Whats’s Behind the Iron Brotherhood - Imtiaz Gull

It not only trumpets the CPEC as the corridor of regional peace, cooperation, and mutually beneficial trade, but also underscores the need to lend Pakistan the requisite support for institutional reforms and capacity-building in the context of the atrocious Taliban- led terrorism in the country. [...] “The two parties noted with pleasure the completion of the work of boundary demarcation in accordance with the Boundary Agreement concluded between the two countries in March 1963… they were pleased that this task had been carried out by the joint Pakistan China Boundary Commission in a spirit of unfailing friendship and cooperation.” The joint communiqué also touched on the importance of the 10 p. [...] “The two sides expressed the view that the further strengthening and development of the friendly relations and cooperation between China and Pakistan were in accord with the common desire and fundamental interests of the two peoples and conducive to the Afro-Asia peoples’ cause of unity against imperialism.” Pakistan reiterated its recognition of the Chinese government 10 U. [...] 29 as the “sole legal government of the Chinese people and that Taiwan was an inalienable part of the territory of the Peoples’ Republic of China.” The Kashmir dispute as usual figured prominently in the communiqué, with the Chinese leadership reiterating its full support to “the Kashmiri people in their just struggle for their right of self-determination.” This also underscored the ever-growing i. [...] “From a full backing of Pakistan’s position based on the UN resolutions and self-determination for the people of Kashmir until the mid-1970s, China changed to respecting the wishes of the Kashmiri people and then, by the 1990s, to supporting the bilateral efforts of Pakistan and India for a peaceful settlement.