China calls upon India, Pakistan to initiate dialogue at early date

BEIJING, March 7 (APP):While commending Pakistan for exercising restraint and calm, China on Thursday called upon both India and Pakistan to refrain from aggravating the situation and uphold regional peace and stability through dialogue at an early date.

In fact, the main mission of Chinese vice foreign minister Kong Xuanyou’s visit was to exchange views on the situation between India and Pakistan and to commend Pakistan for exercising restraint and calm and made efforts to ease the situation, Chinese foreign ministry’s spokesperson Lu Kang said during his regular briefing while responding to a question asked by APP Correspondent.

He informed that the Chinese vice foreign minister held in-depth talks with Prime Minister Imran Khan, COAS, Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, and Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua.

“The vice foreign minister stressed that China and Pakistan are all-weather strategic partners and we commend that Pakistan has been restrained and calm and tried to ease the tension,” he added.