Counselor Wang Daxue and Chinese CdA Pang Chunxue meet Pakistani Interior Minister, discuss security matters

Islamabad: Counselor of the Department of External Security Affairs of China Wang Daxue along Chinese Charge d’ Affairs (CdA) Pang Chunxue met Pakistani Minister for Interior Rana Sanaullah Khan here and discussed the security related matters.

During the meeting, they expressed the resolved that Pak-China relations would not be affected by Karachi like incidents.

According to an official statement issued after the meeting, both the sides agreed to make liaison more effective between Interior Ministry and Chinese Embassy to ensure security.

Pakistan-China bilateral relations and other issues of mutual interests came under discussion during the meeting. The discussions to ensure security of Chinese nationals in Pakistan were also held in the meeting.

The Pakistani minister expressed sorrow and grief over the loss of lives of Chinese nationals in Karachi University terror incident.

The Chinese Counselor reiterated that China would continue to provide financial and technical assistance to Pakistan in its ongoing development projects.

The Chinese leadership attached great importance to Pak-China relations, he added. The Chinese Counselor maintained they would foil all conspiracies of miscreants to spoil Pakistan-China relations.

He expressed the hope that the investigation into the Karachi University terror incident would be completed soon and the culprits would be taken to task.

Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan promised that all out possible resources were being utilized to ensure the security of Chinese nationals in Pakistan.

“Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is personally monitoring the security of Chinese citizens. The culprits involved in Karachi University would be given exemplary punishment. The Foreign National Security Desk has been set up at the Ministry in that regard,” he informed.

The minister explained that the purpose of setting up the desk was to ensure effective liaison to ensure the security of foreigners in Pakistan, especially Chinese nationals.

The minister underscored that foolproof security arrangements had been made for Chinese residents working on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects. “Relations between Pakistan and China are historical and long standing,” he mentioned.

The minister said miscreants will never succeed in their designs to spoil Pakistan-China bilateral and cordial relations. Interior Secretary Yousuf Naseem Khokhar also attended the meeting.