China hopes for a peaceful Pakistan.

Byline: Jinghui Yang and Lu Peng

Aprosperous and stable Pakistan is a prerequisite for maintaining high-quality development, and the cooperation between China and Pakistan. In recent months, the domestic situation in Pakistan has been turbulent and unstable, and China has expressed keen concern about it and hopes that the domestic political situation in Pakistan will be restored to stability at an early date. China has always adhered to non-interference in other countries' internal affairs and hopes that all forces in Pakistan will change leadership democratically and peacefully. China-Pakistan friendship will not change because of the change of domestic leaders in Pakistan. China has always insisted on deepening exchanges and cooperation with Pakistan, a good neighbor, friend, partner, and brother of China. China-Pakistan relations are essential to China's neigh boring foreign policy of "being good neighbors and partners."

China will continue to view China-Paki stan relations from a strategic and long-term perspective and is willing to make joint efforts with Pakistan to push the China-Pakistan strategic partnership to a new level. Building China-Pakistan friendship is not only the common interest of the two peoples but also the common expectation of the two peoples and the key to promoting high-quality cooperation and development between the two sides. To build China-Pakistan friendship, we need to promote further exchanges and cooperation between China and Pakistan and continue to strengthen cooperation in diplomacy, economy, culture, education, and the Belt and Road Initiative. Since the formal establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan on May 21, 1951, the development of good-neighborly friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries based on the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence has progressed smoothly.

Since the 21st century, the China-Paki stan comprehensive cooperative partner ship has developed further, with frequent high-level contact between the two sides and increasing political mutual trust. China has always adhered to and safeguarded Pakistan's sovereignty and continuously strengthened its diplomatic partnership with Pakistan through equal dialogue. In the future, China will also continue to strengthen dialogue and exchanges and build a robust strategic partnership between China and Pakistan. In 2019, China and Pakistan signed the Protocol on Amending China-Pakistan Free...