Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 15 -- Ding Xuexiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, met with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Dahl of Pakistan in Beijing on May 15.

Ding Xuexiang said that China and Pakistan are all-weather strategic cooperative partners and "iron" brothers. President Xi Jinping has met with Pakistani leaders for many times to provide important strategic guidance for bilateral relations. China is willing to work with Pakistan to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, maintain high-level strategic communication, jointly build the China Pakistan Economic Corridor with high quality, coordinate development and security, deepen people to people connections, accelerate the construction of a closer China Pakistan community of common destiny in the new era, and better benefit the two peoples.

Dahl said that Pakistan attaches great importance to developing relations with China, firmly supports China's core interests and major concerns, and is willing to comprehensively strengthen practical cooperation with China, promote the upgrading of bilateral cooperation, and deepen the all-weather strategic cooperative partnership between Pakistan and China.