Chinese five times contacted PTI to end sit-in for President Xi visit

Chinese five times contacted PTI to end sit-in for President Xi visit

BEIJING- Chinese officials in Pakistan had contacted Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf leaders five times to convince them to end protest sit-in for the visit of the Chinese President Xi Jinping in September, Chinese sources privy to the contacts here have said.
President’s Xi, who was scheduled to visit Islamabad in mid-September, had to postpone the visit over the sit-ins by the PTI and Pakistan Awami Tehrik. 
The Chinese diplomats had also contacted Shaikh Rashid of the All Pakistan Muslim League and the PML-Q leaders to help in paving the way for the “very important visit” of the Chinese President; however, all these efforts met with a failure, the sources told media persons who accompanied a Pakistani parliamentary delegation.
He said the PTI and leaders of the other protesting parties had assured support; however, there had been no change in the political stalemate. "The situation turned worst when the protesters forced their way into the Red Zone as the move coincided with the landing of a Chinese advance team in Islamabad.
“We could not even go to the airport to receive our advance team due to closure of the roads and security situation in Islamabad. We succeeded to bring the advance team from the airport in a helicopter offered by Prime Minister’s office,” the sources said.
They said the visit was very much on the cards and the Chinese embassy officials had been engaged in the visit’s preparations for weeks. However; the political situation in Islamabad had raised some concerns that led to the postponement of the visit in consultations of the both countries.
“The visit will take place on agreed dates,” the diplomatic sources went on to say.

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