Islamabad
President Dr Arif Alvi Friday said as both China and Pakistan stood for peace, they had the great opportunity to lead the world towards multilateralism and ensure the establishment of morality-based institutions in the future.
The president, in his address as chief guest at the Virtual Reception on 70th Anniversary of China-Pakistan Diplomatic Relations, said the vested interests instead of the morality were dominating in international affairs at diffident forums in the world, that was why the oppressed people of Kashmir and Palestine did not get any hearing.
Even, the promises made to the Kashmiri and Palestinian people were not fulfilled just because of the vested interests, he told the event also attended by Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Nadeem Raza, federal ministers, politicians and Chinese Ambassador in Pakistan Nong Rong.
The virtual reception was jointly organized by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Chinese Embassy in Islamabad to mark the 70th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations established on May 21, 1951.
The president said the goals of China and Pakistan was friendship but both the countries cemented their goals for humanity.
He said at a time when environment and global warming were the issues, peace was also essential and both China and Pakistan also believed in that endeavor.
“China and Pakistan have great opportunity to lead the world, in the matter of trade towards multilateralism, towards not creating or raising walls for each other’s products as well as to establish institutions and ensure that the institutions in future are morality based which is the foundation of our relationship. —INP
