DM Monitoring
NEW YORK: The friendship between China and Pakistan over the past 70 years has grown into a “towering tree, deep rooted in the hearts of the two peoples,” Chinese Ambassador Zhang Jun said at a virtual meeting held on Tuesday to celebrate Pakistan Day.
“China and Pakistan are iron brothers, and have forged the time-tested friendship,” he told the ceremony in which several Ambassadors accredited to United Nations, UN officials and Pakistani-Americans took part. The meeting, organized by the Pakistan Mission to the UN, was presided over by Ambassador Munir Akram, who profusely thanked his counterparts for joining the event and for their friendly sentiments for Pakistan. China, Ambassador Jun said, was happy to see Pakistan’s achievements since its establishment and, more importantly, to be able to share that journey with Pakistan.
“We have been working closely at the United Nations,” in upholding together multilateralism and the international order based on international law, he said.
The Chinese envoy highly praised Pakistan’s contribution to the UN peacekeeping operations, and actively engaging in the United Nations efforts to promote peace as well as in the implementation of the 2030 global development agenda.
“And we have also personally seen what Ambassador Akram is doing, as the President of the ECOSOC in meeting the challenges of today,” he said, while referring to the economic and financial problems resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. “We are also seeing the good results of cooperation, after the launch of the CPEC,” the Chinese Ambassador said, noting that China has become Pakistan’s largest trading partner for the six consecutive years.
