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China to bolster strong Pakistan ties

PAKISTAN: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will aim to reassure Pakistan on a visit beginning Friday that energy, military and economic ties remain tight, despite China’s warming relations with India.

Wen, who flies in after a two-day visit to India, is expected to sign off on trade deals officials estimated at between $10 billion and $14 billion with impoverished Pakistan, and is likely to pledge Chinese help to develop a strategic port. Ties between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan remain tense over a host of issues, and China’s ties with Pakistan irk India.

Wen used more than $16 billion in trade deals and promises of political support to charm India into temporarily setting aside disputes with China.

He will want to assure old friend Pakistan that China’s improving ties with India do not come at Pakistan’s expense. “China still looks at Pakistan and India through the same lens,” said Hamayoun Khan, an independent analyst and former China-Pakistan expert at the Institute of Strategic Studies.

“Whereas the US considers Pakistan as part of Af-Pak and India as a separate country, which is not taken well in Pakistan.”

According to a Pew survey of Pakistan public opinion last year, 84 percent of respondents said they had a favorable few of China, and 16 percent had a favorable view of the United States. ISLAMABAD, Friday, Reuters

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