Stay in Pakistan most memorable: Yao Jing

Islamabad: Outgoing Chinese ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing on Friday night termed his tenure in Pakistan as most memorable.

At the farewell reception, he hosted for the local media here on Friday, he mentioned the splendid progress made during his stay in Pakistan, particularly the launching of the 2nd phase of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and signing of 2nd phase of China, Pakistan Free Trade agreement.

Yao Jing who had taken over his responsibility as Chinese ambassador to Pakistan in December, 2017 showed true love with the people of Pakistan, particularly during the outbreak of coronavirus.

He along with the members of his team in the Chinese embassy made untiring efforts for timely availability of Chinese support to the virus-hit people.

At the diplomatic front, he worked hard promoting China’s support to Pakistan on Kashmir issue.

Time and again, Yao Jing effectively countered negative propaganda by Western and Indian lobby against the CPEC.

Speaking at the reception, with a sense of joy and pride, he termed his tenure in Pakistan as most memorable. He expressed his confidence that the Sino-Pak relations will keep growing and the CPEC’s projects will greatly contribute to the well-being of the people.

The Sino-Pak relations are not limited to CPEC, but their spectrum are quite wide, covering all areas of bilateral interests. The leadership of the two countries are committed to deepen their decades’ old partnership, he added.

While praising high the support, he had received from the government and the people of Pakistan, he noted that media had been on the forefront in supporting him for further strengthening the Sino-Pak diplomatic ties and socio-economic partnership.

It is worth-mentioning that in the recent years, there was a considerable progress in promoting people-to-people exchanges, particularly enhancing the number of Pakistani students visiting China on scholarships.

Yao Jing will leave Pakistan, returning to the Foreign Ministry of China for having his next assignment.