ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Chinese Ambassador Sun Weidong said on Saturday said that friendship between Pakistan and China would be further strengthened in future with more and more focus being laid on economic cooperation.
In a meeting with the Federal Finance Minister Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar in Islamabad on Saturday, the Chinese envoy greeted the minister on completion of 65 years of Pak-China relations.
The ambassador referred to the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Pakistan last year and said that 2016 was the year of implementation on the decisions taken by the leadership of the two countries during that visit.
Sun Weidong cited the recent handing over of equipment by the Chinese government to security and health institutions in Pakistan as part of the implementation programme.
The finance minister on this occasion said that Pakistan highly valued Chinese support for various development projects in Pakistan.