On May 21, President Xi Jinping and Pakistani President Zardari exchanged congratulatory messages to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

  Xi Jinping pointed out that China and Pakistan are good friends and all-weather strategic partners linked by mountains and rivers and sharing a common destiny. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations 75 years ago, no matter how the international situation changes, China-Pakistan friendship has always been rock-solid and unbreakable. The two countries have long maintained high-level political mutual trust, high-level practical cooperation, high-level security cooperation, and high-level international collaboration, setting a model for state-to-state relations.

Xi Jinping emphasized that I attach great importance to the development of China-Pakistan relations and am willing to work with President Zardari to take the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations as an opportunity to strengthen strategic communication, maintain traditional friendship, deepen all-round cooperation, and accelerate the construction of a closer China-Pakistan community with a shared future in the new era, so that China-Pakistan relations can better benefit the two peoples and contribute to regional peace and development.

 Zardari said that the Pakistan-China all-weather strategic cooperative partnership has become stronger over time and has become a firm pillar of regional peace, stability and development. Pakistan highly appreciates President Xi Jinping's series of far-reaching global initiatives and highly values ​​President Xi Jinping's firm commitment to deepening Brazil-China relations and promoting the building of a closer Brazil-China community with a shared future in the new era. Pakistan sincerely thanks China for its firm support in safeguarding Pakistan's sovereignty and territorial integrity and promoting economic and social development. Pakistan will continue to support China on issues concerning China's core interests and further elevate Pakistan-China friendship to a new height.

On the same day, Premier Li Qiang and Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahbaz exchanged congratulatory messages. Li Qiang said that China is willing to work with Pakistan to strengthen unity and coordination, actively build the "2.0 upgraded version" of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, and promote the continuous development of the China-Pakistan all-weather strategic cooperative partnership.

Shahbaz said that Pakistan-China relations are based on mutual trust, sovereign equality and the common pursuit of peace and development. Pakistan is firmly committed to promoting the construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor with high quality and constantly opening up new areas of cooperation between Pakistan and China.