Beijing, China - March 24, 2017
1. Press conference by Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in progress
2. Reporters
3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Hua Chunying, spokeswoman of Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (starting with shot 4):
"Invited by Pakistani military, China dispatched a PLA (People's Liberation Army) honor guard to Pakistan Day parade. It is known to all that China and Pakistan are all-weather strategic cooperative partners and the two armies have been fostering a traditional friendship. In 2015, Pakistan sent their servicemen to China to attend the military review marking the 70th anniversary of victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the world's anti-fascism war. This time the participation of the Chinese guards of honor in Pakistan's military review epitomizes the high-level strategic mutual trust and friendship between the two countries and the two armies. To put it differently, it presents another vivid portrayal of the high-level strategic mutual trust and friendship between the two countries."
4. Various of reporters taking notes

The participation of the guards of honor of the Three Services of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) in Pakistan's military review is another vivid portrayal of the high-level strategic mutual trust and friendship between the two countries, said a spokeswoman of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs at a media briefing on Friday.

"Invited by Pakistani military," the Spokeswoman, Hua Chunying, said, "China dispatched a PLA (People's Liberation Army) honor guard to Pakistan Day parade."

"It is known to all that China and Pakistan are all-weather strategic cooperative partners and the two armies have been fostering a traditional friendship," Hua said.

When China celebrated the 70th anniversary of the victory of its War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the world's anti-fascism war in 2015, Pakistan also sent their servicemen to China to attend the military review.

"This time the participation of the Chinese guards of honor in Pakistan's military review epitomizes the high-level strategic mutual trust and friendship between the two countries and the two armies," Hua said.