BEIJING, Oct 30 (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.

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

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