{"id":6588,"date":"2025-07-24T11:35:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T11:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnp.com.pk\/?p=6588"},"modified":"2025-07-24T11:35:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T11:35:56","slug":"president-zardari-lauds-chinas-support-calls-for-deeper-economic-cultural-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/2025\/07\/24\/president-zardari-lauds-chinas-support-calls-for-deeper-economic-cultural-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"President Zardari lauds China\u2019s support, calls for deeper economic, cultural ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, Thursday, July 24, 2025 : President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday praised China\u2019s unwavering support for Pakistan\u2019s socio-economic development and underscored the vast potential for expanding bilateral cooperation in trade, economy, culture, and regional connectivity.<\/p>\n<p>During a meeting with Chinese Ambassador Jiang Zaidong at Aiwan-e-Sadr, the president reaffirmed Pakistan\u2019s strong commitment to its all-weather friendship with China, calling it a cornerstone of the country\u2019s foreign policy.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cPakistan attaches the highest importance to its relationship with China,\u201d President Zardari stated, adding that both countries must continue to work closely for the promotion of regional peace, stability, and shared prosperity.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He expressed deep gratitude for China\u2019s steadfast support during challenging times, noting that the Pakistani people held deep affection and respect for their \u201ciron brother.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Jiang, in turn, conveyed a special birthday message from Chinese President Xi Jinping, extending warm greetings to President Zardari ahead of his upcoming birthday \u2014 a gesture symbolizing the warmth and strength of high-level ties between the two nations.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting reaffirmed the strategic partnership between Islamabad and Beijing, with both sides emphasizing the need to translate political goodwill into greater economic and cultural collaboration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, Thursday, July 24, 2025 : President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday praised China\u2019s unwavering support for Pakistan\u2019s socio-economic development and underscored the vast potential for expanding bilateral cooperation in trade, economy, culture, and regional connectivity. During a meeting with Chinese Ambassador Jiang Zaidong at Aiwan-e-Sadr, the president reaffirmed Pakistan\u2019s strong commitment to its all-weather [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6589,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,67,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-china","category-diplomacy","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}