Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday met Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar and Uruguay's Foreign Affairs Minister Mario Lubetkin in New York on the sidelines of a UN Security Council high-level meeting in New York.

During a meeting with Dar, Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said Pakistan has actively mediated in the US-Iran negotiations and is a trustworthy and qualified mediator.

China will continue to support Pakistan's peace efforts and work to push for dialogue and negotiation and promote a comprehensive ceasefire, so as to restore peace and stability in the Middle East and the Gulf region as soon as possible, he added.

For his part, Dar thanked China for its support of Pakistan's mediation efforts. He said Pakistan and China have put forward a five-point proposal on peace and stability in the Middle East and the Gulf region, which has received broad support. Pakistan will continue to play a constructive role in de-escalating the situation.

On bilateral relations, Wang said Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif carried out a successful visit to China, during which the leaders of the two countries reached important new consensus, elevating the building of a China-Pakistan community with a shared future to a new level.

China is ready to work with Pakistan to maintain high-level exchanges, deepen political mutual trust, expand practical cooperation, enhance Pakistan's capacity for self-driven development, and accelerate the building of an even closer China-Pakistan community with a shared future in the new era, said Wang.

Dar said Prime Minister Sharif's visit to China was a great success. Pakistan is ready to work with China to implement the consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, strengthen the alignment of development strategies, advance the construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, and deepen cooperation in various fields, so as to continuously promote the development of the Pakistan-China all-weather strategic cooperative partnership.

He said Pakistan will continue to fully support China-proposed initiatives and work with China to practice multilateralism. 

China supports Uruguay in safeguarding sovereignty, development interests

In a separate meeting with Uruguay's Foreign Affairs Minister Mario Lubetkin, Wang said maturity, stability and predictability have been the defining features of China-Uruguay relations since the two countries established diplomatic ties.

China appreciates Uruguay's adherence to the one-China principle and will support the country in safeguarding its own sovereignty, security and development interests, said the Chinese foreign minister. 

China is ready to work with Uruguay to well implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state, intensify high-level exchanges, deepen cooperation across all fields and elevate the China-Uruguay comprehensive strategic partnership to a new height, he said.

Noting that Uruguay is the current rotating chair of the Group of 77 and China, Wang said China stands ready to strengthen multilateral coordination with Uruguay to promote an equal and orderly multipolar world and universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization.

Lubetkin said Uruguay is ready to work with China and leverage its role as the rotating chair of the Group of 77 and China to advance the reform agenda of the United Nations.

He said Uruguay firmly adheres to the one-China policy and is ready to work with China to strengthen high-level exchanges and expand cooperation in fields such as trade, finance, energy, cultural and people-to-people exchanges, as well as science and technology, to continuously advance bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership.

(With input from Xinhua)