BEIJING: Prime Minister Imran Khan has emphasised on the significance of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as “a source of transformation for Pakistan rather than a mere transaction”.
While addressing the leaders’ roundtable meeting at a session of the second Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Forum for International Cooperation here, Khan asserted that the economic corridor would generate a positive change for Pakistan, and simultaneously the Gwadar port would substantially reduce costs [of trade] for Chinese companies.
Earlier, Chinese President Xi Jinping warmly received Pakistani PM Imran Khan when he arrived at the roundtable meeting organised at International Convention Center, Yanqi Lake here.
Meanwhile, President Jinping chaired the leaders’ roundtable meeting, in which heads of state and government from 37 countries and other representatives from around the world were present.
PM Khan, while addressing the roundtable conference, congratulated President Jinping and the Chinese people on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
