India, May 19 -- China on Monday vowed to play a constructive role for the maintenance of the ceasefire understanding between India and Pakistan as Pakistani deputy prime minister and foreign minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar arrived in Beijing for talks with top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi.

China said it will play a constructive role for the realisation of a "lasting ceasefire" between India and Pakistan.

Ishaq Dar, who landed in Beijing on Monday on a three-day visit, is the first high-level Pakistani official to visit China after India's 'Operation Sindoor' military strikes on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) on May 7 in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 civilians.

Among Ishaq...