China says Pakistan’s political turmoil won’t affect all-weather ties; oppose external interference

China said on Monday that the political changes in Pakistan leading to the Imran Khan  government’s ouster will not affect the all-weather ties “whatsoever” and expressed its firm opposition to any “external interference” in Islamabad’s internal affairs.

Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government was ousted from power through a no-confidence motion in the National Assembly on Sunday.

Khan, 69, who became the first premier in Pakistan’s history to be voted out of power after losing the trust of the House, has claimed that the no-confidence motion was the result of a “foreign conspiracy” plotted by the US because of his independent foreign policy.