China defends Pakistan yet again
posted on Oct 17, 2016 @ 8:38PM
China on Monday strongly defended its all-weather ally, saying it is against linking any country or religion with terror and asked the world community to acknowledge Pakistan's "great sacrifices". This comes a day after Prime Minister Modi called Pakistan a "mothership of terrorism".
Spokesperson of the Chinese foreign ministry Hua Chunying said China is opposed to linking any country to terrorism. Answering a question on Modi's criticism of Islamabad in aiding and abetting terror groups opposed to India, she said "on counter-terrorism, China's position is consistent".
"It is the same way we oppose linking terrorism with any specific country or religion," she said. “As per the problem between India and Pakistan, both the two countries are close neighbours of China. We truly hope that they can resolve these differences in a peaceful way through dialogue and consultation, so that India and Pakistan relations can develop. This serves the interest of the two countries and the region,” she said.