China and Pakistan sign new deal to ‘push the military-to-military relationship to a higher level’
BY CHRISTINE DOUGLASS-WILLIAMS
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational & research purposes:
This is bad news not only for India, but for global stability. Google Earth has just revealed an apparent expansion of a nuclear weapons facility in Pakistan. Chinese drones have been described as “the new weapon in Pakistan’s jihadi arsenal.”
Adding to this ominous news, a newly aggressive Turkey is also a strong supporter of Pakistan.
“China and Pakistan pen new military deal as tensions with India reach breaking point,” by Alex Shipman, Express, December 2, 2020:
General Wei Fenghe, China’s defence minister, met Pakistan’s President Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad on Tuesday.
Chinese state media reports how Gen Wei urged both nations to “push the military-to-military relationship to a higher level”.
He said this will “firmly safeguard the sovereignty and security interests of the two countries and safeguard the regional peace and stability”.
President Alvi “firmly supports China’s stand on issues related to the South China Sea, Taiwan, Xinjiang, Tibet and so on”, according to Chinese state media.
The meeting followed a visit to Nepal where Gen Wei offered his support for Nepal against India.
According to The Communist Party-run Global Times, Gen. Wei said: “China firmly supports Nepal to safeguard its national independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
The situation between India and China on the long-disputed Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh has been a source of major tension.
The conflict has long roots as the countries first went to war over the boundary in 1962 but despite multiple negotiations, there has been no lasting resolution….