On October 22, 2023, Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong met with outgoing Ambassador of Pakistan to China Moin ul Haque.

Sun Weidong spoke highly of efforts made by Moin ul Haque as Ambassador to China to promote the development of China-Pakistan relations, and said that in recent years, all-round progress has been made in China-Pakistan cooperation, including jointly fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic, responding to devastating floods, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, and numerous visits by Pakistani leaders to China. The third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation was recently successfully hosted, and President Xi Jinping held bilateral meetings with Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar and reached new important common understandings. China is ready to work with Pakistan to implement well the important common understandings reached by the leaders of the two countries, jointly build the high-quality China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, coordinate development and security, and add a new dimension and inject new impetus into a closer China-Pakistan community with a shared future in the new era.

Moin ul Haque said that serving as Ambassador to China is the highlight of his career, and he has felt deeply the sincere friendship between the people of Pakistan and China during his tenure in China. Moin ul Haque said that he is very glad to make contribution to promoting the development of Pakistan-China relations, and thanks the Chinese government for providing him with support and convenience in carrying out his duty. Pakistan-China friendship has been and will be the logic of history and people's aspirations, and no forces can hold back this. Pakistan looks forward to further strengthening high-level exchanges with China, accelerating the joint building of the high-quality China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, deepening economic and trade, cultural and people-to-people, and sub-national exchanges, and bringing Pakistan-China relations to a higher level.