Pak-China strong steel friendship

 

Pakistan has launched celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of China Iron Brothers' sweeter honey, deeper than the seas and everlasting friendship over the Himalayas. On the occasion, Foreign Minister Qureshi paid tribute to the Chinese leadership and said, It is believed that the leadership of President Xi Jinping has greatly helped the Chinese nation in fulfilling its national aspirations.

The Foreign Minister said that successive generations of leaders and peoples of both Pakistan and China have made invaluable contributions to strengthening these ties. They have donated food items to control the epidemic, vaccines and other supplies to control the epidemic. He thanked the Chinese government and praised China's vision for the Belt and Road Initiative.

 

Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that this joint project of Pakistan-China Economic Corridor is a game changer in the region.

 

Today, China is the world's second-largest economy and has established itself in global trade and artificial intelligence. According to him, Chairman Mao Zedong and Prime Minister Zhou Enlai have played a historic role in strengthening ties between the two countries. In his video link address, the Chinese Foreign Minister said that in the last 70 years, China and Pakistan have overcome all difficulties and established a unique iron friendship.

 

This friendship has become the most valuable strategic asset of both the countries and its roots have taken root in the hearts of the people. The two countries have always maintained close exchanges at a high level. Seven decades ago, Mao Zedong's long and arduous struggle in the form of the Long March in the region led to the emergence of a new state called the People's Republic of China. Pakistan was the first to vote for UN membership.

Then, on May 21, 1951, formal diplomatic relations were established between the People's Republic of China and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, which not only became stronger day by day but also turned into everlasting friendship. In this context, Pak-China friendship has become a byword in the region and the world. And the two countries are not only in mutual economic cooperation, but also in defense cooperation for each other's defense and share each other's strategic priorities.

In every hour of ordeal, Brother China supported and supported Pakistan, while in spite of natural calamities, it never spared any effort in rehabilitating the affected areas of Pakistan.

When India started manipulating Chinese forces in the Arunachal Pradesh region of China in the 1960s, India had already established military domination over the adjoining Jammu and Kashmir and was seeking Pakistan's security. While he was committing water terrorism on Pakistan through his own Kashmir, the two, realizing India's expansionist ambitions, forged a defense alliance which later turned into a natural alliance.

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) forced the Indian warriors in Arunachal Pradesh to retreat by chewing on their noses and then when India imposed war on Pakistan in September 1965, China stood shoulder to shoulder with Pakistan. He spoke in support of Pakistan's position on Kashmir at every forum and also China's unwavering support for Pakistan's membership in the Nuclear Suppliers Group and for a permanent voice in Pakistan's Security Council. Has always strongly opposed India's permanent membership.

Defense co-operation between Pakistan and China should be further strengthened during the Manmohan Singh era when the then Indian Army Chief SK Singh, intoxicated by India's nuclear arsenal, threatened to destroy Beijing and Islamabad simultaneously in 96 hours. Which also guaranteed peace and security in the region.

In this context, an agreement was reached between China and Pakistan for a joint project of Economic Corridor connecting Gwadar Port, which is about to become operational today by the grace of God, which will open the door for economic development not only for Pakistan and China but for the entire region. The access of C-Pack countries to global markets will also brighten the prospects for global economic growth.

The United States and India are not turning a blind eye to C-Pac in this regard, so both the United States and India tried to make C-Pac controversial by expressing reservations, but China responded bluntly to their reservations. Modi's Government of India Two years ago, on August 5, 2019, when India illegally divided Jammu and Kashmir into two parts and annexed it to the Indian State Union, China was the first to convene an emergency meeting of the Security Council to demand Kashmiris' right to self-determination. Openly supported

At the same time, when the Indian army tried to re-engage with the Chinese army on the way to Ladakh and in Nachal Pradesh, China actually reminded India of the holiday milk and then, for the second time, on the same Indian attempt, took it to the extreme. There is no doubt that the unprecedented Pak-China friendship has become a leaden plywood wall in the way of fulfilling India's nefarious intentions, which will shatter any external force that collides with it.

 

Sino-Pakistani relations have expanded over the past three decades, from defense and diplomacy to the economy and energy, making Beijing Islamabad's largest trading and defense partner. The first high-level official contact between the two countries It began in 1955 between the former Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Bogra and his Chinese counterpart Zhou Enlai in the banding of the Indonesia Conference.

In the years that followed, the contacts were made after the respective visits of the Prime Minister of Pakistan Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy to China and the visit of Premier Zhou to Pakistan. However, the signing of the Border Agreement between the two countries in 1963 Pakistan International Airlines was the first non-profit airline to fly to China in 1964.

In addition to supporting Pakistan in the 1965 and 1971 wars against rival India, China supported Islamabad's efforts to maintain a balance of security in the region after joining the Elite Nuclear Club in 1974. It was accused by Western countries and their media of quietly helping Pakistan increase its nuclear capability in the 1980s, despite Islamabad being the first Afghan against the devastated Soviet Union. America was an ally in the war.

Of course, there is no other example of Pak-China relations in the recent diplomatic history of the world.

In December 2020, Beijing provided a soft loan of ایک 1 billion to Islamabad for the repatriation of Saudi Arabia, the second tranche of the 3 3 billion loan that Pakistan had borrowed to clear its foreign reserves in 2018. In addition, China helped Pakistan build key combat tanks such as the Al Khalid and JF Thunder fighter jets.

Islamabad also signed an agreement in 2017 with the state-run China Shipbuilding Trading Company and HZ Shipyard for four Chinese multi-role warship frigates. It is Beijing, along with Turkey and Malaysia, that has taken financial action against Pakistan. He thwarted the move to blacklist the task force. In the so-called global war on terror, Pakistan played the role of ally and frontline country of the United States.

Being a part of the war, it had to bear irreparable loss of life and property, but by burying the bitter experiences of the past, Pakistan set its sights on the future, and in the process, China, alongside Pakistan, Is providing assistance that is bringing Pakistan closer to economic independence.

From agriculture to defense and communication systems to human development, the friendship between China and Pakistan is a chapter of bilateral cooperation, each letter of which is worth writing in golden letters, and the two neighboring countries have set new examples of friendship and cooperation globally. Are

Relations between Pakistan and China are many times greater than the traditional assistance and cooperation of the two neighboring countries, ranging from defense cooperation to multilateral projects such as the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Is committed to the development of C-Pac, an example of which can be seen in the case of Shanghai Operations Organization, also known as the Shanghai Agreement, which is made up of 8 member countries, 3 observer countries, three dialogue partners and 3 It consists of guest countries whose three main objectives are to help and cooperate with each other in the political, economic and defense fields.

 

The formal launch of cooperation between Asian countries in various fields took place in Shanghai on June 15, 2001. However, the organization has been active since April 26, 1996 and its founding country besides China is Pakistan, India, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Permanent members while Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran and Mongolia have been included as observers. Pakistan is committed to play an active role in the SCO.

The new aspect of Pak-China friendship is that the ongoing Cold War between the two major powers of the world (US and China) is proving to be a test for Pakistan and the global situation is once again a different kind of Cold War that affects global economic and trade interests. For the sake of superiority, Pakistan needs to play a leading role and the world should not be misunderstood as to what will be the priority of Pakistan between the United States and China.

China's cooperation in making Pakistan's defense invincible and complete is of paramount importance, which cannot be ignored and this cooperation has entered that era of Pakistan's economic development covering other areas. Where Pakistan needs China more than ever and the two countries seem closer than ever. Such a long and warm period of relations between any two neighboring countries is extraordinary and a reflection of the fact that Pak-China friendship will continue to cover one area after another.