Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf Monday conferred
the award of the Nishan-i-Imtiazmilitary on a visiting Chinese
general.
The award was conferred on General Qiao Qingchen, Air Force
commander of the People's Liberation Army of China, in recognition
of his consistent and valuable contributions for promoting
relations and understanding between the air forces of the two
countries.
Earlier, Qiao called on Musharraf. Musharraf recalled the
extremely close and fraternal relations between China and Pakistan
and lauded the services of the Chinese commander in giving a
meaningful and purposeful orientation to these ties.
In their talks, Qiao conveyed President Hu Jintao's cordial
greetings and best wishes to Musharraf.
Qiao said that the leaders of the both China and Pakistan had
always put utmost importance to the promotion of the bilateral
relationship for the last 55 years since the establishment of the
diplomatic relations.
He said that the frequent exchanges of visits between the two
countries' top leaders showed that China and Pakistan had a solid
political basis and a great potential for the further development
of their full-scale future-oriented partnership of cooperation.
Qiao said that the friendship between China and Pakistan had set
a good example for peaceful co-existence and cooperation of mutual
interest, adding that the peoples of the two countries had always
given sympathy and support to each other.
He also expressed thanks to Pakistan for the country's
coordinated stand with China on issues like Taiwan, Tibet, human
rights and fights against terrorism, separatism and extremism.
Qiao hoped that China and Pakistan would make a good use of 55
years of two countries' friendship to further deepen their
cooperation in areas including politics, economy, culture and
military.
(Xinhua News Agency October 17, 2006)
