China has gifted a new crystal chandelier to Pakistan to replace an earlier one at the mausoleum of Muhammad Ali Jinnah that was given by it 46 years ago with President Xi Jinping describing the gift as a symbol of their all-weather strategic cooperative partnership.
President Mamnoon Hussain yesterday unveiled the grand chandelier, created by using the most advanced 3D scanning technology, at the Mazar-e-Quaid here. Chinese President Xi in his congratulatory message to his Pakistani counterpart on the occasion said the grand chandelier will become an important symbol of the friendship between the two countries from generation to generation.
Xi, in the message read out by Chinese Ambassador Sun Weidong, said the crystal chandelier, presented by the Chinese government 46 years ago as a national gift to Pakistan, became an often quoted memory of friendly exchanges between the two countries.
“Now the maintenance of the chandelier has been completed smoothly. It will become an important symbol of the friendship for generations between our countries and our peoples,” Xi added.