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Pakistan wants ties with regional countries based on mutual respect: Fatemi


Source : Pakistan Today   Date : 31-01-2015   

Pakistan wants ties with regional countries based on mutual respect: Fatemi

KARACHI – Special Assistant to Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs Syed Tariq Fatemi on Friday said that Pakistan wanted cordial relations with all the countries in region, based on mutual respect without compromising its national solidarity.

Speaking to launching ceremony of research paper “Reviving Historical Trade Routes: Case Study of Silk Road - Gateway to China,” of Karachi Council on Foreign Relations (KCFR) followed by an interactive session on “Pak - China Relations,” he said cognizant of the relevance of trade and economics in the modern era of statehood, the government had made extra efforts to focus on the issue.

He said that Pakistan also adopted the same approach for its neighbour on the eastern border, which was not reciprocated probably because of hegemonic ambitions on the other side. With specific reference to Pak-China relations, Fatemi said both the countries and their people hold a unique and unusual understanding.

“Factually it is the Chinese who coined the term of “Iron Brothers” for the two countries and this is true and it is one relationship which is time tested,” he added. “It is really enhanced trading and economic connections that hold most profound impact on states,” said Fatemi referring to agreements the two countries have signed during past two years. He referred to the vision and dedication of Chinese leadership in propelling their country to new heights and to become the world's most strong economy which was way to achieve the goal of technological development.

“Fortunately there were the people willing to follow the vision of their leaders,” he said with the hope that the steps taken by the present government would have its lasting impact in every sphere of the Pakistani society in coming years. He said that the fact could not be ignored that economics was the propelling factor in all aspects of a nation's life.