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In October 2001 China donated to the Pakistani government emergency aid worth 10 million RMB. The humanitarian aid, including tents and blankets, left on October 22, 2001, for the Pakistani city of Peshawar from Urumqi in northwest China's Xinjiang region which borders Pakistan and Afghanistan. Earlier, on October 1, President Jiang Zemin had declared that China would provide 10 million yuan in emergency aid to Pakistan, in support to the country's anti-terror actions. China had also expressed its willingness to cooperate with Pakistan in counter-terrorism efforts.