Chinese President Hu Jintao and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf have recently sent congratulations to a special column of Beijing Review which marks the 55th anniversary of diplomatic ties of the two countries.

Beijing Review, established in 1958, is the sole English news weekly of China. It is circulated in more than one hundred countries and regions.

It issued a special column on Thursday with in-depth reports about China-Pakistan traditional friendship and the two countries' efforts in promoting regional peace, stability and prosperity.

Hu said "all-weather friendship" and "all-round cooperation" is vivid depiction of China-Pakistan relations as well as development direction of bilateral ties.

He hopes Beijing Review would continue to contribute to strengthening China-Pakistan mutual-beneficial cooperation and the traditional friendship between the two peoples.

Musharraf said Pakistan-China friendship is "higher than the highest mountain" and "deeper than the deepest sea". He also expressed the hope that the weekly could make its due contribution to promoting friendship between the two governments and two peoples.

(Xinhua News Agency June 11, 2006)