Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with representatives of Pakistani think tanks on Wednesday, reiterating China's determination to deepen the friendly and cooperative relations with its neighbor.

Yang said that during the visit, he has reached broad consensus with Pakistani leaders on ways to deepen friendship, expand cooperation and enhance mutual support between the two countries in this new era.

Today, the China-Pakistan strategic partnership of cooperation, marked by all-weather friendship and all-round cooperation, has become an example for harmonious coexistence and friendly cooperation between countries with different social systems. Our friendship has shown such enormous vitality because the two sides have adhered to the following principles in developing our relations.