On November 29, 2023, Assistant Foreign Minister Nong Rong met with new Pakistani Ambassador to China Khalil-ur-Rahman Hashmi.

Nong Rong welcomed Khalil-ur-Rahman Hashmi to assume his new post in China and said that the China-Pakistan all-weather strategic cooperative partnership enjoys a sound momentum of development. Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar's attendance at the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in China in October this year was a success. China is willing to work with Pakistan to follow through on important common understandings reached by the leaders of the two countries, and accelerate the building of a closer China-Pakistan community with a shared future in the new era.

Khalil-ur-Rahman Hashmi said that Pakistan attaches great importance to its relations with China, and thanked China for its sustained and strong support for Pakistan. During his tenure, Khalil-ur-Rahman Hashmi will make every effort to follow through on the important common understandings reached by the leaders of the two countries, deepen practical cooperation in various fields, and lift the Pakistan-China all-weather strategic cooperative partnership to a higher level.