Chinese FM due today in Pakistan

Author: Agencies

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will reach Pakistan today (Friday) on a three-day official visit, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying announced Thursday.

The minister will visit Pakistan on the invitation of Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi.

The spokesperson said that the Chinese foreign minister would meet high-level leadership of Pakistan. The two sides will exchange views on bilateral relations and international and regional issues of common interest, said Chunying.

Chunying said that China-Pakistan relations had maintained a good momentum of development. “The two sides have maintained frequent high-level exchanges and pragmatic cooperation in various fields has progressed smoothly.”

She further said that the construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor had achieved fruitful results.

The visit of the Chinese foreign minister would be the first high-level exchange between China and Pakistan after the formation of the new government in Pakistan.

“We hope and look forward to this visit, continue the traditional friendship between China and Pakistan, promote mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields and push China-Pakistan all-weather strategic partnership to a new height, ” the spokesperson added.

Published in Daily Times, September 7th 2018.

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