Pakistan, May 22 -- Chinese Ambassador Jiang Zaidong Wednesday said that China has always supported Pakistan in safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity.

"China has always resolutely supported Pakistan in safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity, pursuing a development path suited to national conditions, combating terrorism with determination, and maintaining unity and stability to achieve development and prosperity," the ambassador said while addressing a ceremony organized at Silkroad Culture Center in Islamabad to celebrate the 74th Anniversary of the Establishment of China-Pakistan Diplomatic Relations.

The ambassador said on May 21, 1951, China and Pakistan established the diplomatic relations,...