The recent India-Pakistan conflict has revealed that China’s support for Pakistan is overt and operational, moving beyond the supply of military hardware, which includes fighter jets and submarines. In a further testament to the help Pakistan received during the military confrontation following the Pahalgam attack, Pakistan thanked China for the “unequivocal support” it received.
According to media reports, former Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, who is in the US along with a nine-member Pakistan Parliamentary delegation to present Islamabad's version of the recent India-Pakistan conflict, met China's Permanent Representative to the UN, Fu Cong.
While the discussion between the two sides revolved around the security situation in South Asia in the wake of the India-Pakistan conflict, Bilawal thanked Beijing for the “unequivocal support extended by China” and claimed that Pakistan's response to India's Operation Sindoor was “responsible and restrained,” reported Geo News.
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Further, he urged China to help in resolving the Kashmir dispute.
Earlier, taking to X, Bilawal had claimed that he was in the US to “convey Pakistan's message—that Pakistan seeks peace with dignity and equality at the UN.”
Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated after the Pahalgam terror attack, with India carrying out precision strikes on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in the early hours of May 7.
Pakistan attempted to attack Indian military bases on May 8, 9, and 10.
India strongly responded to the Pakistani attempts by inflicting heavy damage to a number of key Pakistani military installations, including air bases, air defence systems, command and control centres and radar sites.