Xi in Tibet - China's Diplomacy in Afghanistan & Pakistan - Wang Yi: Afghanistan an 'Indispensable link in Neighbourhood Diplomacy'

Here are the key reports and articles that I found noteworthy from the People’s Daily’s edition on Thursday, August 21, 2025.

Page 1: The entire page is dedicated to Xi Jinping’s visit to Tibet. For much of the past week, there were a series of articles on the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region. Pieces also talked about how Xi had been personally involved in Tibet policy work. Today, Xi attended a grand gathering at the Potala Palace square in Lhasa. We’ll get more on this tomorrow.

For now, the lead story says that Xi’s visit “fully demonstrates the Party Central Committee’s high regard for Tibet and its deep affection for cadres and masses of all ethnic groups in Tibet.” Xi landed at noon on Wednesday. Wang Huning and Cai Qi traveled with Xi on the same flight, the report says. Also with Xi are the following:

• Li Ganjie, Politburo member and Head of the United Front Work Department. He is the deputy head of the central delegation

• Zhang Guoqing, Politburo member and Vice Premier of the State Council

• Losang Gyaltsen, Vice Chairman of the NPCSC

• Hu Chunhua, Vice Chairman of the CPPCC NC

• Zhang Shengmin, Central Military Commission member

• He Lifeng, Politburo member and Vice Premier of the State Council

• Wang Xiaohong, Secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and State Councilor

The central delegation composition is interesting in that Zhang Youxia did not accompany him. Zhang is 75 years old. Is this an age thing, given the altitude?

When he landed, Xi was greeted by

• Wang Junzheng, Tibet Party Secretary

• Yan Jinhai, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region People’s Congress

• Karma Tsetan, Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region People’s Government

• Liu Jiang, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Tibet Autonomous Region CPPCC

The other top report on the page is on Xi hearing work reports from the TAR Party Committee and the TAR government. The report says:

Xi “stressed that Tibet must fully implement the Party’s governance strategy for Tibet in the new era, adhere to the general principle of seeking progress while maintaining stability, fully and accurately implement the new development concept, firmly promote high-quality development, and continuously and thoroughly address the four major issues of stability, development, ecological environment, and strengthening the border areas, striving to build a united, prosperous, civilised, harmonious, and beautiful socialist modern new Tibet.” 他强调，西藏要全面贯彻新时代党的治藏方略，坚持稳中求进工作总基调，完整准确全面贯彻新发展理念，扎实推动高质量发展，持续深入抓好稳定、发展、生态、强边四件大事，努力建设团结富裕文明和谐美丽的社会主义现代化新西藏.

Xi Jinping pointed out since the establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region 60 years ago, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee and the vigorous support of the people of the whole country, the Party Committee and Government of the Autonomous Region have united and led the people of all ethnic groups of the whole region in arduous struggle and pioneering advancement, adhered to and improved the system of ethnic regional autonomy, carried out in depth the struggle against and separatism, achieving world-renowned major accomplishments in economic and social development. The snowy plateau has witnessed earth-shaking changes, and together with all other parts of the country it has fully completed the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects on schedule, and stepped onto the new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country. On behalf of the Party Central Committee, he expressed warm congratulations and extended sincere greetings to cadres and the masses of all ethnic groups in Tibet! 习近平指出，西藏自治区成立60年来，在党中央坚强领导和全国人民大力支持下，自治区党委和政府团结带领全区各族人民艰苦奋斗、开拓进取，坚持和完善民族区域自治制度，深入开展反分裂斗争，经济社会发展取得举世瞩目的重大成就，雪域高原发生翻天覆地的变化，同全国各地一道如期全面建成小康社会、迈上全面建设社会主义现代化国家新征程。他代表党中央，向西藏各族干部群众表示热烈祝贺、致以诚挚问候!

Xi Jinping emphasised that governing, stabilising, and developing Tibet primarily requires maintaining political stability, social stability, ethnic unity, and religious harmony in Tibet. It is necessary to further forge a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation and advance the building of the community of the Chinese nation, strengthen publicity and education on the history of the Party, the history of New China, the history of reform and opening up, the history of socialist development, and the history of the development of the Chinese nation, widely publicise the brilliant achievements of the Tibet Autonomous Region over the past 60 years, tell well the Tibet stories of the new era, and guide cadres and the masses of all ethnic groups to continuously enhance the ‘five identifications’. It is necessary to actively create a national model zone for ethnic unity and progress, promote the popularization of the national common language and script, foster exchanges and integration among all ethnic groups, and promote two-way economic, cultural, and personnel exchanges between Tibet and the mainland. We must guide Tibetan Buddhism to adapt to socialist society in accordance with the requirements of systematically promoting the Sinicization of religions in China and strengthening the rule of law in the governance of religious affairs. We must strengthen Party leadership, improve the systems and mechanisms for social work, better engage and serve the people, and consolidate the foundation of social governance. 习近平强调，治藏稳藏兴藏，首先是要保持西藏的政治安定、社会稳定、民族团结、宗教和顺。要进一步铸牢中华民族共同体意识、推进中华民族共同体建设，加强党史、新中国史、改革开放史、社会主义发展史、中华民族发展史宣传教育，广泛宣传西藏自治区60年来的辉煌成就，讲好新时代西藏故事，引导各族干部群众不断增进“五个认同”。要积极创建全国民族团结进步模范区，推广普及国家通用语言文字，促进各民族交往交流交融，推动西藏与内地经济、文化、人员双向交流。要按照系统推进我国宗教中国化、加强宗教事务治理法治化的要求，引导藏传佛教与社会主义社会相适应。要强化党建引领，健全社会工作体制机制，更好凝聚服务群众，夯实社会治理基础.

Xi Jinping pointed out that Tibet’s development has its own unique characteristics, and high-quality development must be promoted based on actual conditions. We must develop advantageous industries unique to the plateau, particularly specialised agriculture and animal husbandry and clean energy, in accordance with local conditions. We must continuously develop resource processing, actively develop modern service industries, and promote the integration of cultural and tourism industries. We must advance the construction of major projects such as the Yarlung Tsangpo hydropower project and the Sichuan-Tibet Railway in a vigorous, orderly, and effective manner. We must strengthen ecological civilisation development, coordinate efforts to reduce carbon emissions, reduce pollution, expand green areas, and promote growth, and safeguard the ‘Roof of the World’ and ‘Water Tower of Asia’. We must coordinate the advancement of new urbanisation and comprehensive rural revitalisation, consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation, and do a solid job in livelihood issues, such as employment, education, healthcare, social security, elderly care, and childcare, further enhancing the sense of gain, happiness, and security of people of all ethnic groups. We must continue to work hard on post-disaster reconstruction in Tingri County. 习近平指出，西藏发展有自身特点，要从实际出发推动高质量发展。要因地制宜发展高原特色优势产业，特别是特色农牧业和清洁能源产业，持续发展资源加工业，积极发展现代服务业，促进文旅产业融合。要有力有序有效推进雅下水电工程、川藏铁路等重大项目建设。要加强生态文明建设，协同推进降碳、减污、扩绿、增长，守护好“世界屋脊”和“亚洲水塔”。要统筹推进新型城镇化和乡村全面振兴，巩固拓展脱贫攻坚成果，扎实做好就业、教育、医疗卫生、社会保障、养老、托幼等民生工作，进一步提升各族群众的获得感、幸福感、安全感。要继续做好定日县灾后重建工作.

Xi Jinping emphasised that to do a good job in Tibet, we must always uphold the Party’s leadership and strengthen Party building. It is necessary to persistently use the Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to gather hearts and forge souls, guiding cadres and the masses of all ethnic groups to listen to the Party and follow the Party. We must vigorously promote the spirit of old Tibet and the ‘Two Roads’ spirit, persist in unifying strict management with generous care, giving equal weight to incentives and constraints, guiding the broad masses of Party members, cadres, and all types of talent to forge ahead with vigour and act with responsibility, while simultaneously implementing various care measures to help resolve worries about the future. We must fully leverage the vanguard role of grassroots Party organisations. We must leverage the achievements and experience gained from the thorough implementation of the eight-point central regulations and improve the regular and long-term mechanism for improving work conduct. We must conscientiously implement the political responsibility of comprehensive and strict Party governance, persist in integrating rectifying work style, enforcing discipline, and fighting corruption, coordinately advance ‘dare not be corrupt, cannot be corrupt, do not want to be corrupt,’ and strive to create a political ecology that is clean and upright. 习近平强调，做好西藏工作，必须始终坚持党的领导、加强党的建设。要坚持不懈用新时代中国特色社会主义思想凝心铸魂，引导各族干部群众听党话、跟党走。要大力弘扬老西藏精神、“两路”精神，坚持严管厚爱统一、激励约束并重，引导广大党员、干部和各类人才奋发进取、担当作为，同时落实各项关爱措施，帮助解决后顾之忧。要充分发挥基层党组织的战斗堡垒作用。要运用好深入贯彻中央八项规定精神学习教育成果和经验，健全作风建设常态化长效化机制。要认真落实全面从严治党政治责任，坚持正风肃纪反腐相贯通，一体推进不敢腐、不能腐、不想腐，努力营造风清气正的政治生态.

Two reports of activities that Xi attended. He attended an evening gala with lots of song and dance. Xi also met with representatives of all ethnic groups and all walks of life in Tibet. He met with representatives of cadres aiding Tibet, responsible comrades of the autonomous region and relevant departments, responsible comrades of various prefectures and cities and representatives of veteran comrades, representatives of political-legal affairs work officers, representatives of patriotic figures from the religious circles and cadres from monastery management committees.

Page 2: There’s an editorial on Tibet on the page. It says:

“If you focus on the North Star, you will never get lost; follow the Communist Party and you will be happy”. “All 628,000 people registered in poverty files have been lifted out of poverty, and Tibet has completely cast off the problem of absolute poverty that bound it for thousands of years. By persisting in guaranteeing and improving people’s livelihood in the course of development, the average life expectancy of the whole region has risen from 68.17 years in 2010 to the present 72.5 years, and the people’s standard of living has markedly improved.” “看着北斗星走不迷路，跟着共产党走会幸福。”62.8万建档立卡贫困人口全部脱贫，西藏彻底摆脱了束缚千百年的绝对贫困问题。坚持在发展中保障和改善民生，全区人均预期寿命从2010年的68.17岁提高到目前的72.5岁，人民生活水平显著提高.

“The remarkable achievements in Tibet’s economic and social development in the new era are the result of the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, the concerted efforts of cadres and people of all ethnic groups in Tibet, and the strong support and sincere assistance from people of all ethnic groups across the country. These achievements fully demonstrate the decisive significance of the Two Establishments, fully display the tremendous superiority (巨大优越性) of China’s socialist system, and fully prove that the path of resolving ethnic problems with Chinese characteristics is completely correct. History and reality have eloquently proven that only under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, by unswervingly following the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, upholding and improving the system of regional ethnic autonomy, and adhering to the Party’s governance strategy for Tibet in the new era has Tibet achieved its present prosperity and progress, and will surely enjoy an even brighter future.新时代西藏经济社会发展取得的辉煌成就，是以习近平同志为核心的党中央坚强领导的结果，是西藏各族干部群众团结一心、艰苦奋斗的结果，是全国各族人民大力支援、真诚帮助的结果，充分彰显了“两个确立”的决定性意义，充分展示了我国社会主义制度的巨大优越性，充分证明中国特色解决民族问题的道路是完全正确的。历史和现实雄辩地证明，只有在中国共产党的领导下，坚定不移地走中国特色社会主义道路，坚持和完善民族区域自治制度，坚持新时代党的治藏方略，西藏才有了繁荣进步的今天，更会有更加辉煌灿烂的明天.

Another report informs that as per the Ministry of Transport, from January to July this year, fixed asset investment in rural roads amounted to 206.24 billion yuan. A total of 51,000 kilometers of rural roads were newly built or renovated, i,e., 51% of the annual target.

Page 3: Let’s cover Wang Yi’s meetings in Afghanistan. The only meeting mentioned in the paper today is the chat with Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund. Xinhua reports:

“Akhund said the Chinese government and people have always held a friendly and positive attitude towards Afghanistan, and he thanked China for speaking up for Afghanistan on the international stage. China is a force for justice in the world, consistently committed to friendly cooperation and mutual development with Afghanistan and other countries, said the prime minister. History has shown that those who attempt to interfere in the affairs of other nations will suffer the consequences, while countries that pursue friendly policies will succeed, Akhund said, noting that this is China's unique strength. Like China, Afghanistan adheres to the principle of non-interference in internal affairs and is willing to coexist amicably and cooperate with all nations. Over the past two decades, Afghanistan has endured the ravages of war and chaos, and some Western countries continue to maliciously smear its reputation, Akhund said. The Afghan government will make every effort to resolve issues, promote development, and improve the livelihoods of its people, he said, stressing that it does not wish to and will not create trouble for other countries. Afghanistan looks forward to strengthening cooperation with China to advance a positive and sustainable friendly relationship, and will never allow any force to use the Afghan territory to threaten China, standing firmly with China at all times, said the prime minister.”

“Wang said China and Afghanistan have maintained friendly relations for thousands of years. China has consistently adhered to the principle of non-interference in internal affairs, respecting the choice of the Afghan people, their cultural traditions, and the governance model established according to their national conditions. China supports Afghanistan in upholding its independence to achieve development and revitalisation. China has made the proposal to build a community with a shared future with its neighbouring countries, and build a peaceful, safe and secure, prosperous, beautiful and amicable home together, and jointly promote modernisation. Afghanistan is indispensable and should be an important partner in this process, Wang said. Throughout history, the Chinese foreign minister said, imperialists, colonists, and hegemonists have all attempted to invade Afghanistan, but all have failed, and such schemes will not succeed in the future. China has consistently advocated for the equality of all countries, big and small, and opposes the strong bullying the weak or the big oppressing the small. All countries should treat each other equally and cooperate for mutual benefit, Wang said. The world should not see the rich getting richer while the poor get poorer; every country, including Afghanistan, has the right to achieve development and revitalisation, he noted. Wang pointed out that since the change of government in Afghanistan, the Chinese foreign minister has visited the country twice, which reflects China's sincere wish to develop ties with Afghanistan and promote traditional friendship. As a neighbouring country of Afghanistan, China will continue to uphold justice, oppose unilateral bullying, and engage in cooperation in various fields with Afghanistan, Wang said, adding that strengthening security cooperation will provide the necessary guarantee for economic cooperation. Noting that the East Turkestan Islamic Movement is a terrorist organisation listed by the United Nations Security Council, Wang said China hopes Afghanistan will take its concerns seriously and intensify its efforts to combat the terrorist forces. Wang expressed confidence that under the leadership of the Afghan government, Afghanistan will achieve greater development and better serve its people.”

Next, Wang met with Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi.

China pursues a friendly policy toward all the Afghan people, has always been at the forefront of major world powers and neighbouring countries in developing relations with Afghanistan, and will continue to support the Afghan government in governing steadily, focusing on development, resolutely fighting terrorism, and maintaining good neighbourly friendship to achieve lasting peace and stability. We must properly handle the relationship between security and development. Strengthening security cooperation between China and Afghanistan will provide a foundation for economic cooperation, and deepening economic cooperation will also enhance Afghanistan’s security capabilities. We hope that Afghanistan will continue to make every effort to combat the ETIM terrorist forces, remove obstacles to the in-depth development of China-Afghanistan relations, and inject new impetus. 中方奉行面向全体阿富汗人民的友好政策，在发展对阿关系方面一直走在世界大国和邻国的前列，将继续支持阿政府稳健施政、聚焦发展、坚决打恐、睦邻友好，实现长治久安。我们要处理好安全与发展的关系。中阿加强安全合作将为经济合作提供保障，深化经济合作也将提升阿安全能力。希望阿方继续全力打击“东伊运”恐怖势力，为中阿关系深入发展清除障碍，注入动力.

Wang Yi emphasised that this year marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Afghanistan. China supports the Afghan side’s pursuit of an ‘economy-centered’ policy and is willing to work together with the Afghan side to inherit China-Afghanistan friendship, deepen political mutual trust, strengthen exchanges and cooperation between both sides in the fields of economics and trade, agriculture, poverty reduction, water conservancy, connectivity, and people-to-people ties, allowing the tree of China-Afghanistan friendship to continuously grow strong, better benefiting both countries and both peoples, and making new contributions to regional peace, stability, and development. 王毅强调，今年是中阿建交70周年。中方支持阿方奉行“以经济为中心”的政策，愿同阿方一道努力，传承中阿友好，深化政治互信，加强双方在经贸、农业、减贫、水利、互联互通、人文等领域交流合作，让中阿友谊之树不断茁壮成长，更好造福两国和两国人民，为地区和平稳定发展作出新的贡献.

Muttaqi said friendship with China is the cornerstone of Afghanistan’s foreign policy, and it is precisely thanks to Chinese assistance that the Afghan side has been able to govern the country smoothly. In the face of significant changes in the current international and regional situation, it is timely for Afghanistan and China to deepen cooperation. Afghanistan is willing to deepen bilateral relations on the basis of equality and mutual respect, strengthen exchanges at all levels, establish a regular economic and trade dialogue mechanism, and promote more mutually beneficial results from practical cooperation. Afghanistan attaches great importance to China’s security concerns and will never allow anyone or any force to use Afghan territory to engage in activities that harm China. Afghanistan is willing to strengthen security and counter-terrorism cooperation with China and jointly maintain lasting peace and stability in the region. 穆塔基欢迎王毅到访，感谢中方为阿富汗反对外部干涉提供的宝贵支持，赞赏中方为维护地区和平与发展所作的重要贡献。穆塔基表示，对华友好是阿富汗外交政策的基石，正是得益于中方帮助，阿方才能顺利施政治国。面对当前国际地区形势的重大变化，阿中深化合作正当其时。阿方愿在平等、相互尊重基础上深化两国关系，加强各层级交往，建立经贸定期对话机制，推动务实合作取得更多互惠成果。阿方高度重视中方安全关切，决不允许任何人和任何势力利用阿领土从事危害中国的活动，愿同中方加强安全反恐合作，共同维护地区持久和平稳定.

Wang visited the Chinese Embassy in Afghanistan. Wang Yi said that currently, the profound changes unseen in a century are accelerating in their evolution, and the international situation is interwoven with turbulence and disorder. Neighbourhood diplomacy holds major significance for planning the overall situation of diplomacy, serving the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation. This April, the Central Conference on Neighbourhood Work was successfully held, General Secretary Xi Jinping attended the meeting and delivered an important speech, emphasising the need to focus on building a community of shared future with neighbouring countries, and to strive to open up a new situation in neighbourhood work. Afghanistan is an indispensable link in neighbourhood diplomacy, and the work concerning Afghanistan bears glorious mission and heavy responsibility. 王毅向全体馆员致以诚挚慰问和崇高敬意。王毅表示，当前，百年变局加速演进，国际形势变乱交织。周边外交对运筹外交全局、服务强国建设和民族复兴伟业意义重大。今年4月，中央周边工作会议成功举行，习近平总书记出席会议并发表重要讲话，强调要聚焦构建周边命运共同体，努力开创周边工作新局面。阿富汗是周边外交不可或缺的一环，对阿工作使命光荣，责任重大.

Wang Yi pointed out that the Embassy in Afghanistan has fine traditions, with generations of diplomatic personnel working hard in difficult conditions, dedicating themselves to the Party, bringing glory to the country, serving the people, and making outstanding contributions to Chinese diplomacy. The embassy Party committee has led all comrades with Party building as the guide, taking the study and learning on thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Central Committee’s 8-point regulations as an opportunity to strengthen political construction, ideological construction, organisational construction, work style construction, discipline construction, and institutional construction, practicing the important 16-character requirements that General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward for the diplomatic corps. All comrades have been proactive and enterprising, tackling difficulties, not fearing harsh environments, not being intimidated by security risks, resolutely completing all tasks assigned by the Party Central Committee, conducting external work with distinction, and continuously pushing China-Afghanistan friendly cooperation to new levels. Wang Yi encouraged all embassy staff to make unremitting efforts to deepen China-Afghanistan mutual trust and promote friendly cooperation, building China-Afghanistan relations into a model of equal treatment and win-win cooperation between large and small countries, and submitting an excellent answer sheet for the cause of major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics. 王毅指出，驻阿富汗使馆拥有优良传统，一代代外交人艰苦奋斗，为党奉献，为国争光，为民服务，为中国外交作出了杰出贡献。使馆党委带领全体同志以党建为引领，以深入贯彻中央八项规定精神学习教育为契机，强化政治建设、思想建设、组织建设、作风建设、纪律建设、制度建设，践行习近平总书记对外交队伍提出的16字重要要求。全体同志积极进取，攻坚克难，不畏环境恶劣，不惧安全风险，坚决完成党中央交办的各项任务，对外工作有声有色，推动中阿友好合作不断迈上新水平。王毅勉励全体馆员为深化中阿互信、促进友好合作不懈努力，将中阿关系打造成为大小国家平等相待、合作共赢的典范，为中国特色大国外交事业交上一份出色答卷.

Finally, we have the readout from the sixth China-Afghanistan-Pakistan trilateral foreign ministers’ dialogue.

Wang said that the world is currently entering a new period of turbulence and disorder. President Xi Jinping has proposed the important concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind and the Global Development Initiative, Global Security Initiative, and Global Civilisation Initiative. These significant international public goods provide important guidance for the three countries to jointly build a better homeland and lay the foundation for security. Wang Yi said that China willing to deepen good-neighbourly mutual trust with the Afghanistan and Pakistan, provide mutual understanding and mutual support on issues involving each other’s core interests, resolutely oppose any external forces meddling and interfering in this region, and resolutely oppose any organisation or individual engaging in activities within their own national territory that harm each other’s national sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity. The three parties should further strengthen exchanges at all levels and continuously consolidate strategic mutual trust. China supports Afghanistan and Pakistan in improving bilateral relations, deepening the convergence of interests, and persisting in properly resolving differences through dialogue and consultation, thereby promoting steady and long-term trilateral cooperation between China, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. 习近平主席提出构建人类命运共同体重要理念和全球发展倡议、全球安全倡议、全球文明倡议，这些重要国际公共产品为三国共建美好家园、共筑安全基石提供了重要指引。王毅表示，中方愿同阿方、巴方深化睦邻互信，在涉及彼此核心利益问题上相互理解、相互支持，坚决反对任何外部势力插手干涉本地区，坚决反对任何组织或个人在本国境内从事损害彼此国家主权、安全和领土完整的行为。三方应进一步密切各层级交往，不断巩固战略互信。中方支持阿巴改善双边关系，深化利益交融，坚持通过对话协商妥处分歧，推动中阿巴三方合作行稳致远.

Wang Yi pointed out that China and Pakistan are both at the forefront of the international community and regional neighbours in helping Afghanistan stabilise and rebuild and expand external exchanges. The Chinese side will continue to uphold justice for Afghanistan in multilateral venues, promote constructive contact and exchanges between the outside world and the Afghan side, and support the Afghan side in advancing the normalisation of diplomatic relations. 王毅指出，中巴在帮助阿富汗稳局重建、扩大对外交往上均走在国际社会和地区近邻前列。中方将继续在多边场合为阿主持公道，推动外界同阿方开展建设性接触交往，支持阿方推进外交关系正常化.

Wang Yi said that the three parties should expand development cooperation, expand trade and investment exchanges, strengthen connectivity network construction, and enhance people-to-people connectivity. They should improve security dialogue mechanisms, deepen law enforcement security cooperation, strengthen the fight against transnational terrorist activities, and on the basis of consensus through consultation, address both symptoms and root causes to eradicate the breeding ground of terrorism. They should uphold the principle of indivisible security, attach importance to each other’s reasonable security concerns, and find a path of cooperative security and common security. 王毅表示，三方要扩大发展合作，扩大贸易投资往来，加强互联互通网络建设，增进民心相通。要健全安全对话机制，深化执法安全合作，加强打击跨国恐怖活动，在协商一致基础上标本兼治铲除恐怖主义滋生土壤。要秉持安全不可分割原则，重视彼此合理安全关切，走出一条合作安全、共同安全之路.

Muttaqi and Dar highly praised the positive progress achieved by the trilateral foreign ministers' dialogue mechanism and appreciated the contributions made by the Chinese side in promoting trilateral cooperation. Muttaqi welcomed the Chinese and Pakistani foreign ministers’ attendance at this dialogue and thanked China and Pakistan for their firm support for Afghanistan on the international stage. With major changes occurring in the current international and regional situation, the Afghan side hopes to use this meeting as an opportunity to deepen friendly relations, strengthen coordination and cooperation, and promote greater development in trilateral cooperation. 穆塔基和达尔高度评价三方外长对话机制取得的积极进展，赞赏中方为推动三方合作所作贡献。穆塔基欢迎中、巴外长出席此次对话，感谢中、巴在国际舞台上坚定支持阿富汗。当前国际地区形势发生重大变化，阿方希望以本次会晤为契机，深化友好关系，加强协调配合，推动三方合作实现更大发展.

Dar said that Pakistan, China, and Afghanistan have close historical, cultural, and economic ties, and the three parties have enormous cooperation potential. They should jointly advance partnership and strengthen cooperation in trade, jointly building the BRI, connectivity, counter-terrorism, and other fields to achieve common development. As Afghanistan’s neighbour, the Pakistani side is willing to make greater contributions to realising Afghanistan’s peace process and improving Afghan people’s livelihood. Pakistan calls for the unfreezing of Afghanistan’s frozen overseas assets. Based on principles of equality, mutual trust, and shared responsibility, they should jointly fight against all forms of terrorist activities such as cross-border terrorist attacks. 达尔表示，巴中阿历史、文化、经济纽带紧密，三方合作潜力巨大，应共同推进伙伴关系，加强贸易、共建“一带一路”、互联互通、反恐等领域合作，实现共同发展。作为阿富汗的邻国，巴方愿为实现阿富汗和平进程、改善阿民生等作出更大贡献。巴方呼吁解除被冻结的阿富汗海外资产。基于平等、互信、责任共担原则，共同打击跨境恐袭等一切形式的恐怖活动.

The three parties unanimously agreed to fully utilise the role of the trilateral foreign ministers’ dialogue mechanism, strengthen exchanges and cooperation in all fields, and promote regional peace, stability, development, and prosperity. 三方一致同意充分发挥三方外长对话机制作用，加强各领域交流合作，促进地区和平稳定与发展繁荣.

Also on the page is a report on Zhao Leji meeting with Tran Quang Phuong, vice chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam, in Beijing.

Another report talks about recently declassified FSB documents, “showing that the Japanese Imperial Army’s Unit 731 repeatedly conducted human experiments to develop biological weapons in China, and attacked hundreds of Chinese civilians with germ-filled artillery shells to calculate infection rates and determine the ‘potency’ of the pathogens”. If you are interested, Global Times has the full report.

Page 4: There’s a report on the near-completion of preparations for the September 3 military parade.