BEIJING: PM Imran Khan and President Xi Jinping reaffirmed All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership during a meeting here today.
The two leaders, who were accompanied by senior-level delegations, exchanged notes on bilateral relations and pledged to further strengthen strategic cooperative partnership in all fields including political, security, economic and trade, and people-to-people exchanges.
PM Khan, assuring China of Pakistan’s commitment to CPEC, congratulated him on the successful convening of the 2nd Belt and Road Forum which, he said demonstrated President Xi’s far-reaching vision. Imran Khan further said that the Forum has highlighted its significance as an important international platform for connectivity and sharing of experience among the BRI participating countries.
Pakistani Premier also highlighted CPEC’s next phase and its extension into the domains of agriculture, industrial development, and socio-economic uplift with livelihood projects. President Xi Jinping assuring his country’s support to Pakistan’s sovereignty & territorial integrity lauded the government’s agenda for socio-economic development and people-centered progress.
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Prime Minister Imran Khan has emphasized that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has transformed into a strategic partnership between Pakistan and China and encompasses more areas of cooperation. Addressing Pakistan and China Investment Forum in Beijing on Sunday, he said CPEC that was considered a network of roads and a few power projects has now blossomed into various areas of cooperation today. He said a new area of that cooperation is agriculture that is the backbone of our country. He said Chinese help in seed development and agriculture development will help increase our agricultural productivity manifold. It will also increase the growth trajectory in order to improve the lifestyle of our people. Imran Khan said in today’s meetings with Chinese President and Premier, the issue of Chinese assistance in Science and Technology to Pakistan also came into discussion. He said we want to learn from Chinese expertise in information technology and other areas. Imran Khan said his experience of two days in Road and Belt Forum, he came to the conclusion that even Chinese leadership would not have realized that this forum will evolve into a much bigger thing. The concern among all the participating countries in the forum was on climate change and how to mitigate its adverse impacts. He said Pakistan is among one of the countries that have taken revolutionary steps to survive in the environment of climate change. Pakistan planted one billion trees to make the areas greener and to control the effects of changing the climate. Prime Minister said peace in Afghanistan will help increase connectivity between Pakistan and Central Asia and the wider region. He said we are now engaged in helping the peace process in Afghanistan. Imran Khan said there is a prospect of peace in Afghanistan after many years and Pakistan is playing its part in bringing Taliban and Afghan government representatives to sit together to resolve this decades-old conflict. Referring to India, he said we hope that Indian elections in the neighboring country are over soon and there is no incentive for Indian politicians to get votes on anti-Pakistan sentiment. He said we want to build a civilized relationship with our Eastern neighbor and there is a possibility that if we can resolve the Kashmir issue through dialogue, things can improve. Prime Minister invited Chinese businesspersons to visit Pakistan and explore the investment opportunities in various sectors. He said Pakistan is looking towards the relocation of Chinese industry in Pakistan. He said Pakistan is blessed with a youth bulge and its future is very bright. The Prime Minister said the new government is giving incentives to Chinese businessmen and is also improving ease of doing business. He said Pakistan has become a secure country thanks to efforts and sacrifices of our security forces and intelligence agencies. (RP)
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