New Delhi: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan praised the friendship of China-Pakistan. Imran Khan said “China is our only friend, which has remained politically steadfast with Pakistan during good and bad times”.
This week, PM Imran Khan counted China as Pakistan’s only friend that had supported it politically during good and bad times.
Pakistan Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi is leaving for Beijing for ‘strategic level’ discussions with his Chinese counterparts on Thursday, days after Prime Minister Imran Khan underscored that Pakistan’s future is connected with long-time ally China.
Over the relations with China PM Imran Khan said “It should be clear that our future is connected with China… China also needs Pakistan very much.” According to the sources, recently Pakistan’s Foreign Minister headed to Saudi Arabia to get support for the Jammu and Kashmir and now he is heading to the China.
In a television interview, PM Imran Khan said “Reports about breakdown in relations with Saudi Arabia were baseless”.
Saudi Arabia and Organisation of Islamic countries (OIC) showed no interest in Kashmir issue, and to get the strong support over Kashmir issue, Pakistan is looking for China. When Saudi kingdom signalled its displeasure by demanding that Pakistan should return its $1 billion out of a $3 billion loan extended by Riyadh in 2018, Pakistan turned to China.
Pakistan’s Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa made a quick visit to Saudi Arabia this week in an effort to smoothen the relations between Islamabad and Riyadh.
_VINAYAK