Daily Times

KARACHI: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday said that Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to China was a productive one and that he hopes the benefits of it will be seen in the near future.

Ahead of his return from Beijing, the Foreign Minister took to Twitter for expressing his experience of a four-day-log official trip to China, stating that they had a productive visit.

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“Feeling very confident after returning from a productive visit to China led by PM Imran Khan. China and Pakistan are iron brothers and together we will climb the highest mountains. Collaboration and mutually beneficial policies will pave the way forward for future generations,” the minister tweeted.

Apart from Qureshi, Finance Minister Asad Umar, Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Khusro Bakhtiar, and Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid as well as Abdul Razak Dawood, the advisor to Khan on commerce, textiles, industries production and investment, and Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal accompanied Khan during his visit to China.

Pakistan, China signed 15 agreements, MoUs on bilateral cooperation during the recent  visit of Prime Minister  and his delegation. Lauding the expo, the prime minister had said it would help spread dividends of free trade among more closely integrated economies. He was among 17 heads-of-states and government officials in attendance.