Iran, China presidents ‘ready to work’ with Zardari

Presidents from Pakistan two fast neighbours, China and Iran, have been among the many first world leaders to congratulate President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday, upon his election because the nation’s 14th president, expressing their want to work with Pakistan’s new leaders for strengthening the bilateral relations.

Chinese language President Xi Jinping and Iranian President Syed Ebrahim Raeesi despatched their separate messages to Zardari on his unprecedented second time period as president as he was sworn in on the Aiwan-e-Sadr.

In a congratulatory message, Raisi pointed to the deep-rooted cultural and non secular ties between Iran and Pakistan, calling for strengthening the connection greater than earlier than. “As at all times, and particularly within the new period, the Islamic Republic of Iran is able to broaden ties with the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,” he added.

President Xi of China, in the meantime, congratulated Zardari on his election, stressing that China and Pakistan have been “good neighbours, good pals, good companions and good brothers”. He mentioned the 2 nations’ “iron-clad friendship is a selection of historical past and a treasured treasure of the 2 peoples”.

In recent times, Xi famous, the 2 nations have maintained shut high-level exchanges, supported one another on points regarding their respective core pursuits and main issues, achieved fruitful leads to the development of the China-Pakistan Financial Hall (CPEC).

Highlighting a excessive degree of growth of bilateral relations, President Xi continued that the world was confronted with accelerated modifications unseen in a century, and the strategic significance of China-Pakistan relations had grow to be extra distinguished.

The Chinese language chief said that he extremely regarded the event of China-Pakistan relations, and “is able to work” with President Zardari to hold ahead the standard bilateral friendship, advance sensible cooperation in varied fields.

He additionally expressed his readiness to push for better growth of China-Pakistan all-weather strategic cooperative partnership, and to speed up the constructing of a good nearer China-Pakistan neighborhood with a shared future within the new period, in order to higher profit the 2 peoples.

Zardari was elected as president on Saturday. He acquired 411 votes, as in opposition to the 181 his rival, Mahmood Khan Achakzai, garnered. That is Zardari’s second time period because the nation’s president, having earlier served within the position from 2008 to 2013.
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