistan have been supporting each
other, which has not only further deepened the friendship, but also
contributed to maintaining global public health security. Standing at a
new historical starting point, the two sides should actively implement the
consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, further strengthen
strategic mutual trust, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, promote
cultural exchanges, strengthen mutual coordination in international and
regional affairs, and maintain an international system with the United Nations
at its core, striving for a stable environment for emerging and
developing countries.
Amb. Khalid Mahmood states that China-Pakistan friendship stems from a deep foundation of mutual trust and a common desire for peaceful development and stands the test of time in the last 70 years, surpassing the differences in varied culture backgrounds, histories and social systems, and finds no precedence in modern history of international relations. Pakistan cherishes the development opportunities brought by China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and is willing to contribute to the development of "Belt and Road Initiative". It is hoped that the two sides will take the opportunity of the 70thanniversary of diplomatic relations to build a closer China-Pakistan community with a shared future.
Amb. Nong Rong congratulates the successful holding of the seminar and points out that currently the great change unseen in a century and the new corona epidemic are intertwined, which brings the world into a period of turbulence. Despite the challenges, China-Pakistan friendly cooperation will move forward firmly. The two sides should continue to enhance the traditional friendship between the two peoples, and encourage more people from all walks of life in the two countries to be engaged in solidifying the China-Pakistan friendship.
Amb. Moin ul Haque points out that for the past 70 years, China and Pakistan have always stood side by side and helped each other through storms and stresses. Currently, the international order is undergoing profound and complex changes, and the process of multilateralism and globalization is facing serious threats. Pakistan will firmly work with China to resist various risks and challenges. Think tanks and scholars from both sides are expected to strengthen cooperation and contribute to the policy-making of both countries.
The representatives of the two sides conducted in-depth and friendly exchanges on “70 Years of China-Pakistan Bilateral Relations: Reflections and Aspiration for the Future" and "the Situation of South Asia in the Changing Global Scenario". Broad consensuses have been reached, and helpful suggestions on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and South Asian Security have been made.
Chinese representatives include Amb.Ou Boqian, Vice President of CPIFA, Mr. Zhang Chunxiang, former Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan, Mr. Ma Jiali,Director of the Center for International Strategic Studies of China Reform Forum, Mr. Bi Jiyao, Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Macroeconomic Research, Mr. Hu Shisheng, Director of the Institute for South Asia Studies of the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, Mr. Ma Xiaolin, Director of the Institute for Studies on the Mediterranean Rim of Zhejiang International Studies University, and experts and scholars from the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Commerce, the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, China Institute of International Studies, Tsinghua University and Peking University. Pakistan’s representatives include Mr.SyedTariq Fatemi, former Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs, and 6 former Foreign Secretaries and former Ambassadors to China, namely Mr. Riaz Mohammad Khan, Mr. Masood Khalid and etc. Experts and scholars from the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad, Center of Pakistan and International Relations, Pakistan Institute of China Studies of Sargodha University, and Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce also attended the seminar.
