Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif

China and Pakistan should accelerate the building of a closer China-Pakistan community with a shared future in the new era and achieve more results in all-weather cooperation between the two countries, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday.

He made the remarks during a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Beijing. He also urged the two sides to bring more benefits to the people of both countries, contribute to promoting regional peace and stability, and set an example for building a community with a shared future with neighboring countries.

During their talks, Xi noted that over the past 75 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, China and Pakistan have enjoyed mutual understanding, trust and support and forged an unbreakable traditional friendship. He added that the strategic mutual trust and practical cooperation have strongly promoted the development of both nations and that no matter how the international landscape may evolve, China will always prioritize the development of China-Pakistan relations in its diplomacy with neighboring countries.

Xi shared his pleasure in receiving a letter from Pakistani students studying at Tianjin University, in which they expressed their aspiration to become builders of cooperation, promoters of exchanges and guardians of friendship between China and Pakistan.