Beijing  - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said China is ready to offer help to ensure Pakistan's stability and development and also welcomed the international community's constructive role there, the official news agency Xinhua reported Saturday.

Wen made the comments late Friday at a meeting with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on the sidelines of the Bo'ao Forum for Asia, a regional economic meeting on the southern Chinese island of Hainan.

China is one of the biggest suppliers of arms to Pakistan, and the two countries already have close ties with annual bilateral trade of around 7 billion dollars.

They aim to increase their trade volume to 15 billion dollars by 2011, according to information from the Chinese embassy in Pakistan.

The meeting between the two leaders came after international donors on Friday pledged more than 5 billion dollars to help stabilize Pakistan at a donors conference in Japan.

Wen said at his meeting with Zardari that the two countries should work together to implement previously signed energy and transportation cooperation projects as well as look at new avenues for bilateral cooperation.

Zardari also expressed a willingness to improve cooperation in areas including economy, trade, finance and security. (dpa)