Premier to meet Chinese counterpart in Moscow
From Javed Akhtar ( APP)

BEIJING—Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will meet his Pakistani counterpart Shaukat Aziz in Moscow Wednesday to discuss China's plan to help the earthquake's victims, this was announced by the spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Kong Quan here at the weekly news briefing.
The bilateral meeting that is to take place on the sideline of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit will provide the two countries an opportunity to discuss their cooperation in carrying out of relief and reconstructed work in the affected areas, he added.
China, he said as a close friend of Pakistan has great sympathies with the people of Pakistan and wished to stand by them at this difficult time.
The strong earthquake raised deep sympathies of the Chinese people and we provided immediate assistance to Pakistan on the very next day, by sending a relief and rescue mission to the affected areas, he said adding, Chinese
government offered $ 6.2 million as an immediate emergency aid to this effect.
Accordingly relief materials were dispatched to Pakistan through nine special cargo flights. We have already offered further help and assistance to the quake's victims, he maintained.
Kong Quan told APP that the fourth SCO meeting at the prime ministers level will take up the main topic of strengthening economic cooperation among the member states and it is hoped that they would also discuss the severity of earthquake in Pakistan as well. I cannot exclude the possibility of having formal discussion on massive devastation caused by the earthquake, he said.
To another question, the spokesman said China will send a senior leader to attend the international donors agencies meeting that is scheduled to take place in Geneva tomorrow. The Chinese side, during the meeting will brief the participants of their relief plan quake's victims in Pakistan.
This, he said will be an important meeting to take practical steps to help for alleviating the sufferings of the affected people. He said the earthquake is a challenge to the international community and it was the time to strengthen their cooperation to face it with collective spirit and overcome the difficulties.
According to the SCO's sources here, despite the pre-occupation at home due to the devastating earthquake Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will make a day-long visit to Moscow on October 26 to attend the SCO Summit. This reflects the importance it attaches to the SCO process, as an observer.
Meanwhile, about 150 representatives of some leading Chinese companies at their meeting held at the Pakistan's embassy assured their all possible financial and material support to the quake's victims. They also made handsome donations in cash on the spot.
The meeting was jointly arranged by the Resident Mission of UNDP in Beijing, All-China industry and commerce Union, Guangcai leadership group and the Pakistan embassy. UNDP's Chief Khalid Malik and Pakistan Ambassador Salman Bashir briefed the participants about the natural calamity that hit Pakistan on Oct. 8 and its devastating impact on the lives of the people. Malik proposed that there should be China's consortium for participating in the reconstruction work in the quake-hit areas. A Chinese Vice Minster who attended the meeting agreed to the proposal and hoped necessary modalities to this effect would be finalized soon.