BEIJING, March 26: Chinese President Hu Jintao reiterated that nothing would affect the decades old Sino-Pakistan friendship despite the changes in global and regional situation. He was talking to the ambassador of Pakistan to China, Salman Bashir, who presented him Letters of Credence here at the Great Hall of the People on Saturday. President Hu Jintao said the two countries had omni-dimensional cooperation in various fields of mutual interest. He referred to the close cooperation between the two countries and also made special mention of their traditional consultation and coordination on regional and international issues.President Hu Jintao thanked Pakistan for its continued support on the issue of Taiwan and acknowledged that Pakistan was the first country that supported the anti-secession law, passed by the National Peoples Congress this month. He also thanked Pakistan for supporting China on the issues of Tibet and Human Rights. He further said that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao would be visiting Pakistan next month, and added that the visit would further contribute to the enhancement of close and friendly ties between the two countries.

The ambassador conveyed the greetings of President Pervez Musharraf to the Chinese President and said he had been entrusted by the president with the high responsibility of further developing the friendship between the two countries, which the leaders and the people of the two countries deeply valued and cherished.

Earlier, Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing, during his meeting with the ambassador, hoped that the forthcoming visit of Premier Wen Jiabao to Pakistan would give a big boost to their bilateral relations in all areas of common interest.

He assured that his country would continue to work with Pakistan at all levels promoting regional peace and development, as well as cementing bilateral cooperation in various fields.

He told the ambassador that he was glad to accept the invitation of Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri to address the high-level seminar of Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD), scheduled to take place in Islamabad on April 5.—APP