Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar Addresses Chinese Embassy Reception on 105th CPC Anniversary — Transcript

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1. 0:05His Excellency
2. 0:07Young Leidong, Ambassador of the
3. 0:10People's Republic of China, honorable
4. 0:12fellow ministers,
5. 0:14on parliamentarians,
6. 0:17distinguished members of the diplomatic
7. 0:19corps, dear Chinese nationals and fellow
8. 0:22Pakistanis, ladies and gentlemen,
9. 0:25As-salamu alaykum. Very good evening. Ni
10. 0:27hao.
11. 0:28>> [clears throat]
12. 0:29>> It is my profound pleasure to join you
13. 0:32in this commemorative reception to
14. 0:35celebrate the 105th anniversary of the
15. 0:39founding of the Communist Party of
16. 0:41China.
17. 0:42On this auspicious occasion, I wish to
18. 0:45extend my heartfelt felicitation to the
19. 0:48leadership and the members of the
20. 0:51Communist Party of China as well as to
21. 0:54the government and brotherly people of
22. 0:55China. For over a century,
23. 0:59the CPC
24. 1:00has guided the Chinese people
25. 1:04through a remarkable journey
26. 1:06of transformation and rejuvenation.
27. 1:10Under its visionary leadership,
28. 1:13China has emerged as a symbol
29. 1:16of
30. 1:17an unparalleled economic development,
31. 1:21lifting hundreds of millions of people
32. 1:23out of poverty, the data which honorable
33. 1:26ambassador shared.
34. 1:29China's success has benefited the world,
35. 1:32including
36. 1:34through the frameworks of shared
37. 1:36prosperity,
38. 1:38common development, and building a
39. 1:40community with shared future for
40. 1:43mankind.
41. 1:45Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen,
42. 1:47for Pakistan, this anniversary marks an
43. 1:50important opportunity
44. 1:52to celebrate not only China's
45. 1:54achievements, but also the ironclad
46. 1:57friendship that defines our partnership
47. 2:00with China.
48. 2:02The friendship has been nurtured by
49. 2:05successive generations of our leaders
50. 2:08and embodies the profound aspirations of
51. 2:11our people. Today,
52. 2:13Pakistan-China friendship stands as a
53. 2:16shining model of mutual trust,
54. 2:19mutual respect, and mutually beneficial
55. 2:22cooperation.
56. 2:24Here, I wish to especially honor
57. 2:28the Chinese
58. 2:30People's
59. 2:32Republic's Communist Party of China's
60. 2:34leadership,
61. 2:35whose wisdom
62. 2:37and sagacity
63. 2:39have been instrumental in shaping
64. 2:42a resilient, dynamic, and time-tested
65. 2:46China-Pakistan partnership.
66. 2:49Ladies and gentlemen,
67. 2:50China and Pakistan have always supported
68. 2:53each other's sovereignty,
69. 2:55territorial integrity,
70. 2:58and core interests.
71. 3:01Our friendship is a living example of
72. 3:04the all-weather strategic cooperative
73. 3:06partnership.
74. 3:08Over the years,
75. 3:10we have established
76. 3:11a multitude of avenues to promote our
77. 3:15bilateral cooperation.
78. 3:17But one particular avenue that I wish to
79. 3:21highlight
80. 3:22this evening is the party-to-party
81. 3:25exchanges.
82. 3:26Regular dialogue between the Communist
83. 3:29Party of China
84. 3:30and political parties of Pakistan
85. 3:33has facilitated in deepening mutual
86. 3:36understanding,
87. 3:37exchanging governance experiences, and
88. 3:40aligning our vision for development and
89. 3:43modernization.
90. 3:46Such institutional interactions have
91. 3:48laid a solid foundation
92. 3:50for people-to-people connectivity
93. 3:53ensuring that China-Pakistan friendship
94. 3:56is passed on from generation to
95. 3:58generation with continued vigor and
96. 4:01vitality.
97. 4:03Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen,
98. 4:06as the president of international
99. 4:07affairs of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz,
100. 4:10I would like to underscore the
101. 4:11long-standing bonds of friendship
102. 4:13between Communist Party of China and
103. 4:16Pakistan Muslim League N. I also
104. 4:18appreciate the CPC continuous engagement
105. 4:22with all political parties of Pakistan.
106. 4:25Very recently, on 24th of May,
107. 4:28they celebrated in Beijing
108. 4:32the international department of Chinese
109. 4:34Communist Party
110. 4:37their Pakistan and China 75th
111. 4:40anniversary.
112. 4:42I was invited as chief guest.
113. 4:44I co-chaired with Minister Liu, who
114. 4:47heads the IDCPC,
115. 4:49and they invited all political parties
116. 4:51from China,
117. 4:53and there was almost 100 participants
118. 4:55from across
119. 4:57the country, all political parties. I
120. 4:59think that was a really grand function
121. 5:03they held to celebrate 75th
122. 5:06anniversary of the Chinese-Pakistan
123. 5:09leadership and the relationship. There
124. 5:11are
125. 5:12ample evidences, I would say,
126. 5:15which we can quote
127. 5:17to see how close Pakistan and China
128. 5:21works.
129. 5:22Regardless which political party's
130. 5:24governance, the relationship with China
131. 5:26remains the same and at the top
132. 5:29priority.
133. 5:30These ties
134. 5:32are underpinned by regular exchanges
135. 5:34between the leadership of the two
136. 5:35parties, which feed into the strategic
137. 5:38mutual trust between our two countries.
138. 5:41The launch of China-Pakistan Economic
139. 5:42Corridor
140. 5:44in 2015 during the government of
141. 5:47Pakistan Muslim League marked a pivotal
142. 5:49moment in the history of bilateral
143. 5:52relations.
144. 5:53Not only did the CPEC expand the scope
145. 5:56of practical cooperation,
146. 5:59it helped Pakistan successfully
147. 6:01overcome the daunting challenges of
148. 6:04electricity shortages in pre-2013-14,
149. 6:09and it supported Pakistan economic
150. 6:11development,
151. 6:13and the all outages which were almost 18
152. 6:15to 20 hours in the urban areas and 20 to
153. 6:1921 hours in rural area all got vanished.
154. 6:24Ladies and gentlemen, excellencies, the
155. 6:26CPEC also strengthened our road
156. 6:28infrastructure while generating
157. 6:30employment opportunities for our
158. 6:32citizens,
159. 6:33including in rural and less developed
160. 6:36parts of Pakistan.
161. 6:40Now, the CPEC second phase
162. 6:42is focused on high-quality development,
163. 6:45with priority areas including
164. 6:48industrialization,
165. 6:49agriculture, mines and minerals, IT and
166. 6:53human resource development.
167. 6:56Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, I'm
168. 6:58delighted to share
169. 7:00that a mutually reinforcing relationship
170. 7:02exists
171. 7:03between the CPEC 2.0 and Pakistan's five
172. 7:08E's framework for development that
173. 7:11prioritizes exports,
174. 7:13e-Pakistan,
175. 7:15environment and climate change, energy
176. 7:18and infrastructure, and equity and
177. 7:20empowerment. I'm confident that this
178. 7:23alignment of visions between China and
179. 7:26Pakistan will bring even greater
180. 7:28prosperity, innovation, and shared
181. 7:31growth for our two peoples.
182. 7:34Importantly, these shared priorities
183. 7:37will give
184. 7:38a fresh impetus to the efforts aimed as
185. 7:42building the China-Pakistan
186. 7:44corridor
187. 7:46a vibrant one
188. 7:47and also China-Pakistan community with a
189. 7:50shared future in the new era.
190. 7:53Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen,
191. 7:55today's anniversary comes against the
192. 7:57backdrop of an uncertain regional and
193. 8:00institutional situation.
194. 8:03As a peace-loving nation,
195. 8:05Pakistan continues to advance the
196. 8:07mediation process through
197. 8:10persistent outreach and sustained
198. 8:12engagement.
199. 8:14Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen,
200. 8:16thankfully, the peace efforts achieved
201. 8:19the signing of the historic Islamabad
202. 8:21Memorandum of Understanding between the
203. 8:23US and Iran on 18th of June
204. 8:26this year.
205. 8:28These peace efforts were greatly
206. 8:29supported by President Xi Jinping's
207. 8:33visionary four-point peace proposal
208. 8:36which advocated dialogue as the means to
209. 8:39solve differences.
210. 8:41Pakistan has the same policy.
211. 8:44Last year, Pakistan has its turn as
212. 8:47presidency of the UN Security Council in
213. 8:50May last year and then July 2025.
214. 8:53Particularly, May China had the
215. 8:55presidency, in July Pakistan had the
216. 8:58presidency. And the theme we selected
217. 9:02for the ministerial debate
218. 9:04in
219. 9:05New York
220. 9:06in the UN Security Council meeting and
221. 9:09during Pakistan presidency was
222. 9:11multilateralism
223. 9:14disputes solution through
224. 9:17the
225. 9:18dialogue and diplomacy.
226. 9:21So, Pakistan and China
227. 9:24work together
228. 9:26for the peace and security of the globe
229. 9:28and obviously which includes the region.
230. 9:31Pakistan-China also joined
231. 9:35hands on 31st of March
232. 9:38when I visited at the invitation of
233. 9:41Foreign Minister Wang Yi
234. 9:42and we both discussed
235. 9:45the China-Pakistan five-point peace
236. 9:48initiative
237. 9:49for Middle East.
238. 9:51We urged
239. 9:53de-escalation
240. 9:55succession of hostilities
241. 9:57peace talks
242. 9:59security of shipping lanes
243. 10:01and adherence to the UN Charter as the
244. 10:04pathway to lasting peace in the Middle
245. 10:06East.
246. 10:08We had massive support
247. 10:10to China-Pakistan five-point peace
248. 10:13initiative which we announced during my
249. 10:15visit 31st of March. We had dozens of
250. 10:18countries across the globe
251. 10:21Americas, Europe
252. 10:23Central Asia South Asia, Middle East,
253. 10:27virtually everybody supported those five
254. 10:30points.
255. 10:31Since the start of the crisis, close
256. 10:33coordination between China and Pakistan
257. 10:36has shown that our friendship is a
258. 10:39prized asset for global peace, stability
259. 10:42and harmony.
260. 10:44We will continue to work closely with
261. 10:46China
262. 10:47in the interest of not only our two
263. 10:49countries but also
264. 10:51for the international community.
265. 10:53Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, in
266. 10:56conclusion, I wish to once again pay my
267. 10:59tribute to the great founding spirit and
268. 11:03century-long legacy of the Communist
269. 11:06Party of China.
270. 11:08Let me also reaffirm
271. 11:10Pakistan's ironclad friendship with the
272. 11:12leadership
273. 11:14government and the peoples of China.
274. 11:16Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen
275. 11:18I pray that this timeless bond of
276. 11:21friendship may continue to thrive
277. 11:25bringing more prosperity and happiness
278. 11:28to our two countries and beyond. I thank
279. 11:30you all. Pakistan, China friendship
280. 11:33Zindabad.
281. 11:34Thank you.