President Asif Ali Zardari has reiterated that Pakistan firmly adhered to the One-China principle as the country always chooses to stand on the right side of history.
\n\u201cPakistani people loved China as \u201cthere is no conditionality between us,\u201d the president remarked in an interview with the Chinese media, published on Wednesday, marking the 73rd anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan.
\nThis was the first such interaction of President Asif Ali Zardari with any foreign media after being re-elected for the second time in March.
\nRecalling the rapport between the previous leaders of the two countries, President Zardari said: \u201cMy late father-in-law, Pakistan\u2019s former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto told the nation to look East, to look towards China.\u201d
\nPresident Zardari, who had visited China nine times during his first term as Pakistani president, reaffirmed Pakistan\u2019s stance of upholding the One-China principle, rejecting any form of \u201cTaiwan independence.\u201d
\n\u201cTaiwan is part of China. There\u2019s no other way,\u201d the president said, adding that Pakistan will always stand by China and safeguard China\u2019s core interests.
\nCommenting on the development of Gwadar Port, a starting point of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), President Asif Ali Zardari said a lot of work had been done at the Gwadar Port since the launch of the CPEC 11 years
\nago, noting that the Port would always welcome investors from all over the world.
\nPresident Zardari said Pakistan was encouraging more schools to adopt the Chinese language into their compulsory curriculum.
\nEmphasizing the importance of strengthening people-to-people exchanges between the two countries, he called for more policies to facilitate the movement of people between the two countries.
\nAppreciating the achievements made by the Chinese people, the President said that ensuring the continuation of policies was one of the key reasons behind China\u2019s success and Pakistan hoped to be more involved in China\u2019s development process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Asif Ali Zardari has reiterated that Pakistan firmly adhered to the One-China principle as the country always chooses to stand on the right side of history. \u201cPakistani people loved China as \u201cthere is no conditionality between us,\u201d the president remarked in an interview with the Chinese media, published on Wednesday, marking the 73rd anniversary […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390766,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-408599","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n