On March 20, 2007, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met with visiting Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri in Ziguangge, Zhongnanhai and the two sides exchanged views on the China-Pakistan ties.

Later, Wen also met with Lao Deputy Prime Minister & Defense Minister Douangchay Phichit, who is also Member of the Politburo of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP). Vice Chairman of China's Central Military Commission (CMC), State Councilor and Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan and other officials attended the meeting.