TASHKENT, Uzbekistan: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday assured Chinese Premier Li Keqiang that his government would spare no effort to fully investigate the incident where Chinese nationals lost their lives in a bus accident.

In a telephonic conversation, the prime minister said the security of Chinese nationals, workers, projects, and institutions in Pakistan was the “highest priority of the government”.

During the call, Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed heartfelt condolences over the loss of precious lives of Chinese nationals caused by the tragic incident in Dasu.

The prime minister said the people of Pakistan shared grief and pain of the bereaved families. He underlined that the government of Pakistan was providing the best possible medical care to the injured Chinese nationals.

He reiterated that Pakistan and China had an iron-clad friendship which had withstood the vicissitudes of time.

No hostile forces would be allowed to damage brotherly relations between Pakistan and China, he added