Islamabad: Dismissing suggestions that China, a close ally of Pakistan, is warming upto India, President Pervez Musharraf has said there is no chance of any "lessening" of Sino-Pak ties.

During an interaction with editors of Pakistani media here last night (November 21), Musharraf, who last month visited China, referred to reports in newspapers here in this regard and said "when I discussed Sino-India relations, they said with New Delhi it is diplomacy while with Islamabad it is friendship".

Musharraf said, "this clearly speaks how the Chinese leaders value China's relations with Pakistan." He said "our relations with China are time-tested and Beijing has been offering tremendous co-operation and assistance to Pakistan's progress and prosperity. We must never let anyone cast any aspersion on our ties with China." PTI