Leaders of the two countries will preside over the signing of several documents in the economic and cultural fields.
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani will visit China from May 17 to 20 in the immediate aftermath of the killing of Osama bin Laden and the resultant tensions between Islamabad and Washington.
Announcing Gilani's visit, Chinese foreign ministry
spokesperson Jiang Yu told reporters that Pakistani prime
minister's visit was worked out before Laden's killing.
The visit is taking in connection with the establishment of 60th year of diplomatic relations between the two countries, she said.
"China and Pakistan are each other's good neighbours,
friends and brothers," Jiang said, adding that Gilani would
hold talk with President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Wen
Jiabao with the aim of deepening cooperation between the two
countries.
Jiang said China was ready to take this opportunity
to deepen "practical cooperation across the board" and further
boost the bilateral relations.
Leaders of the two countries will preside over the signing of several documents in the economic and cultural fields.
She, however, did not answer a question whether the
leaders would discuss the issue of nuclear cooperation during
Gilani's visit.
The leaders will exchange views on bilateral, regional
and international issues to promote pragmatic cooperation
between the two countries, she said.
China and Pakistan have "maintained sound communication and cooperation" in various fields including countering terrorism, she said.
On the diplomatic tensions between the US and Pakistan
following the raid that killed bin Laden, Jiang said, "our
position is clear. We support countries implementing counter
terrorism strategies as per their local conditions, and
international cooperation to jointly counter it".
As the differences between the US and Pakistan
escalated in the aftermath of the bin Laden killing, Beijing
came out with full support of Islamabad praising Pakistan’s
counter-terrorism efforts and its cooperation in the war
against terror.
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