Will play ‘constructive role’ in improvement of India-Pakistan ties: China

TIL Desk/World/Beijing/ China said on Thursday it will play a “constructive role” in the improvement of relations between India and Pakistan, days after the second informal summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping.

 Elaborating on the remarks by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in his briefing to the Chinese media on October 13 where he stated that China’s “respective relations with India, Pakistan and other South Asian countries could run in parallel and develop together”.

The Foreign Ministry said China sincerely hopes that the New Delhi and Islamabad will improve their relations. Wang was said that “China’s respective relations with India, Pakistan and other South Asian countries could run in parallel and develop together, neither targeting any third party nor being influenced by a third party”.

Asked to elaborate Wang’s remarks, the foreign ministry in a written response to the media on Thursday said, “as a common neighbour and friend of India and Pakistan, China sincerely hopes that China-India relations will be good, China-Pakistan relations will be good and India-Pakistan relations will be good and everyone will work together to promote regional stability and development.”