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Pakistani FM visits Chinese nationals injured in blast, vows to bring culprits to justice

2021/7/19 11:04:42   source:CGTN

The Dasu attack is not only an attack on the Chinese, but also on Pakistan and the friendship between the two countries, said Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi when visiting the serious Chinese casualties at the Combined Military Hospital in Rawalpindi near the federal capital Islamabad on Sunday.

Pakistan will work with China to make every effort to bring the culprits to justice, he added.

On July 14, the shuttle vehicles for the Chinese-contracted Dasu Hydropower Project were hit by a blast when they were heading to the construction site in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, leaving nine Chinese nationals and three Pakistanis dead, according to the Chinese embassy in Pakistan.

During the visit to the hospital, Qureshi wished the injured Chinese nationals a speedy recovery, adding that the Pakistani side will do its best to make sure they get the best treatment.

Talking to Chinese media on the occasion, the Pakistani foreign minister said that Pakistan and China "have collectively fought challenges in the past, and we have undertaken development projects in the past, which have mutually benefited China and Pakistan."

"We are aware of the fact that there are elements who do not want to see development activities in Pakistan, and they have undertaken this cowardly act," he added.

Qureshi was accompanied by Pakistani Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood and Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong.

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