ISLAMABAD: Ahead of his demoiselle trip to China, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that the revitalisation of the China- Pakistan Economic Corridor will be the focus of his conversations with officers in Beijing.
PM Shehbaz Sharif will leave for China on a two- day sanctioned visit moment(Tuesday) at the assignation of Li Keqiang, Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China.
The high- position delegation will include Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto- Zardari among others, blazoned the Foreign Office prophet.
The premier blazoned his visit to Chinese capital in a tweet, saying that he’s “fete to be among the first many leaders to have been invited after the major 20th National Congress of the CPC”.
He said that the alternate phase of CPEC is anticipated to marshal in a new period of socioeconomic development that will ameliorate the standard of living for our people.
The premier also said that there’s a lot to learn from the Chinese profitable phenomenon.
“At a time when the world is scuffling with multiple challenges, Pakistan and China stand together as musketeers and mates,” he wrote.
“This would be high minister’s first visit to China since assuming office in April 2022 and follows his meeting with President Xi Jinping in Uzbekistan on September 16,” the prophet said in a statement.
The high minister will be among the first leaders to visit Beijing following the major 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, said the FO prophet.
The prophet said that the visit is also anticipated to advance the wide- ranging bilateral cooperation docket after the conclusion of a number of Memorandums of Understanding( MoUs) and agreements anticipated to be inked at the 11th meeting of the CPEC Joint Cooperation Committee(JCC).
“The high minister’s visit represents the durability of frequent leadership- position exchanges between Pakistan and China. The high minister will meet with President Xi Jinping and hold delegation- position addresses with Premier Li Keqiang. The two sides will review the each- rainfall strategic cooperation cooperation and exchange views on indigenous and global developments,” said the prophet.
PM Shehbaz meets China’s envoy
Before leaving, PM Shehbaz held an in- depth meeting with Chinese minister Nong Rong encompassing different matters.
The visit would further strengthen trade and profitable ties, the PM Office said. Special Adjunct to PM Tariq Fatemi also attended the meeting.
China welcomes PM Shehbaz’s visit
A day before the visit, China warmly ate Shehbaz Sharif’s forthcoming visit and said it looked forward to farther advancing high- position strategic cooperation between the two countries and bringing further fruitful issues from Sino- Pak fellowship to the benefit of the two people.
China warmly welcomes him and looks forward to farther advancing our high- position strategic cooperation and bringing further fruitful issues from our fellowship to the benefit of the two people,” Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Zhao Lijian said during his briefing held then at the International Press Center( IPC).
Zhao Lijian said that no matter how the transnational or domestic situations had evolved, China Pakistan fellowship had been carried on from generation to generation.
“Our two countries have always supported each other on issues concerning separate major interests and have stood together and helped each other in the face of major natural disasters,” he added.
He said that the Chinese side would also like to take this occasion to recommend the major issues of CPEC.
The prophet said that as a flagship program of the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI), the CPEC has come a corner of China- Pakistan cooperation, adding,” It has boosted profitable development, bettered people’s livelihoods and generated positive socio- profitable goods in Pakistan.
“Zhao Lijian said that lately, the 11th meeting of the CPEC Joint Cooperation Committee(JCC) had successfully been held.
Chinese envoy, Ahsan Iqbal bandy CPEC systems
before on October 26, the Chinese envoy called on Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special enterprise Ahsan Iqbal and bandied systems related to the CPEC aimed at the forthcoming visit of PM Shehbaz to China.
The meeting, which lasted for an hour, bandied the ongoing systems under CPEC, which will be taken up during the recent visit of premier Shahbaz Sharif to China.
The minister emphasised the significance of several CPEP systems and reiterated that the government is committed to upping the CPEC systems.
“The forthcoming visit of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif will be significant especially, at a time when President Xi Jinping of China has been tagged( for) the third term as China’s leader,” said the minister, while reiterating that the peremptory government has revived the CPEC.
The minister also emphasised the significance of the ML- 1 design, Karachi indirect Railroads, and several other systems in different sectors like energy, information technology, husbandry, culture, and others.
CPEC systems will have a significant impact on Pakistan’s frugality and we’re committed to completing the design timely, said the minister, while assuring the Chinese envoy that the government is committed to completing the CPEC systems without any detention and added that tone- reliance in the energy sector will stabilize the frugality.
Iqbal said that Balochistan’s substance is connected with the development of Gwadar and the peremptory government will complete all systems under CPEC in Gwadar.
The Chinese minister appreciated the sweats of the government especially, the minister for planning and development and assured his complete cooperation.
