KARACHI, Nov 28: Pakistan and China enjoy very good relations without any major irritants, and the both countries had amicably resolved their border demarcation issue, unlike the border disputes between Beijing and New Delhi, which were being resolved at a “very slow” pace.
This was stated by the vice-president, Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS), Wang Xiaoshu, talking to members of the Pakistan Institute of International Affairs (PIIA), at its premises on Friday.
The People’s Republic of China was pursuing the policy of making more friends, Mr Wang, the leader of the four-member SIIS delegation, on a two-week visit to Pakistan, said, adding that in line with China’s South Asia policy, it wanted to befriend its more neighbours, without getting involved in conflicts or damaging its relations with a third party.
Making it clear that China did not want to initiate another Cold War, Mr Wang, however, said that the Chinese government had been making some kind of adjustments in terms of its South Asia, Asia, as well as global policy.
He pointed out that there were positive developments in South Asia as the leaders of the region desired to promote peace process and that the people had also the wish to see stability in the region.
He appreciated the recent initiatives on the part of Pakistan and India to help improve the situation in South Asia.
He said that China’s ties with some of its neighbours had considerably improved through mutual efforts, despite seeing some ups and downs in the past.
Mr Wang disagreed with the Indian External Affairs Minister, Yashwant Sinha’s statement that during the border settlement between Pakistan and China the former gave 5,000 kilometres of Kashmir land to China, unilaterally, or China making some sort of concessions unilaterally.
“I do not agree with Mr Sinha’s remarks about any concession by Pakistan to China for demarcation of border between the two countries,” he said, terming the settlement a very nice agreement reached, as far as the both countries were concerned.—PPI/APP