‘Pakistan has special place in China’s foreign policy’

Liu Jianchao, China’s Minister of the Central Committee of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (IDCPC), stated on Friday that China saw Pakistan as a “iron brother and time-tested friend” and that China wished to strengthen their strategic cooperative partnership.
In an Islamabad meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar, the top Chinese leader shared these opinions.
Liu expressed satisfaction with the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor’s (CPEC) steady progress and promised China will work with Pakistan fully to ensure that all new and continuing CPEC projects are completed on time.
Also, he praised Pakistan’s political parties for their unwavering backing of the China-Pakistan Friendship and CPEC.