In order to address “security risks,” the Chinese army is eager to cooperate with Pakistan

The Chinese military on Thursday indicated its readiness to collaborate with the Pakistani side to strengthen the two nations’ capacity to address a range of security dangers and difficulties, including terrorist acts, and to jointly protect peace and stability in the area.

This came about as a result of a terrorist incident that took place in the Shangla area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday, killing a Pakistani driver and five Chinese nationals, including a lady.

“The Chinese military is willing to work with Pakistani side to continuously enhance our capability of tackling various security risks and challenges, especially our ability to respond to terrorist attacks and jointly safeguard regional peace and stability,” Colonel Wu Qian, a spokesman for China’s Ministry of National Defense, stated during his monthly briefing.

The PLA tri-services contingent will march in the Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad on March 23. In response to a query, he stated, “Chinese people often call Pakistan by our affectionate name for it’s iron-clad brother.”

He said that China and Pakistan are reliable strategic allies, excellent brothers who stick by one other through good times and bad, and they share wealth and sorrow.

“Our two militaries have maintained frequent and close high-level exchanges under the strategic guidance of our leaders of both countries, and we have achieved positive outcomes in areas such as joint exercises and training professional exchanges, personnel training and equipment, and technological cooperation,” the spokesperson continued.

Former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir had declared the military “shall not leave any stone unturned to ensure that every foreign citizen, especially the Chinese nationals — contributing to the prosperity of Pakistan — is safe and secure in the country” in response to the terrorist attack in Shangla one day earlier.

Following the terrorist assault on Chinese nationals working on the Dasu Hydel Power Project, the prime minister Shehbaz Sharif conducted an emergency meeting in which the army chief reaffirmed the military’s determination to eradicate the scourge of terrorism hurting the nation.

The COAS had said that Pakistan had beaten the enemies’ evil plans after the country had waged the war on terror with tenacity for the last twenty years.

Gen. Munir had noted that the enemies of Pakistan had once again “underestimated the resilience and grit of the state and the people of Pakistan,” in reference to the current upsurge in terrorist attacks.