China Wants “Concrete Actions” From Pakistan on Security Issues, Says Ambassador

Chinese ambassador to Pakistan, Jiang Zaidong, briefed a small group of local journalists at the embassy on October 25, 2024 and urged the government in Islamabad to do more to protect Chinese nationals in the country. Image via Associated Press of Pakistan.

China’s ambassador to Pakistan invited a small group of local journalists to the embassy on Friday for a rare press conference to deliver a blunt message to the government in Islamabad: the security situation in the country has to improve.

Jiang called on the Pakistani security services to arrest those responsible for a string of terrorist attacks that have killed almost a dozen Chinese nationals in separate incidents this year.

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