STORY: Pakistanis celebrate ironclad friendship with China on 73rd anniversary of diplomatic ties
SHOOTING TIME: May 21, 2024
DATELINE: May 23, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:47
LOCATION: Islamabad
CATEGORY: POLITICS

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1. various of Pakistanis celebrating friendship with China on 73rd anniversary of diplomatic ties

STORYLINE:

Against the backdrop adorned with life-sized images of the Pakistani and Chinese flags, when a Pakistani presenter introduced Pakistan-China friendship as "ironclad," a resounding chorus of cheers and applause followed, echoing the depth of the bilateral relations and friendship between the two countries.
   
The presenter and his audience gathered here on Tuesday evening to celebrate the 73rd anniversary of diplomatic ties between Pakistan and China.
   
People from all walks of life attended the event to celebrate the friendship and cherish the cooperation between the two countries.

Speaking at the event, the Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Jiang Zaidong, praised the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as an important platform for cooperation between the two countries.
   
CPEC, a flagship project under the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), is a corridor linking Pakistan's southwest Gwadar port with Kashgar in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, highlighting energy, transport, and industrial cooperation.
   
Both China and Pakistan are developing countries facing the historical tasks of economic development and improving people's livelihoods, Jiang said, adding that "in the context of an unstable international situation and a continuously declining global economy, China is willing to work hard to provide new opportunities for development with new achievements in Chinese-style modernization and benefit our friend Pakistan."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Islamabad.
(XHTV)