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China condemns Pakistan suicide bombing that killed 6, pledges to continue belt and road projects despite attacks
- Beijing demands investigation into bombing that killed engineers working on China-built hydroelectric dam
- It is the third major attack on Chinese interests in the South Asian country in a week, with the others targeting a naval airbase and a strategic port
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Beijing strongly condemned a suicide bombing on Tuesday that killed five Chinese nationals in Pakistan and pledged to continue working on the flagship China-Pakistan Economic Corridor under the Belt and Road Initiative.
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“China opposes all forms of terrorism and firmly supports Pakistan in its efforts to combat terrorism,” China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
It vowed to strengthen cooperation with Islamabad to protect the security of Chinese personnel, projects and institutions in Pakistan.
“China and Pakistan are all-weather strategic cooperative partners and ‘ironclad’ brothers, and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has made significant contributions to Pakistan’s economic and social development,” the Chinese foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
“Any attempt to undermine China-Pakistan cooperation will never succeed.”
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Five Chinese engineers killed in suicide bomb attack in Pakistan
Five Chinese engineers killed in suicide bomb attack in Pakistan
A suicide bomber rammed a vehicle into a convoy of Chinese engineers working on a dam project in northwest Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, killing six, police said. Five Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver were killed.
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