"Ironclad Friendship" With Pak: China Congratulates New Caretaker PM
NDTV
Earlier in the day in Islamabad, 52-year-old Anwarul Haq Kakar, an ethnic Pushtun leader who is considered close to the powerful military, was sworn in as Pakistan's caretaker prime minister
China on Monday asserted that its "ironclad friendship" with Islamabad will always remain "rock-firm and unbreakable" irrespective of any changes in the international landscape and the domestic situation in Pakistan, as it congratulates Anwarul Haq Kakar on his appointment as caretaker prime minister.
Earlier in the day in Islamabad, 52-year-old Kakar, an ethnic Pushtun leader who is considered close to the powerful military, was sworn in as Pakistan's caretaker prime minister to head a neutral political set-up to run the cash-strapped country and conduct the next general elections.
"China stands ready to work with Pakistan to advance our all-weather strategic cooperative partnership, build an even closer China-Pakistan community with a shared future in the new era, and bring more benefits to the two countries and two peoples," Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said in a press conference here.
