Lahore/Beijing March 19 (TNS): Song Tao, Minister International Department, Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), in a letter has congratulated Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on his election as the president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz.
In the letter, Tao has described Shehbaz as “an old friend of China who has made commendable contribution to the enhancement of relations between our two countries and our two parties”. The Chinese minister has also invited the chief minister to visit Beijing to take forward party-to-party relationship between the CPC and the PML-N.
Earlier, Shehbaz Sharif congratulated Chinese President Xi Jinping for his re-election. In his felicitation message, Sharif expressed his best wishes and said that under Xi’s leadership, China has emerged as a strong power in the world. He said that the Pak-China friendship was strengthening with each passing day.
