RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa in a meeting with the Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan H.E Yao Jing said that China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is the economic future of Pakistan and its security shall never be compromised.
The Chinese ambassador appraised the efforts of Pakistan in conduct of a fruitful visit of Chinese prime minister to Pakistan.
The army chief’s statement regarding CPEC came a day after Financial Times (London-based) newspaper said that Pakistan reconsidered its agreement with China for One Belt One Rode (OBOR) initiative.
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The story published in FT had claimed that Pakistani ministers and advisers said the newly-elected Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government will review ‘BRI investments and renegotiate trade agreements signed more than a decade ago that it says unfairly benefits Chinese companies’.
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Earlier, PM Imran Khan had said that friendly relationship with China is the cornerstone of Pakistan’s foreign policy and that his government was committed to implementing CPEC.
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