China defends Pakistan’s anti-terror efforts after Trump criticism
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) shakes hands with Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif (L) during Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on Sep 8, 2017 in Beijing, China. PHOTO: AFP
BEIJING: China on Friday shielded Pakistan’s counter-terrorism efforts, following President Donald Trump’s indictment that Islamabad harbours militants aggressive US and Afghan troops.
“The supervision and people of Pakistan have done outrageous sacrifices in a quarrel opposite terrorism and such efforts and sacrifices are there for everybody to see,” Chinese unfamiliar apportion Wang Yi said.
“The general village should recognize that… and give Pakistan a full credit it deserves,” he added.
The remarks were done during a press lecture in Beijing following a assembly between Wang and Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif.
In a vital debate surveying US process on Afghanistan final month, Trump slammed Pakistan for charity protected havens to “agents of chaos” and suggested family would be practiced immediately.
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Following Trump’s remarks, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson also cautioned that Pakistan could remove a standing as a vital US fan and see a US troops assist suspended.
Asif on Friday pronounced it is Islamabad’s organisation perspective that progressing informal confidence is a “critical” priority and concentration should sojourn on pacific solutions.
He also thanked Beijing for a purpose in hosting a trilateral Afghanistan-China-Pakistan unfamiliar ministers’ forum, that is approaching to take place before a finish of this year.
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