11-04-2003, 12:16 PM
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BEIJING: Foreign Minister Khursheed Mahmud Kasuri on Monday said Islamabad had no concerns about Chinaâs warming ties with India, saying Beijing was a close friend that it trusted.
"We donât worry at all. The best test of that is not what you say or I say but what the Chinese say," he said in an interview with the BBC. "The Chinese say our relationship is one of a kind, so why should we be worried. China is a very close friend of Pakistan."
"Recently there has been greater interaction between India and China and we feel that is a positive development," said Kasuri. He denied that Pakistan was simply a dumping ground for Chinese-made military hardware, saying the countryâs defence industry had proved it was self-sufficient. "Nothing could be farther from the truth," he said when asked the question.
"Thanks to US sanctions on Pakistan for the last eight or 10 years, not only we are self sufficient but we are exporting armaments all over the world. We have entered into treaties for selling basic armaments. We are self-reliant. And our relationship with China is excellent and it is mutually beneficial," the foreign minister added.
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I can only add, Pakis are now worried. Good going between India and China
BEIJING: Foreign Minister Khursheed Mahmud Kasuri on Monday said Islamabad had no concerns about Chinaâs warming ties with India, saying Beijing was a close friend that it trusted.
"We donât worry at all. The best test of that is not what you say or I say but what the Chinese say," he said in an interview with the BBC. "The Chinese say our relationship is one of a kind, so why should we be worried. China is a very close friend of Pakistan."
"Recently there has been greater interaction between India and China and we feel that is a positive development," said Kasuri. He denied that Pakistan was simply a dumping ground for Chinese-made military hardware, saying the countryâs defence industry had proved it was self-sufficient. "Nothing could be farther from the truth," he said when asked the question.
"Thanks to US sanctions on Pakistan for the last eight or 10 years, not only we are self sufficient but we are exporting armaments all over the world. We have entered into treaties for selling basic armaments. We are self-reliant. And our relationship with China is excellent and it is mutually beneficial," the foreign minister added.
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I can only add, Pakis are now worried. Good going between India and China