Chongqing, April 22nd—Sun Haiyan, Vice-minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee (IDCPC), met here today on the morning with a delegation of political parties from South Asian countries led by Anusha Rahman Ahmad Khan, Senator from Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and former Federal Minister of Information Technology and Telecommunication of Pakistan. 

Sun spoke positively of the sound development momentum of China's relations with South Asian countries. She said, China has actively engaged in all-round cooperation with neighboring countries, strengthened exchanges in various fields, and jointly maintained peace and stability, blazing a path of peaceful development with good-neighborliness and win-win cooperation. China will work with South Asian countries to build a community with a shared future with neighboring countries under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy and the spirit of the recent central conference on work related to neighboring countries. China will firmly defend its national sovereignty, security and development interests, resolutely oppose the United States’ abuse of tariffs and economic bullying, and join hands with countries around the world to maintain an open, inclusive, equal and universally beneficial world trade system. The CPC is willing to strengthen bilateral and multilateral dialogue and cooperation with political parties in South Asian countries, deepen exchanges and mutual learning of experience in state governance and administration, and make contributions as a political party to accelerating development and revitalization of each country and to promoting regional peace and stability. 

Representatives of political parties from South Asian countries spoke highly of the spirit of the central conference on work related to neighboring countries. They stated that China is a stabilizing force in this turbulent world and an important development partner that is trustworthy and reliable. Under the current situation, China has proposed building a community with a shared future with neighboring countries and rolled out policies and measures to deepen cooperation in various fields with neighboring countries, which is very important and opportune. They said, we are full of confidence in China's development and believe that China will play an important leading role in regional and international affairs. They hoped to deepen cooperation in various fields with China, safeguard independence and achieve common development. They looked forward to deepening friendly exchanges with the CPC, strengthening bilateral and multilateral political party dialogue and cooperation, and jointly benefiting the people of all countries in the region.