Pakistan resolutely support Chinese stands on Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang issues: Mushahid Hussain

Date : October 30, 2012

ISLAMABAD: Senator Mushahid Hussain, Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Defence, has assured the visiting Chinese delegation that Pakistan resolutely support Chinese stands on Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang issues as unity and integrity of united China was paramount for Pakistan.

This was stated by the chairman after a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs previous day in Islamabad.

Haji Muhammad Adeel, Chairman Senate body while addressing a joint news conference here with the head of visiting Zhao Qizheng, Chinese delegation and Chairman Chinese Foreign Affairs Committee, observed that China had pivotal importance in the formation of foreign policy of Pakistan.

The Committee also condemned the miscreants for disturbing peaceful conditions in Xinjiang in the name of Jihad as well as defaming Islam in pursue of Western vested agenda and personal gains.

“We urged both Pakistan and China not to tie knot with any other nation at the cost of friendship of each other” he added saying that for the first time, both the delegations expressed their view point in the meeting in their native national languages with the assistance of interpreters.

Haji Adeel commented that all political parties, parliamentarian and people of Pakistan had strong desire to further promote relations with China which were unique in nature based on love and respect for each other.

He said that the meeting also successfully developed consensus on increasing exchange of visits of parliamentarians to benefit from each other’s experiences as well as to bring people of the two countries closer.