China welcomes Pakistan’s decision to return high commission to India, send delegation to discuss Kartarpur Corridor

BEIJING, March 6 (APP):China on Wednesday welcomed Pakistan’s decision to return its high commissioner to India to resume his responsibilities and send a delegation to discuss Kartarpur Corridor and said it was conducive to easing the current situation between India and Pakistan.
“We also noted this progress announced by Pakistani foreign ministry and we believe that this is conducive to easing the situation,” Chinese foreign ministry’s spokesperson Lu Kang said during his regular briefing.
Pakistan has announced that its high commissioner to India will be returning to New Delhi, after consultations in Islamabad and a Pakistani delegation will visit New Delhi on March 14 followed by return visit of Indian delegation to Islamabad on March 28, to discuss the draft agreement on Kartarpur Corridor besides a weekly contact at the Military Operations Directorate level.The spokesperson said it was positive progress as Pakistan and India were neighbors which could not be moved away.
He remarked that the good neighborliness and friendliness between the two countries was in line with their fundamental interests as well as peace and stability in this region.
“We hope the two sides can show goodwill and embrace each other in the halfway to properly resolve their differences through dialogue,” he added.
Lu Kang said that the Chinese side would continue to play a constructive role to promote dialogue between India and Pakistan.
Commenting on Chinese vice foreign minister Kong Xuanyou’s current visit to Pakistan, he informed that at the invitation of Pakistan, the vice foreign minister was now in Pakistan and in communication with Pakistan on the current situation between Pakistan and India.
To yet another question about the visit of the vice foreign minister, he said that this visit was designed for communication with Pakistan for the situation concerning the two South Asian countries.
“China has been promoting peace and stability in this region and we hope that both India and Pakistan will maintain friendly relations,” he added.
The spokesperson observed that in fact Pakistan had been making efforts and exercising policies to combat terrorism and hoped that relevant countries would create an enabling atmosphere to help Pakistan to cooperate with other parties to form a synergy.
“We think, we should encourage this and we also hope that relevant parties will create an enabling atmosphere to help Pakistan to cooperate with other parties to form a synergy.”
About the counter-terrorism issue in the recently held trilateral meeting of Russia-China-India foreign ministers, he pointed out that key point in the meeting was that the terrorism was a complex issue.
“We should address both the symptoms and roots of terrorism and this was proposed by the foreign ministers from three countries,” he added.
To a question about listing issue at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), he said that the Chinese side had said on many occasions that it would be a very serious issue for UNSC and its affiliated bodies, adding, “China will have discussions with relevant bodies.”
He said that the Security Council and its affiliated bodies had detailed criteria and understanding for their work and China had engaged in consultations strictly in line with these standards and criteria.
“It requires high responsibility for us to work in this multilateral organization. I can assure that what China does will be conducive to the settlement of such issues with high responsibility,” he added.