Chinese President Hu Jintao and Pakistani President Pervez
Musharraf have recently sent congratulations to a special column of
Beijing
Review which marks the 55th anniversary of diplomatic ties
of the two countries.
Beijing Review, established in 1958, is the sole
English news weekly of China. It is circulated in more than one
hundred countries and regions.
It issued a special column on Thursday with in-depth reports
about China-Pakistan traditional friendship and the two countries'
efforts in promoting regional peace, stability and prosperity.
Hu said "all-weather friendship" and "all-round cooperation" is
vivid depiction of China-Pakistan relations as well as development
direction of bilateral ties.
He hopes Beijing Review would continue to contribute to
strengthening China-Pakistan mutual-beneficial cooperation and the
traditional friendship between the two peoples.
Musharraf said Pakistan-China friendship is "higher than the
highest mountain" and "deeper than the deepest sea". He also
expressed the hope that the weekly could make its due contribution
to promoting friendship between the two governments and two
peoples.
(Xinhua News Agency June 11, 2006)
