Staff Reporter
Islamabad
The officials in Xiamen, Fujian province of China announced that it would donate 400,000 yuan (US $56,560) to help Pakistan fight the novel coronavirus spread. Li Xiaoping, director of the Xiamen foreign affair office held a video meeting with
Pakistan Ambassador to China, Naghmana Hashmi said Pakistan and China are strong partners, China Daily.com.cn reported on Saturday. Pakistan was quick to support China by sending coronavirus-related donations and assistance to the country in the early stages of the epidemic.
Public life in Xiamen is now gradually returning to normal as the epidemic subsides, and locals are eager to return the favor now that Pakistan is in need. Li also briefed Ambassador Hashmi on Xiamen’s economic and social development and the current situation facing Pakistani students in Xiamen. He then invited her to visit Xiamen.
Ambassador Hashmi thanked Xiamen on behalf of the Pakistani government and its people and said the pandemic has tested the resilience of all countries and that China has proved itself capable of handling the health crisis. She said, ‘I am looking forward to visiting Xiamen and further promoting bilateral economic and cultural cooperation.’
Pakistan’s Ambassador to China, Naghmana Hashmi said that the ‘two sessions’ had come to occupy increasing importance in view of China’s enhanced role in global politics and economics in the last three decades. ‘The two sessions enjoy great significance in the annual political calendar of China. They have come to occupy increasing importance in view of China’s enhanced role in global politics and economics in the last three decades,’ she told Global Times while commenting on China’s Two Sessions of this year, the country’s most important political event, opened on Thursday after a two-month delay due to the Covid-19 epidemic.
‘This year’s sessions, however, are even more important as they are being held at a critical juncture when the international community is grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic with the specter of impending global recession looming large,’ she added. Ambassador Hashmi said the upcoming sessions would deliberate upon an array of issues with implications not only for China but for the world at large.
