The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (FO) discounted on Friday any scheduled meeting between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in China.
When heading to the weekly press information session, the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Shafqat Ali Khan, said that Pakistan and China have reaffirmed their commitment to further deepen their “strategic cooperative association for all climate” through a improved bilateral, regional and multilateral cooperation.
Khan reported that China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Islamabad on Thursday for the invitation of the Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ishaq Dar, co-charted the sixth strategic dialogue of the Foreign Ministers of Pakistan-China.
“Both parties comprehensively reviewed the whole spectrum of bilateral relations, including phase II CPEC, commercial and economic ties, multilateral cooperation, exchanges of people to people and important regional and global problems,” he said. He added that the two ministers agreed to maintain close coordination and communication in bilateral and multilateral forums.
During his visit, Yi also called President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Shehbaz and the head of the Army personnel also Munir. Zardari expressed his gratitude for “China’s constant support to the sovereignty of Pakistan, territorial integrity and national development”, and appreciated Beijing’s position on the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, he added.
The FO spokesman also highlighted the strategic importance of the Chinese-Pakistan economic corridor (CPEC) as part of the Belt and Road initiative of President Xi Jinping.
During the interaction of the Chinese Foreign Minister with Prime Minister Shehbaz, both leaders reaffirmed mutual support in central national interests. The prime minister reiterated Pakistan’s resolution to expand cooperation with China in commerce, ICT, agriculture, industrialization, mines and minerals, and other sectors under phase II CPEC, he added.
Khan stressed that during the Chinese Foreign Minister’s meeting with the Chief of the General Staff of the Army, the discussions focused on regional security, counterterrorism and defense cooperation. Both parties underlined their resolution to strengthen coordination on regional and international platforms.
FO spokesman said the visit was part of high-level regular exchanges aimed at consolidating the Pakistan-China association. He also reported that the sixth trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of Pakistan, China and Afghanistan was held on August 20, 2025 in Kabul.
“The three parties promised to strengthen the joint efforts against terrorism and agreed to improve collaboration in commerce, transit, health, education, culture, the combination of drug trafficking and extend the CPEC to Afghanistan,” he said.
On the margin, DPM Dar celebrated a bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister Muttaqi interim, pointing out progress in political and economic areas, but raising concerns about insufficient cooperation in anti -terrorism. The FO also stressed that the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ishaq Dar, made an official visit to the United Kingdom from August 17 to 19.
During the visit, he opened digital land registration and a window passport system in the high commission of Pakistan in London to facilitate the diaspora. He also went to the British Pakistani lawyers, warning against the illegal attempts of India to suspend the Treaty of Indo Aguas, qualifying them an “existential threat” for Pakistan.
The spokesman confirmed that on August 12, Dar met Gregory Logerfo, interim coordinator for the counterterrorism in the United States Department of State, as part of the Anti-Terrorist Dialogue of Pakistan-United States. Both parties reaffirmed their shared commitment to combat terrorism, including the threats raised by the Baluchistan Liberation Army (Bla), ISIS-KHORASAN and other groups.
Khan welcomed the United States’s decision to designate the BL and its faction of the Majid Brigade as foreign terrorist organizations, qualifying it as recognition of Pakistan’s sacrifices and anti -terrorist efforts for global security. Pakistan and China also made the tenth round of bilateral consultations on arms control, not proliferation and disarmament in Beijing on August 18.
Both delegations discussed global and regional security, the strategic stability of southern Asia and the peaceful uses of nuclear technology and external space. The next round will be presented by Pakistan in 2026.
Khan also welcomed the prize of August 8, 2025 by the Arbitration Court on the Treaty of the Water of the Indo, which confirmed the interpretation of Pakistan of the critical provisions and ruled against the attempts of the India to maximize the parking volumes and avoid restrictions of the treaty. “This ruling reaffirms the final and binding nature of the treaty and exposes the unilateral attempts of India to suspend its obligations,” he said.
The spokesman strongly condemned Israeli statements about the creation of a so -called “great Israel” and displacing the Palestinians of Gaza, calling them “a flagrant violation of international law and UN resolutions.”
Answering a question about the recent statement of the Ministry of External Affairs of India, Khan said that Pakistan directly rejects the unfounded insinuations, qualifying them from another example of the “chronic tendency of New Delhi to distort the facts and statements out of context.”
“The Indian narrative of the so -called nuclear blackmail is a selfish construction, in the deceptive nature and directed to Malignan of Pakistan,” said the spokesman. He stressed that Pakistan is a responsible nuclear weapons with a solid command and control system under complete civil supervision and “has always exercised moderation and discipline on matters of such importance.”
He stressed that the “sustained and credible anti -terrorist efforts of Pakistan are internationally recognized”, noting that their security forces have acted as a bulwark against terrorism not only for Pakistan but also for regional stability and global security.
In addition, he criticized the “Saber that they chain and became the war every time he faced inconvenient facts,” and added that the unfounded accusations and stories manufactured “reflect the lack of diplomatic confidence of New Delhi.” He said that India’s attempt to involve third countries in his propaganda is a useless effort to exert pressure on Pakistan through the distortion of facts.
It contrasts the approach of India with that of Pakistan, the spokesman emphasized: “Pakistan will continue to act as a responsible member of the international community. However, any act of india aggression or violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity will find an immediate and coincident response.
Khan concluded that instead of “provocative rhetoric”, India should focus on fulfilling its international obligations, particularly on regional peace issues, counterterrorism and adherence to binding international treaties such as the Treaty of the Water of the Indo.
