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His Excellency Mr. Xi Jinping

President of the People’s Republic of China

Zhongnanhai, Xicheng District, Beijing

People’s Republic of China

Subject: Heartfelt Birthday Greetings and Reflections on Regional Peace and Security

Your Excellency,

It is with the deepest respect and admiration that I extend to you my warmest wishes on the occasion of your birthday, which fell on 15 June 2025. May you be blessed with robust health, enduring strength, and many more years of wise leadership in service of your nation and the global community.

The world today stands at a critical crossroads. Amidst these complexities, China’s doctrine of all-inclusive peace through development — manifested through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) — shines as a beacon of hope. Your vision of mutual respect, shared prosperity, and unwavering support for the sovereignty of all nations, large and small alike, has inspired billions and reshaped the global dialogue on sustainable development.

The forthcoming SCO Heads of State Summit, to be held in Tianjin on 31 August and 1 September 2025, will once again place your leadership at the forefront of regional diplomacy. The presence of leaders from all SCO member states, including Indian Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Damodardas Modi, presents both an opportunity and a challenge: the opportunity to advance cooperative security, and the challenge of addressing actions that undermine it.

It is a matter of grave concern that, despite its membership in both BRICS and the SCO, India has repeatedly acted in ways that contradict the principles these bodies uphold. Its consistent hostility toward CPEC, sponsorship of anti-China elements within Pakistan, and the orchestration of attacks on Chinese nationals and projects in Pakistan require urgent and unequivocal response.

As I conveyed through my public communications to the PRC on 24 July 2025, strategic patience has its limits. I urged that Beijing inform India, in clear and unmistakable terms, that any future attack — direct or through proxies — on Chinese citizens or assets in Pakistan will result in swift, overwhelming, and disproportionate retaliation. Continued ambiguity risks emboldening those who would harm Chinese interests.

Your Excellency, it is instructive to recall that when a Sikh U.S. citizen felt personally threatened from Indian plans to eliminate him, the President of the United States, wrote directly on 24 July 2025 to reassure him that his safety was a paramount concern of the State. This precedent underscores the moral and political strength conveyed when a head of state speaks plainly in defense of their citizens. The PRC’s voice, backed by its global stature, would carry even greater weight in deterring aggression.

In this spirit, I respectfully submit that, before the Indian Prime Minister arrives in Tianjin, China should require that India:

1. Provide an ironclad guarantee ensuring the safety of all Chinese citizens and assets in Pakistan.

2. Pay reparations to the families of Chinese nationals killed or injured in attacks linked to Indian actions or proxies.

3. Clarify its increasingly hostile posture toward the PRC, including alignment with anti-China military groupings in the South China Sea (as recently documented in Zee News on 6 August 2025).

4. Publicly repudiate racist remarks by its leadership targeting the Chinese people.

5. Withdraw the Indian Home Minister’s 6 August 2019 parliamentary claim to Aksai Chin, which is an affront to Chinese sovereignty.

6. Cease killings after branding the indigenous Kashmiri resistance in IIOJ&K as “terrorism” in violation of the UN Charter, and end all acts amounting to genocide, war crimes, and human rights violations in the IIOJ&K, where PRC is also a major stake holder.

7. Submit to international accountability mechanisms, including the United Nations, for its actions in IIOJ&K.

Furthermore, in line with China’s Global Security Initiative (GSI) — anchored in mutual respect, non-interference, and peaceful coexistence — I propose that the SCO Summit’s joint statement call upon India to uphold these principles without reservation.

Finally, given India’s record of exporting terrorism and targeting citizens of China, Pakistan, Canada, and other nations, I humbly urge Your Excellency to reconsider any proposal to grant India the presidency of the next BRICS summit until these grave issues are satisfactorily resolved.

The time has come for principled nations to draw clear red lines against injustice, racism, terrorism, and hegemonic behavior — whether committed openly or through proxies. I am confident that under your wise leadership, China will continue to illuminate the path toward peace, equality, and shared prosperity for all.

Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurance of my highest consideration and unshakeable admiration.

With profound regards,

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad

Lahore, Pakistan

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