Beijing: Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to strengthen multilateral cooperation in various fields including the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and strategic partnership.
The two leaders met at China’s Great Hall of the People and discussed regional and global developments besides discussing broad-based cooperation in economy and investment.
Prime Minister Shehbaz and President Xi Jinping expressed their desire to further promote the all-weather strategic cooperation partnership between their countries.
Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif met Chinese President Xi Jinping. Both leaders discussed mutual cooperation in all areas of bilateral relations, especially #CPEC projects and agreed to further strengthen strategic partnership.#PMShehbazinChina pic.twitter.com/NdKp6nmkXW
— Prime Minister's Office (@PakPMO) November 2, 2022
The prime minister, who arrived in Beijing on Tuesday on a two-day official visit, is among the first leaders to visit China since the historic 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) that installed Xi Jinping as party general. Elected secretary.
Before leaving for Beijing on November 1, the prime minister said he was “honored to be among the first few leaders to be invited after the historic 20th National Congress of the CPC”.
He said that the second phase of CPEC is expected to usher in a new era of socio-economic development which will improve the standard of living of our people.
The Prime Minister also said that there is a lot to learn from China’s economic miracle.
He said that at a time when the world is facing many challenges, Pakistan and China stand together as friends and partners.
A day before the visit, China warmly welcomed the Prime Minister’s visit and said it looked forward to further advancing the high-level strategic cooperation between the two countries and bringing more fruitful results to the China-Pakistan friendship for the benefit of both peoples. Is.
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said that no matter how the international or domestic situation changes, China-Pakistan friendship continues from generation to generation.
“Our two countries have always supported each other on issues of major concern and have stood by and helped each other during major natural calamities,” he added.
