China plans to have a Pakistan astronaut on short-term missions

BEIJING (Reuters) -China has announced it will arrange for a Pakistan astronaut to perform short-term missions as part of China's space station missions, state news agency Xinhua said on Thursday.

The astronaut from Pakistan will train alongside Chinese astronauts, Xinhua said.

(Reporting by Liz Lee and Qiaoyi Li; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)

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