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The Star
4 days ago
- Politics
- The Star
CPC delegation visits Laos to strengthen ties
VIENTIANE: Chen Zhou, deputy head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, led a CPC delegation to visit Laos from Wednesday (July 16) to Friday (July 18) at the invitation of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party. During the visit, Chen met with Thongloun Sisoulith, general secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and Lao president, and Bounleua Phandanouvong, acting head of the LPRP Central Committee's Commission for External Relations. He also held brief discussions with leaders from various Lao Party and government departments. The two sides exchanged views on the relations between the two parties and the two countries, as well as issues of common concern. They agreed to follow the important consensus reached by the top leaders of both parties and countries, enhance strategic mutual trust, deepen interparty exchanges, expand pragmatic cooperation, promote the steady and long-term development of the China-Laos community with a shared future, and make positive contributions to maintaining regional peace and development. - Xinhua
Mint
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Mint
Pakistan, China agree to deepen trade, investments, maintain close communication, says report
Pakistan on Wednesday said that it had agreed to deepen trade and investment with China, days after the end of a deadly conflict with India that Beijing urged should be resolved through dialogue. Arch rivals India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire on May 10, after four days of fighting, the worst in nearly three decades. Tensions escalated between the nuclear-armed neighbours after a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam district on April 22 killed 26 men. The announcement comes in the backdrop of Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar meeting his counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing on Tuesday, news agency Reuters reported. Dar is the first high-level Pakistani official to visit China after India carried out precision strikes under 'Operation Sindoor' on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on May 7 after the Pahalgam attack. According to a PTI report, Dar introduced to Wang the latest situation and Pakistan's considerations since Pakistan and India reached an understanding to end the conflict after four days of intense cross-border drone and missile strikes. Besides Wang, Dar also met Liu Jianchao, the influential Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (IDCPC), and discussed issues arising out of the India-Pakistan military conflict besides New Delhi's decision to keep the 1960 Indus Water Treaty in abeyance. China on Tuesday called for a "comprehensive and lasting ceasefire" between India and Pakistan, urging both countries to properly handle their differences through dialogue. "China welcomes and supports Pakistan and India to properly handle their differences through dialogue, achieve a comprehensive and lasting ceasefire and seek fundamental solutions," Wang told Dar in Beijing, state run Xinhua news agency reported. Wang told Dar that China will support Pakistan in safeguarding its national sovereignty and territorial integrity, according to a statement from the Chinese foreign ministry. Apart from maintaining close communication, the two countries agreed to more cooperation in trade, investment, agriculture, industrialisation, and other sectors, Pakistan's foreign ministry said. Tensions soared after the Indian Armed Forces on the intervening night of 6 and 7 May conducted precision strikes, under Operation Sindoor, targeting terror launchpads in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in response to Pahalgam attack on April 22 by terrorists, in which 26 people, mostly tourists, were killed. In the early hours of 7 May, Pakistan began heavy shelling across the LoC in Poonch, increasing the intensity of unprovoked firing in Kupwara, Baramulla, Uri, Medhar and Rajouri sectors of Jammu and Kashmir. On 8 May, the Indian armed forces targeted Pakistan's air defence radars and systems at several locations, in which the air defence system in Lahore was neutralised. On the intervening night of 8 and 9 May, Pakistan had launched a series of coordinated drone and missile attacks along India's western border, targeting 26 locations. Defence officials said the attacks were intercepted by India's air defence systems, including the S-400 missile defence system, preventing significant damage. Then, for the third consecutive day, on the intervening night of 9 and 10 May, Pakistan violated Indian airspace by launching drones at several locations. Pakistan had also resorted to cross-border firing and shelling along the LoC and the International Border. On the morning of 10 May, India carried out strikes at four airbases in Pakistan. Precision strikes were carried out on Pakistani military targets in Rafiqui, Murid, Chaklala, Rahim Yar Khan, Sukkur, and Chunian, as well as radar sites at Pasrur and Sialkot aviation bases, using air-launched weapons from Indian fighter jets, the Indian Army said. By the evening of 10 May, India and Pakistan decided to stop firing and military action on land and in the air from 5 pm, an agreement that Pakistan violated later that night. (With inputs from agencies)
Japan Times
23-04-2025
- Politics
- Japan Times
Komeito leader Saito makes first visit to China
Komeito leader Tetsuo Saito arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for his first visit to China since becoming the head of the junior member of Japan's ruling coalition. On the first day of his visit, Saito met with Liu Jianchao, head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China's Central Committee. Saito expressed his appreciation for the Chinese side's warm welcome, and Liu stressed that the Japanese and Chinese ruling parties should promote a mutually beneficial strategic relationship between the two countries to contribute to world peace, stability and prosperity. Saito is the first Komeito leader to visit China since the November 2023 visit by Natsuo Yamaguchi. Carrying a letter from Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to Chinese President Xi Jinping, Saito will meet with senior Chinese officials before returning home on Thursday. Saito and Chinese officials are expected to discuss China's resumption of imports of Japanese fishery products and the possible establishment of an Asian version of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
