Constructive Sino-Pak Ironclad Friendship.

Byline: Wang Li

On March 22, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Islamabad, where they reaffirmed bilateral relations and discussed issues involving Afg hanistan and Ukraine. Wang Yi arrived in Islamabad to attend the 48th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). It shows China's support to Pakistan bilaterally and the importance China attaches to the OIC, which has 57 member states representing a population of nearly 2 billion people and having vast and rich natural and human resources. Internationally, the OIC identifies itself as "the collective voice of the Muslim world" to protect and conserve the interests of the Muslim world in the spirit of encouraging peace and harmony. In addition, the OIC has working links with international organizations like the European Union and the United Nations, here to mention only a few. Chinese FM Wang Yi spoke highly of the increasing strategic consultations and close ties between China and Pakistan. Beijing has reliable access to the Middle East and the Islamic world. Accordingly, China has expressed a sincere and strong willingness to work with its ironclad brother to promote cooperation in various fields. For sure, the traditional friendship between China and Pakistan is the decision of the two governments and the choice of the two peoples to echo the strategic necessities in the region and the world. At this crucial moment when the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine have raged, the U.S.-led allies have imposed unilateral and indiscriminating sanctions against Russia, which launched the "special military operation" against Ukraine.

Given this, China is ready to expand practical cooperation in various fields, support Chinese enterprises in investing in Pakistan, and improve its self-driven and sustainable development capability in the region and the Islamic world. In a practical sense, a stable and prosperous Islamic world, including Pakistan, will be strategically benefiting the rise of China, which has been seen as a potential rival and strategic competitor to the U.S. unilateral world order. The Foreign Ministers of the Neighboring Countries of Afghanistan in the post-war reconstruction in Afghanistan as Prime Minister Imran Khan said that China-Afghanistan-Pakistan cooperation is conducive to achieving stability in the war-torn country and promoting its pivotal role in regional connectivity. The two sides also...