A set of new stamps were launched in Beijing on Friday, marking the 70th anniversary of the China-Pakistan diplomatic relations.
Pakistani Ambassador to China Moin ul Haque and senior officials from the Embassy and China Postal Group launched a pair of commemorative stamps at the Jianguomen Post Office in Beijing's diplomatic quarter.
Jointly designed by China Post and Pakistan Post, the stamps feature the sister-ports of Gwadar in Pakistan's Balochistan Province and Zhuhai in South China's Guangdong Province.
Sister-city relations between Gwadar and Zhuhai were established in 2015 during the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Pakistan.
In his speech, Haque noted that the stamps are an invaluable chronicle of the seven splendid decades of the Pakistan-China all-weather strategic cooperative partnership, signifying bilateral unique and ironclad friendship.
The choice of Gwadar and Zhuhai reflects the steadily expanding friendship and cooperation between the two governments and their people along the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to a shared prosperity through the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a flagship of the BRI.
The ceremony also hosted social-sector organizations, media and stamp collectors.
Pakistan and China enjoy close and friendly relations since the establishment of diplomatic relations in May 1951. Pakistan was one of the first countries that recognized the People’s Republic of China. Over the years, the relationship has blossomed into an “all weather strategic cooperative partnership”. Pakistan considers China as one of its closest friend and partner and China considers Pakistan as its “Iron Brother”.
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