China's top political advisor meets Pakistan's senate chairman

Wang Huning, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, meets with Chairman of Pakistani Senate Sadiq Sanjrani in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 23, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Ling)

BEIJING, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- China's top political advisor Wang Huning met with Chairman of Pakistani Senate Sadiq Sanjrani in Beijing on Monday.

Wang, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, said that China and Pakistan are all-weather strategic cooperative partners and ironclad friends.

China is willing to work with Pakistan to further implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, intensify high-level exchanges and strategic communication, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields, and accelerate the building of an even closer China-Pakistan community of shared future in the new era, he said.

Wang stated that the CPPCC is willing to strengthen mutual learning with the Pakistani side on governance experience to create a sound environment and gather more positive energy for China-Pakistan cooperation.

For his part, Sanjrani said that the Pakistan-China friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation had brought enormous benefits to the Pakistani people and become a model for state-to-state relations.

Pakistan appreciates China's demonstration of its role as a big country, and will always firmly abide by the one-China principle, work with China to continue supporting each other, and pass down the traditional friendship between Pakistan and China, he noted.

Wang Huning, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, meets with Chairman of Pakistani Senate Sadiq Sanjrani in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 23, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Ling)