ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday hailed Chinese President Xi Jinping’s “visionary” global security initiative and pledged to deepen cultural, educational and diplomatic ties with Beijing.
The president said this while addressing the 2025 Golden Panda International Cultural Forum awards ceremony, which saw the awards given in film, television drama, animation and documentary categories.
Zardari arrived in Chengdu on Friday on a ten-day China visit, which comes on the heels of an official trip to China by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif last week, during which Islamabad signed investment agreements and joint ventures worth $8.5 billion with Beijing.
Speaking at the ceremony, the Pakistan president said the forum reminded them how cultures unite people and how art and television can connect different civilizations.
“We share China’s vision for uniting civilizations. Education and people-to-people ties have deepened the brotherhood between Pakistan and China,” he said.
