习近平致电祝贺夏巴兹当选巴基斯坦总理

新华社北京3月3日电 3月3日，国家主席习近平致电夏巴兹·谢里夫，祝贺他当选巴基斯坦伊斯兰共和国总理。

习近平指出，相信在夏巴兹总理和巴基斯坦新一届政府领导下，在巴基斯坦各界团结努力下，巴方一定能够在国家发展进步的事业中取得新的更大成就。

习近平强调，中巴两国要赓续传统友谊，加强各领域交流合作，共同打造中巴经济走廊建设升级版，持续深化中巴全天候战略合作伙伴关系，构建新时代更加紧密的中巴命运共同体，为两国人民创造更多福祉。

同日，国务院总理李强向夏巴兹总理致贺电。

Xi congratulates Shehbaz Sharif on election as Pakistani PM

BEIJING, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday congratulated Shehbaz Sharif on his election as prime minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Xi noted he believes that under the leadership of Sharif and the new Pakistani government, and with the united efforts of all walks of life in Pakistan, the country will definitely achieve new and greater accomplishments in the cause of national development and progress.

Xi stressed that China and Pakistan should continue their traditional friendship, strengthen exchanges and cooperation in all fields, jointly build an upgraded version of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, continue to deepen the China-Pakistan all-weather strategic cooperative partnership, and build a closer China-Pakistan community with a shared future in the new era, so as to bring more benefits for the people of the two countries.

On the same day, Chinese Premier Li Qiang sent a congratulatory message to Sharif.