Talking to Chinese media representatives, Prime Minister Imran Khan said that China has a 70-year-old friendly relationship with China. I am visiting China next week with a delegation. I will and I look forward to participating in the Olympics.
Sino-Pakistani relations have strengthened over time. Chin has always stood by Pakistan in difficult times Pakistan has always stood by China. When Karakoram Highway was being built I was in school. Karakoram project was a joint project of China and Pakistan. Pak has further strengthened the relationship between China and Pakistan.
He said that cricket is not played in China. He said that he would also teach cricket to China so that they too could play cricket.
The Prime Minister said that the whole world recognizes that China has lifted 700 million people out of poverty. This has never happened before in history. she does.
We also have the problem of poverty. In the rest of the world, the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.
China has reduced poverty to such an extent that unless the economy grows, where will the money come from to lift people down? It has not happened in China that few people have money. Our emphasis is on economic growth. This does not mean that we are not focusing on security but now the focus is on economic development. If there is economic development then we will lift people out of poverty.
The first phase of C-Pack was power generation and connectivity. We want to increase production in agriculture with the help of China. Agricultural production in China is very high. Our cities are expanding. We also want to learn from China on mega cities. Want to increase sharing.
Talking about Kashmir issue, he said that there is a lot of criticism in the West about the treatment of Wagers in China. The West talks about Wagers but India atrocities are not mentioned in Kashmir. On the one hand, the West talks about Wagers in China but remains silent on Kashmir.
Answering a question regarding Afghanistan, he said that Afghanistan has been affected by war for 40 years. After 40 years, the way is clear for peace in Afghanistan. 40 years ago, there was no war in Afghanistan. Gone is the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. If the crisis in Afghanistan re-emerges, then the situation of the 90’s could re-emerge. Can’t leave Afghanistan alone.
The Prime Minister also congratulated China on the Lunar New Year.
