‘Never used Islamabad against India’

Beijing: China has played a positive role in the continuous easing of the relationship between India and Pakistan, said a state-run daily which added, “China has not played balancing strategy, using one country against the other.”

An article in the Global Times said that when Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and his entourage flew from India to Pakistan Wednesday for a two-day visit, his plane was escorted by six Pakistani Air Force JF-17 fighter jets after entering Pakistani airspace.

Both Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso welcomed Li at the airport in person, which clearly reflects the `all-weather’ friendship between China and Pakistan, it said.

The article said “developing friendly cooperation” helps China and the whole region.