Following a deadly attack on Chinese engineers in Shangla, the Chinese military Thursday expressed its willingness to work with Pakistani side to enhance capability of the two countries to tackle various security risks and challenges including terrorist attacks and jointly safeguard regional peace and stability.
Five Chinese and one Pakistani national were killed in a terrorist attack near Besham in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Tuesday.
During his monthly briefing, China’s Ministry of National Defence spokesperson Colonel Wu Qian said: “The Chinese military is willing to work with Pakistani side to continuously enhance our capability of tackling various security risks and challenges especially our ability to responding to terrorist attacks and jointly safeguard regional peace and stability.”
Responding to a question regarding participation of PLA tri-services contingent in the Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad on March 23, he said: “Chinese people often call Pakistan by our affectionate name for it’s iron-clad brother.” China and Pakistan are all-weather strategic cooperative partners, true friends and good brothers through thick and thin and share weal and woe, he added. “Under the strategic guidance of the leaders of our two countries, our two militaries have maintained frequent and close high-level exchanges and achieved positive outcomes in areas including joint exercises and training professional exchanges, personnel training and equipment and technological cooperation,” the spokesperson added.
