Ambassador Sun Weidong Attended the Release of the Annual Report of the Pakistan-China Institute
2014-01-22 19:18
On January 17th, the Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Mr. Sun Weidong was invited to attend the release of the Annual Report of the Pakistan-China Institute (PCI). Mr. Mushahid Hussain Sayed, the Chairman of the senate defence and defence production committee, as well as the Chairman of PCI, hosted the ceremony. Other celebrities from all walks of life in Pakistan, and the Chinese political counselor Mr. Yao Wen and the cultural counselor Mr. Zhang Yingbao attended the event.
In his speech, Ambassador Sun spoke highly of Chairman Mushahid and the PCI for their long time efforts in promoting the friendship between China and Pakistan. Ambassador Sun said, 2013 is the year of harvest, achievements and progresses for the China-Pakistan relations. Chinese Premier and Pakistan Prime Minister exchanged visits in two month, making the commitment to build the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, which outlining the blueprint of the future development of China-Pakistan relations. Besides, China and Pakistan acchieved fruitfully all-round cooperations in the fields of economy, trade, defence, culture, people to people exchanges and so on. Ambassador Sun particularly emphasized that people to people exchanges were the foundation of China-Pakistan relations. We should still work hard to pushing forward the exchanges between our two peoples, making the social foudation even more firm and stronger. The Chinese Embassy will still support the PCI to work as a bridge to intruoduce China and the friendship to more Pakistanis.
After making a brief presentation about the PCI's work of last year and its next year development plan, Chairman Mushahid expressed his sincere appreciation to the Chinese side, especially the Chinese Embassy for the persistent support and assistance, and committed to continue to work hard in advancing the people to people exchanges and deepening the mutual understanding and friendship between our two peoples.
