ISLAMABAD   -    Prime Minister She­hbaz Sharif on Fri­day felicitated Chi­na’s President Xi Jinping on being elected for the position for a third term.

“The confidence of the Chinese people and par­liament in President Xi Jinping is a recognition of his extraordinary leadership skills,” the Prime Minister said in a message of greetings on behalf of the government and people of Pakistan.

President Xi Jinping was voted unanimously by the People National People’s Congress (NPC), as the President of China for the next five years.

Shehbaz Sharif said, “President Xi Jinping has become a symbol of China’s development and peo­ple’s prosperity. Under his leadership, China has become the world’s top economic power and this journey continues.” The prime minister said un­der the visionary leadership of President Xi Jin­ping, China was making remarkable achievements in every sphere, including education, health, agri­culture, innovation, and technology.

Shehbaz Sharif expressed the hope that the tried and tested evergreen strategic coopera­tion between the two countries would be further strengthened during the next five-year term of President Xi Jinping. The prime minister extend­ed extends his best wishes to President Xi Jinping, and the government and people of China.