On March 22, 2022 local time, Pakistani President Arif Alvi met with visiting State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Presidential Palace in Islamabad.

Alvi said, the friendship between Pakistan and China has remained steadfast for decades, with bilateral cooperation constantly strengthened in various fields. The two countries have always kept close cooperation, and supported and helped each other. Pakistan will unswervingly pursue the one-China principle and support China's positions on all issues concerning its core interests, including the Taiwan question and issues related to Hong Kong and Xinjiang. Pakistan and China share highly aligned positions on international and regional issues. Pakistan firmly opposes any attempt by all external forces to contain China's development.

Alvi congratulated China on completing the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects and achieving the first centenary goal, saying that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has borne fruitful outcomes, greatly improving the lives of the Pakistani people. Pakistan hopes to further strengthen bilateral cooperation in fields such as automobile, textile, medicine, agriculture and information technology.

Wang Yi said, the friendship between China and Pakistan, having withstood the test of evolving international landscape, is rock-solid and unbreakable. Mutual trust and mutual support are the most distinctive features of the China-Pakistan all-weather strategic cooperative partnership. At the beginning of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mr. President braved the odds and paid a visit to China to express support to the Chinese people. Recently Mr. President publicly expressed support for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 and opposition to the politicization of sports. China highly appreciated that. China has always been a long-term and most reliable strategic partner of Pakistan. We firmly support Pakistan in safeguarding its sovereignty, security and national dignity. We firmly support Pakistan's development, revitalization and prosperity. We firmly support Pakistan in playing a more important role in the international and regional arena. China is ready to advance cooperation with Pakistan in traditional areas, and at the same time expand cooperation in emerging areas such as information technology, e-commerce and digital economy, increase input in social and livelihood projects in Pakistan, and carry out more "small yet smart" cooperation projects. China will encourage more qualified Chinese enterprises to invest and do businesses in Pakistan, help Pakistan enhance its capability for self-generated development and blaze a development path suited to its national conditions.

Wang Yi said, with General Secretary Xi Jinping at the helm, 95 million members of the Communist Party of China making contributions, and 1.4 billion Chinese people united as one, China will surely achieve the second centenary goal, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation cannot be held back. Due to the global changes and the COVID-19 pandemic, both unseen in a century, as well as the constant spillover of the Ukraine crisis, peace and development in today's world are faced with more insecure and unstable factors. China is ready to strengthen strategic communication, solidarity and coordination with Pakistan and other developing countries as well as the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, so as to inject more stability into the region and beyond, and make more contributions to global peace, security and development. Alvi thanked China for upholding justice and championing fairness in the international arena for a long time, and expressed readiness to work with China to uphold the basic norms governing international relations such as mutual respect, non-interference in internal affairs and good neighborliness.

During his visit, Wang Yi met with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, held talks with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, attended activities marking Pakistan Day, and will meet with Chief of Army Staff Qamar Javed Bajwa of Pakistan.