China lauds Pakistan efforts against terror financing

China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Lu Kang said that the Pakistani government and its people had contributed and sacrificed enormously for the fight against terrorism.

During a press conference in the Chinese capital, he said that Pakistan’s hard efforts, both in terms of ground operations and in financing counter-terrorism efforts, were there for all to see.

“We’ve been calling on all relevant parties of the international community to view and evaluate Pakistan’s counter-terrorism efforts in an objective and fair way, instead of just pointing fingers at Pakistan out of bias,” he said.

“As an all-weather strategic cooperative partner for Pakistan, China will continue to enhance communication, coordination and cooperation with Pakistan on counter-terrorism,” he said.

About China's stance on FATF meeting, the Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said Pakistan's contributions in the area of countering terror financing were there for all to see.

"China highly recognises that [Pakistan's contributions], and hopes all relevant parties of the international community could arrive at an objective and fair conclusion on that," Lu said.