Pakistani Ambassador to China Moin ul Haque gives speech at the stamps issue ceremony Photo: Courtesy of Pakistan Embassy in Beijing

Pakistani Ambassador to China Moin ul Haque at the stamps issue ceremony Photo: Courtesy of Pakistan Embassy in Beijing

A set of new stamps were launched in Beijing on Friday, marking the 70th anniversary of the China-Pakistan diplomatic relations. 

Pakistani Ambassador to China Moin ul Haque and senior officials from the Embassy and China Postal Group launched a pair of commemorative stamps at the Jianguomen Post Office in Beijing's diplomatic quarter.

Jointly designed by China Post and Pakistan Post, the stamps feature the sister-ports of Gwadar in Pakistan's Balochistan Province and Zhuhai in South China's Guangdong Province. 

Sister-city relations between Gwadar and Zhuhai were established in 2015 during the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Pakistan.

Photo: Courtesy of Pakistan Embassy in Beijing

In his speech, Haque noted that the stamps are an invaluable chronicle of the seven splendid decades of the Pakistan-China all-weather strategic cooperative partnership, signifying bilateral unique and ironclad friendship. 

The choice of Gwadar and Zhuhai reflects the steadily expanding friendship and cooperation between the two governments and their people along the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to a shared prosperity through the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a flagship of the BRI.

The ceremony also hosted social-sector organizations, media and stamp collectors.

Global Times

Photo: Courtesy of Pakistan Embassy in Beijing

Photo: Courtesy of Pakistan Embassy in Beijing