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CPEC will bring the people closer to each other: Pervaiz

Dunya News

A seminar titled 'Pakistan China Iron Brothers' was held in Islamabad today.

ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - Minister for Information and Broadcasting Pervaiz Rashid on Tuesday said that China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is the project of peace and development.

Addressing a seminar titled ‘Pakistan China Iron Brothers’ at Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation in Islamabad on Tuesday,
the Minister said the convoys that will play on the corridor project will not conquer other countries but help provide basic amenities of life to the people. This road of peace will sprout the springs of development in the region.

Pervaiz Rashid said the construction of ports and road infrastructure in the region will bring the people closer to each other.

He said these mega projects will steer the region out of poverty and backwardness and bring prosperity in the lives of the people.

The Information Minister further stated that China Pakistan Economic Corridor project will bring peace and development.

On the occasion, Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhary said the two sides have developed a robust and flexible roadmap for multifaceted cooperation over the last few years.

He said the leadership of both the countries over the last three years have made strenuous efforts to take the relationship to new heights. He said China Pakistan Economic Corridor project is a clear manifestation of growing relations between the two countries. Bilateral trade, people-to-people contacts and defense cooperation between the two countries has increased during the last three years.

He said both the countries have stood by each other through thick and thin. He said China supported Pakistan in the wars of 1965 and 1971 while Pakistan supported re-approachment between China and the United States.