China reminds world of Pakistan’s sacrifices in war on terror

BEIJING: China has come in support of Pakistan and called on the international community to support its counterterrorism efforts after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his hatred towards Pakistan mentioning Pakistan as terror export factory.

In response to Indian Prime Minister Modi’s remarks against Pakistan’s counter-terrorism campaign, a Chinese foreign ministry’s spokesperson Friday said terrorism was an enemy of the international community and stressed all parties to strengthen cooperation and work together to deal with it.

Terrorism is a public enemy of the international community. All parties should strengthen cooperation and work together to deal with it, Hua Chunying said while responding to a question in this regard during her regular press briefing.

“We hope that the international community will actively support Pakistan’s anti-terrorism efforts and continue to cooperate effectively with Pakistan in the anti-terrorism field,” she added.

When asked will the forthcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) foreign ministers meeting discuss anti-terrorism issues, the spokesperson said that maintaining the security and stability of the region and promoting the common development and prosperity of member states were the aims of the SCO.

Since its establishment, the SCO has always put the security field as its key cooperation direction, she added. She informed that the upcoming meeting of foreign ministers of SCO will exchange views on cooperation in various fields and on major international and regional issues.