ISLAMABAD: China has expressed the resolve to work with Pakistan to carry forward the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) so as to benefit the peoples of two countries.

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying said CPEC was a new cooperation framework set up by China and Pakistan to pursue long-term development, Radio Pakistan reported on Saturday.

The spokesperson said the dividends and benefits brought by the CPEC would be shared by the people in China and Pakistan, and in the region.

She said joining Pakistani side in its military parade this time was another vivid testament to epitome of the high-level strategic mutual trust and friendly relations between the two countries and the two militaries.

The spokesperson said China and Pakistan were all weather strategic cooperative partners and their militaries maintained traditional friendship.