Military Diplomacy

Zhang Shengmin Meets with Commander of Pakistan's Armed Forces and Chief of Army Staff

张升民会见巴基斯坦国防军司令兼陆军参谋长

PLA Daily (解放军报) 26 May 2026

Summary

CMC Vice Chairman Zhang Shengmin met in Beijing on the 26th with Pakistani Army Chief General Asim Munir, with both sides emphasizing deepened defense and security cooperation and mutual support on core interests. The meeting documents the routine high-level military diplomacy channel between China and Pakistan, but Munir's explicit commitment to deepen 'defense and security' cooperation—paired with Zhang's invocation of 'practical cooperation' and coordination on 'international and regional affairs'—extends the public record of bilateral military alignment at a moment of elevated regional tension involving India.

Translation

Central Military Commission Vice Chairman Zhang Shengmin met on the 26th in Beijing with visiting Commander of Pakistan's Armed Forces and Chief of Army Staff Munir.

Zhang Shengmin stated that China and Pakistan are good neighbors connected by mountains and rivers, good friends bound by trust and righteousness, good partners who watch over and assist each other, and good brothers who stand together through hardship. President Xi Jinping attaches great importance to the development of China-Pakistan relations, and together with Pakistani leaders has charted the course and set the direction for the development of bilateral relations, driving the continuous deepening of the China-Pakistan all-weather strategic cooperative partnership. The military-to-military relationship between China and Pakistan is an important pillar of the bilateral relationship. The Chinese side is willing to work together with the Pakistani side, in accordance with the strategic guidance of the two countries' leaders, to carry forward traditional friendship, strengthen strategic communication, deepen practical cooperation, firmly support each other on issues involving each other's core interests, strengthen coordination and cooperation on international and regional affairs, promote high-level and high-quality development of China-Pakistan military-to-military relations, accelerate the building of a closer China-Pakistan community with a shared future (命运共同体) for the new era, and contribute to promoting the development and security of the two countries, the region, and the world.

Munir stated that developing relations with China is the cornerstone of Pakistan's foreign policy, and that Pakistan is grateful for the support and assistance China has provided over the long term. Regardless of how the international situation may change, Pakistan will always steadfastly be a good friend and good partner to China, further deepen practical cooperation with the Chinese side in the fields of defense and security, and continuously elevate the ironclad friendship between Pakistan and China to new heights.

Original Chinese

中央军委副主席张升民26日在京会见来访的巴基斯坦国防军司令兼陆军参谋长穆尼尔。张升民表示，中巴两国是山水相连的好邻居、信义相交的好朋友、守望相助的好伙伴、患难与共的好兄弟。习近平主席高度重视中巴关系发展，同巴方领导人共同为两国关系发展领航定向，推动中巴全天候战略合作伙伴关系不断深化。中巴两军关系是两国关系的重要支柱，中方愿同巴方一道，按照两国领导人的战略指引，赓续传统友谊，加强战略沟通，深化务实合作，在涉及彼此核心利益问题上坚定相互支持，在国际和地区事务上加强协调配合，推动中巴两军关系高水平高质量发展，加快构建新时代更加紧密的中巴命运共同体，为促进两国、地区乃至世界发展和安全贡献力量。穆尼尔说，发展对华关系是巴基斯坦外交政策的基石，巴方感谢中方长期以来给予的支持帮助。不管国际局势如何风云变幻，巴方将始终坚定做中国的好朋友、好伙伴，同中方进一步深化防务安全等领域务实合作，不断把巴中铁杆友谊推向新高度。