Beijing: China, today, said its role in ties between India and Pakistan is to "promote peace talks" between them that will benefit all parties in the region, as Chinese President Xi Jinping flew into Islamabad on his maiden visit to boost their "all-weather" strategic ties.
China also said it will step up coordination with Pakistan on regional hotspot issues and deepen pragmatic cooperation.
"We will deepen defence cooperation with Pakistan and step up cooperation and coordination on regional hotspot issues with Pakistan," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said in Beijing.
"This will be beneficial to the two countries and two peoples and meet the interests of all parties."
"We will deepen pragmatic cooperation and make the community of common destination between China and Pakistan as good example for the neighbouring counties," he said.
Chinese officials have been maintaining that stability and security of Pakistan is important for Beijing to invest in such a big long-term project.
China has taken a lead role in recent months to promote greater cooperation between Pakistan and Afghanistan as it looks to deal with increasing militancy in its Uygur Muslim majority of Xinjiang province where the Al Qaeda backed East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) has become very active.
Also, Pakistan has created a 12,000-strong security force to protect Chinese personnel, whose numbers have gone up to 10,000, according to the official media.
China also said it will step up coordination with Pakistan on regional hotspot issues and deepen pragmatic cooperation.
"We will deepen defence cooperation with Pakistan and step up cooperation and coordination on regional hotspot issues with Pakistan," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said in Beijing.
"This will be beneficial to the two countries and two peoples and meet the interests of all parties."
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"We will deepen pragmatic cooperation and make the community of common destination between China and Pakistan as good example for the neighbouring counties," he said.
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Chinese officials have been maintaining that stability and security of Pakistan is important for Beijing to invest in such a big long-term project.
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China has taken a lead role in recent months to promote greater cooperation between Pakistan and Afghanistan as it looks to deal with increasing militancy in its Uygur Muslim majority of Xinjiang province where the Al Qaeda backed East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) has become very active.
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Also, Pakistan has created a 12,000-strong security force to protect Chinese personnel, whose numbers have gone up to 10,000, according to the official media.
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